COVID-19 Response

TWO MINUTES OF TORAH

Here's Rabbi Steve's two minute take on this week's Torah portion. Read more about Yom Sh'vi-i shel Pesach.

QUIT LOAFING AROUND: CURBSIDE PIZZA PICK-UP

Our regularly scheduled Quit Loafing Around: Curbside Challah Pick-Up will transform into a pizza drive-thru this Friday, April 2. Since we can't have challah this Shabbat, we're giving away frozen pizzas to help you celebrate the end of Passover! Join us in the North Parking Lot between 9:30-10:30am. (End of Passover for 7 day observers is Saturday night, 8 day observers is Sunday night.)

HOLOCAUST SERIES

Join us Friday, April 2 at 12:00pm for a discussion led by Alissa Schapiro, curator and a doctoral candidate in art history at Northwestern University, specializing in 20th century American art and the history of photography. This talk looks at three different kinds of photographs* of the newly liberated Nazi concentration camps--press images, official Army prints, and amateur personal keepsakes--taken by Americans in the Spring and Summer of 1945. These photographs were almost immediately presented to the U.S. public in popular magazines and local exhibitions. ZOOM in. *Warning: The photographs of liberated concentration camps shown in this talk are graphic and disturbing. 

MUSIC MONDAYS WITH AM SHALOM

Start your week off on a high note! ZOOM in for a lunchtime musical treat with Geoff Shell (piano) on Monday, April 5 at 12:30pm.

GOOD DEEDS DAY COOKIE COLLECTION

Am Shalom is partnering with JUF TOV Volunteers on a Good Deeds Day project to help food insecure families. We are collecting cookies, which will accompany a meal provided by the organization Fight2Feed. Any and all cookie types welcome (NO NUTS, please). Please provide a minimum of two dozen (no maximum).

Drive through our Circle Drive with your cookies on Friday, April 16 between 9:30-10:30am, and receive a challah for Shabbat on your way out. Please sign up so we know how many bakers to expect! More logistical info will be emailed upon registration.

NEED VACCINATION APPOINTMENT HELP?

Some very special Am Shalom members have offered to assist fellow congregants who qualify for the COVID-19 vaccine under the State of Illinois guidelines. If you are in need of help making an appointment, please contact Alyssa Latala to be put in touch with our volunteers.

VIRTUAL GATHERINGS 

*Need help connecting to Am Shalom's Livestream or Zoom calls? 
Please contact Alyssa Latala at alatala@amshalom.com or 847.606.5168.

*Would you like a hard copy of Mishkan T'filah Prayer Book or Torah Commentary? Please fill out this form.

You can find a digital Mishkan T'filah prayer book here. It is also on our livestream page, along with a link to this week's yahrzeit list. Click here for the weekly Torah portion. Our complete Zoom and livestream schedule, along with instructions for joining the gatherings, can be found here.

CREATE A JEWISH LEGACY

What’s your Jewish legacy? Learn more about Am Shalom’s endowment, and the many ways to support our beloved synagogue now and for generations to come. Through the Create a Jewish Legacy program, there are many ways to make a meaningful gift that will provide a steady and potentially growing stream of funding. For more information, please click here and/or contact: Zoe Sherman, Director of Financial Management - 224.805.9400, Randi Brill, Am Shalom President – randi@amshalom.com, or Steve Doblin, Chair, Create a Jewish Legacy Committee and Am Shalom President Elect – steved@amshalom.com.

SUPPORT AM SHALOM WHEN YOU SHOP ON AMAZON

Click here to support Am Shalom when you shop on Amazon. When you shop, always start at smile.amazon.com to make sure a portion of your purchase is donated to Am Shalom. There is no cost to you, and you can even shop Amazon Smile from the app (here are the instructions for that). These every day purchases can really add up - thank you!

GOOD & WELFARE NOTICES

If you would like to be notified via email when there is a death in the congregation, please contact Gia Master at giam@amshalom.com.

GETTING IN TOUCH

We are here for you. You'll find the cell phone numbers for our staff below. We've also created a non-emergency contact form on our website, if you'd like to reach us that way. 

If this crisis has caused you economic hardship, and you'd like to talk about your Am Shalom membership commitment, please contact Zoe Sherman at zoes@amshalom.com or 224-805-9400.

Rabbi Steven Stark Lowenstein - 847-630-6108
Rabbi Phyllis Sommer - 224-619-6807
Rabbi Pam Mandel - 561-886-8186
Cantor Andrea Rae Markowicz - 917-841-8385
Cantor Julie Staple - 317-418-4644
Laura Horn, Director of Operations - 847-772-8822
Alyssa Latala, Director of Engagement - 847-606-5168
Zoe Sherman, Director of Financial Management - 224-805-9400