Invitations and Directions

The following will help you with the specific information that should be included on your invitation. Before you print your invitation, please check the following:

Name and Address of our Synagogue

Am Shalom

840 Vernon Avenue
Glencoe, IL 60022

Phone 847.835.4800

Map and directions

Time of Service

The times of services vary. Please carefully refer to the assignment email that you received and verified in your meetings with clergy. We cannot accommodate a time change due to an invitation error. Please note that our services begin promptly at the designated time.

Wording

The correct wording for your *simcha or happy occasion, is that your child is “becoming a bar mitzvah” or you are “celebrating your child becoming a bat mitzvah.” Our staff can help you with the wording for your invitation if you have any questions.

*The word "simcha" means gladness, or joy. It comes from the root word "sameyach," which means glad or happy

Invitation Proofs

To ensure that everyone is in agreement over the details of time, spelling and location

Please fax your proof to Leslie Nathan, our director of Member Services, at 847.835.5204 or send it electronically to Leslie Nathan.

 Invitation Options in addition to standard invitations

• Cards for Causes http://www.cardsforcauses.com/
• The Abraham Fund Initiatives-Advancing coexistence and equality among Jews and Arabs in Israel
• Refer to our Preferred Vendor List for more options
• Adopt-A-Classroom invites the community into the classroom in support of teachers and their students
• Keshet https://keshet.org/in-memory-of-and-in-honor-of-cards/
• Environmental friendly online custom invites https://www.paperlesspost.com/