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Makom Calendar -- Join us!
Sukkot - Sept 25
Simchat Torah - Oct 3
Book Club - Oct 4
Friday Shabbat service - Oct 9
Rosh Chodesh - Oct 11
Crafts and Conversation - Oct 18
Scroll down for more information.
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Sukkot Celebation, Friday Sept. 25
Al Goldberg and Cookie Gluck will host the first night of Sukkot in their sukkah on Friday evening, September 25, 2026, at 6:30 pm. Al and Cookie's Sukkot events are inspiring, spiritually fulfilling, and informative about the holiday and its traditions.
Together we will welcome Shabbat and welcome Sukkot with the blessings for entering the Sukkot, and then hold a Welcoming of the Ushpizim meditation. Al will also describe the ritual of Etrog and Lulav.
This will all be followed be a potluck meal / oneg.
This event will be in south Evanston.
RSVP (required) or for information write to al_goldberg@mac.com
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Simchat Torah Event, Saturday Oct. 3
Simchat Torah means "rejoicing in the Torah." The celebration occurs when the year-long cycle of weekly Torah reading finishes Deuteronomy and continues with the beginning of Genesis, showing that reading Torah never ends.
This is an opportunity to get close and personal with the Torah. This year participants will pull a Torah portion out of a hat, and we will pick out something meaningful which can be your "Torah inspiration" for the coming year.
We will meet at Beit Yichud, 6932 N Glenwood in Rogers Park, at 7:00 PM.
Light refreshments will be served. There is metered street parking and there is a Red Line stop nearby.
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October 4: Book Club
The World to Come by Dara Horn is the story of the theft of a Chagall painting from a museum. The thief is a young Jewish man who is a quiz show writer who believes the painting once hung in his parents' living room in Russia. The theft opens many philosophical questions about the family history of the main character and questions about life in general. He learns that the world we create by our own choices and actions becomes our world to come.
We will meet Sunday morning October 4, 10:30 AM, at a home in the Hollywood Park area of Chicago (near NEIU). Write to Joan Minsky, minsky@aol.com, to RSVP or for more information: chicagomakom@gmail.com
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Our next Rosh Chodesh Affiliation Group meeting will take place via Zoom on Sunday, October 11, at 3:00 pm. It will be close to the beginning of the month of Cheshvan, the only month without any holidays. Cheshvan is a month of reflection.
For more information contact Ascher Levy, ascher1@ameritech.net.
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October 18, Crafts and Conversation
Our Crafts and Conversation affiliation group will meet at a Ravenswood location on Sunday, October 18, at 12:00 noon. This group is led by Wendy Lauter.
Crafts and Conversation is a community crafting circle. Just come and craft whatever you'd like and have a good time.
For more information contact Wendy Lauter, lausho343@gmail.com.
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Our thanks to Felicia Kaplan for reconstructing the prayer books that are used at Friday night Shabbat services during the summer in the park. The ones in use got very worn and had frayed and missing pages.
Felicia got 30 new binders in 4 beautiful colors, had the pages reprinted, and put them all together. We now have new prayer books for the Friday night services at the beach. Thank you, Felicia, for your labor of love.
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Thank You to all who have donated recently
Our thanks to Jack and Sandy Herman for your kind donation in honor of our congregation. We wish you all the best in the coming year.
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Donations help defray the costs of our programming. Donations can be made in honor of a person or event, and can be made in someone's memory. To make a donation to our congregation click here. Makom Shalom Mitziut is a 501(c)(3) organization and all donations are tax deductible.
| | Become a member of our warm, friendly and caring community. Our congregation is Chicago's original inclusive Renewal synagogue where all are welcome. As a member of our congregation your birthdays, anniversaries and yahrzeits will be noted and acknowledged. Our fiscal year begins and ends in the fall. Memberships can be processed at our web site or through the mail. Any recent payments made for tickets to our High Holiday services will be applied towards memberships. To view our membership page click here. | | |
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The Makom Shalom Mitziut family remembers dates of yahrzeits, birthdays, and important anniversaries. We remember them in the newsletter and at kaddish time during services. This is our way of celebrating your simchas and honoring your deceased loved ones.
If you are a member and have any dates to add to our calendar (and especially if you are a new-ish member) please write to us at chicagomakom@gmail.com .
Or you can write to us to find out what we already have for you.
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October Mishpocha
Birthdays
Kyle Friedler 10-6
Wendy Lauter 10-7
Felicia Kaplan 10-22
Anniversaries
Yahrzeits
Selma Friedler (mother of the late Brian Friedler) 10-2
Michael Friedler (brother of the late Brian Friedler) 10-13
Allen Minsky (father of Joan Minsky) 10-15
Harvey Straus (father of Karen Straus) 10-15
Rose Speciner (grandmother of Renee Harrison) 10-15
Abe Minstein 10/30 (grandfather of Solange Minstein) 10--30
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Hey everybody!! We have a Makom Shalom Mitziut Facebook group, where we post events, discuss spirituality, and just kibbitz. Click the link and join the group to keep in touch and be informed beyond the newsletter. https://www.facebook.com/groups/makomshalommitziut
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Calendar for Makom Shalom Mitziut.
Friday, September 25, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Sukkot observance with Al Goldberg and Cookie Gluck. At their Sukkah in Evanston, decorated with all kinds of Sukkah decorations and information. We will welcome the ushpizin. Inquiries or RSVP to Al Goldberg: al_goldberg@mac.com.
Saturday, October 3, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm. Simchat Torah, rejoicing in the Torah. We will celebrate the continuity of Torah, and get up close to it, by picking parshas out of a hat and finding what is meaningful to us. At Beit Yichud, 6932 N Glenwood in Rogers Park. Write to chicagomakom@gmail.com for more information.
Sunday, October 4, 10:30 am. Book club. See newsletter above for information.
Friday, October 9, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm. Shabbat evening service. Shabbat evening service with Rabbi Menachem and cantorial soloist Leah Shoshanah. Broadway United Methodist Church.
Sunday, October 11, 3:00 pm. Rosh Chodesh group. Zoom meeting. Contact Ascher Levy, ascher1@ameritech.net.
Sunday, October 18, 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm. Crafts and conversation. Meeting at a Ravenswood location. For more information contact Wendy Lauter, lausho343@gmail.com.
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Feeding the Needy
In these difficult times, as we're trying to normalize after a government shut-down when SNAP benefits were paused, there is a way we can help the needy. Broadway United Methodist Church has some shelves at the front door that serve as a food pantry. Non perishable items that are left on the shelf will be of great help to the community.
Suggested items: canned meat or other protein items (tuna, salmon, chicken), crackers, peanut butter, canned soups and stews, canned fruits and vegetables, canned beans, pasta, rice, olive oil or Canola oil, powdered milk, spices (salt, pepper, garlic powder, onion salt, oregano, etc.), granola bars, applesauce, nuts, instant mashed potatoes.
Items to Skip: items that have to be refrigerated, items with glass packaging, items that need can openers or other special equipment to open (pop-top cans are the best!), items that require too many extra ingredients, items that are expired, items that are homemade or have already been opened.
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All services and events marked "at Makom" or unless otherwise marked are held at Broadway United Methodist Church, 3338 N. Broadway, Chicago.
Parking in the west lot can ONLY be accessed from Buckingham Place. It has limited space. DO NOT use the lot north of the church to avoid a ticket and/or being towed. There is also metered street parking. SpotHero can be a useful tool in this area. The Broadway #36 bus stops at the front door.
If you are sending dues or donations please use our PO BOX address: PO Box 10015, Chicago, IL 60610-0015.
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