Don't miss our

Erev Shabbat Beach Services

Elliot Park, Evanston

Friday Evenings

6 pm: BYO Dinner, 7 pm: Service

July 11 - led by Cantor Friedland

July 25 - led by Rabbi Rosen & Lori Lippitz

August 8 - led by Lori Lippitz

August 22 - led by Rabbi Rosen & Cantor Friedland

Pack a dairy/veg picnic dinner (no alcohol, per the Park District) and join your JRC family for our informal Erev Shabbat services on the beautiful Evanston lakefront. There's no better place to spend Shabbat in the summertime!

In case of rain, services will be held at JRC.

There's no time like the present!

We still have space in our Religious School and our Early Childhood Center for the 2008-09 school year.

To learn more about joining JRC, contact:

Dina April

Membership & Program Coordinator

847-328-7678, ext. 2235

dapril@jrc-evanston.org

CALLING ALL ARTISTS

Ready, Set, Grow!

The Landscape Committee is putting together a series of 5-10 notecards to raise funds for our "green" garden and promote JRC.

If you'd like to submit your artwork, here are the guidelines:

Card size - 5"x3.75", vertical or horizontal (a sheet of letter paper folded in quarters with 1/4" from each side). No bleeding edges.

Medium - any media is acceptable provided it can be scanned/ photographed at high resolution (300ppi).

Subject Matter - should be inspired by the plants and flowers found in our garden.

Deadline - Monday, September 1, 2008.

Send to - Darlene Grossman

Pieces to be included in the series will be decided by select Committee members. All submissions are considered a donation, although your name and copyright 2008 will appear on the back of the card. And you'll earn kvelling rights!

Visit Rabbi Rosen's blog to read about our congregation's commitment to creating a sustainable shul, related in his Construction Diaries.

To schedule a docent-led tour of the building, please call the JRC Office at 847-328-7678.