Category Archives: Tzivi's Events

Thanks to KAM Isaiah Israel‘s Kehillah Committee (Kate Berezutskaya, Matt Cramer & Nancy Fritz) for coordinating our congregation’s second annual “Christmas at the Movies.”  Like last year, our festivities centered around a Chinese food feast, but this year we did TWO … Continue reading →

So a couple of weeks ago, I’m here working away at my desk when the phone rings.  It’s my Rabbi.  She wants to know if I’d like to do one of the Meditations on Rosh Hashanah morning? These honors are usually … Continue reading →

Way back in the mid-80s, near the start of my career in healthcare consulting, I took my father to 222 South Riverside Drive to see my office at Coopers & Lybrand. (That’s way back when the huge public accounting firms … Continue reading →

From Sept ’08 Spotlight: I went to American Girl Place on August 12 to watch kids make “charity boxes” (in Hebrew “Tzedakah Boxes” and in Yiddish “Pushke Boxes”) in honor of the new “Rebecca Rubin” doll. Rebecca Rubin’s story is … Continue reading →

From Aug ’09 Spotlight: With thousands of works of art to his credit, Marc Chagall’s best known painting continues to be the one simply called Music (originally created for the Moscow State Yiddish Theater in 1920). Broadway lovers know this … Continue reading →

FROM MY FRIENDS AT ORT: How would you like to help a worthy cause by eating out, having a pizza or fresh salad, or ordering take-out so you don’t have to cook?  ORT, the organization that builds technical schools all … Continue reading →

From May ’08 Spotlight: Israeli filmmaker Adi Refaeli headlined two screenings of her award-winning short Empathy on Saturday, March 29 and Sunday, March 30. She also addressed members of Congregation Kol-Ami during Shabbat services on Friday, March 28, and met … Continue reading →

From Nov ’07 Spotlight: I saw many excellent films at last month’s 43rd Annual Chicago International Film Festival, including Joseph Cedar’s Beaufort (very likely to be Israel’s candidate for “Best Foreign Language Film” in next year’s Oscar race). For a … Continue reading →

        Matchmaker, Matchmaker: From Boiberik to Broadway Sholem Aleichem lovers know there is no one named “Yente the Matchmaker” in his Tevye stories.  So who is Yente, & why is she such an important character in Fiddler on … Continue reading →