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Faith Briefs
Lubavitch Chabad of Northbrook
(2095 Landwehr Road)
Shabbat dinner featuring
Rabbi Matisyahu Devlin
Enjoy a delicious Shabbat
dinner and hear the
exciting journey of a teenage
boy who rediscovered
his life. Rabbi Matisyahu
Devlin, on June 28, with
services starting at 7 p.m.
The son of a Jewish mother
and devout Catholic father,
will share his tale of
growing up in the Church
until that fateful night in
a Manhattan coffee shop.
Featured on National Geographic,
his story is sure to
entertain and inspire you
from beginning to end.
Tickets are $28 for adults,
$12 for children. Reservations
are required. For
more information, visit
ChabadNorthbrook.com
or call (847) 564-8770.
Congregation Beth Shalom
(3433 Walters Ave.)
21st Annual Helene
Hoffman Memorial Concert
Get tickets for Congregation
Beth Shalom’s 21st
Annual Helene Hoffman
Memorial Concert, East
Meets West, featuring Cantors
Azi Schwartz (Park
Avenue Synagogue, NY),
Marcelo Gindlin (Malibu
Jewish Center and Synagogue)
and Steven Stoehr
(Congregation Beth Shalom).
The event will take
place Aug. 12 at 7:30 p.m.
at North Shore Center for
the Performing Arts (9501
Skokie Blvd, Skokie, IL).
All reserved seats — tickets
$36 main floor or $25
balcony — sponsorships
available. Order tickets at
the box office or online
at www.northshorecenter.
org. For more information,
call (847) 498-4100.
Shabbat with a Twist
Join from 11 a.m. to
11:45 a.m. on Friday, June
21. Families with children
up to Pre-K join our
clergy for stories, songs
and projects and then twist
your own challah with the
dough we provide and take
it home to bake. Open to
the community — free of
charge. For more information,
call (847) 498-4100.
Distinguished Speakers
Program
Congregation Beth
Shalom Distinguished
Speakers Program presents
Daniel Silva, New
York Times bestselling
author, July 19, at 8 p.m.
Silva will be interviewed
by Jamie Gangel, CNN
Special Correspondent.
Autographed copies of his
newest release, the NEW
GIRL, expected to be released
July 11, are available
for pre-order now for
$25 and will be available
for pickup at the event.
The event is open to the
community free of charge.
Contact Lisa at LOrlov@
BethShalomNB.org to preorder
a book and for more
information.
Shabbat Yoga
Experience Shabbat
Yoga, a gentle, relaxing
yoga session inspired
by Shabbat as a rest day,
open to all levels, Saturday,
June 22, from 11
a.m.–Noon. Open to the
community at no charge
— bring your own mat
and dress appropriately for
yoga.
St. Giles Episcopal Church
(3025 Walters Ave.)
Community Breakfast
Join for a monthly, free
community breakfast
held each second Sunday
from 9-10:30 a.m. in the
church basement. All are
welcome. Our Sunday
morning worship service
begins at 10:15 a.m.
Islamic Cultural Center of Greater
Chicago (1810 Pfingsten Road)
Sunday Talk
Every Sunday the Islamic
Cultural Center will
hold a discussion at 12:30-
1 p.m. For more information,
call (847) 272-0319
or visit www.icc-greaterchicago.com.
Darchei Noam of Glenbrook
(3465 Techny Road)
Shabbaton with Rabbi
Haim Jachter
Join on June 21 and June
22 for Shabbaton. On Friday,
June 21, there will
be Kabbalat Shabbat followed
by dinner (RSVP at
www.tinyurl.com/jachter).
Saturday after services
will be a Shabbat kiddush
lunch (free of charge).
Rabbi Jachter has earned
an international reputation
as a get (Jewish divorce)
administrator, consultant
for community eruvin and
prolific writer. For more
details, please visit www.
darcheinoamglenbrook.
org.
Temple Beth-El (3610 Dundee Road)
Torah & Politics: A Friendly
Debate
The community is invited
to a friendly debate and
lively conversation. “Torah,
Politics and Difficult
Conversations” with Rabbi
Peter Knobel and Rabbi
Jonathan Greenberg, moderated
by Kerry Leaf takes
place June 23 from 10 a.m.
to noon at Temple Beth-
El. Visit www.har-shalom.
com for more information.
Submit information for The
Tower’s Faith page tom.
dwojak@22ndcenturymedia.
com. Deadline is noon on
Thursday. Questions? Call
(847) 272-4565.
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Memoriam
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all of those, his four children,
eleven grandchildren
and wife came first.
Daughter Jacki Gronau
Michael recited some of
the life lessons her father
imparted.
“Be nice to everyone,”
“have ‘a guy’ for everything,”
and “live life to the
fullest.” He pretty much
had a smile on his face all
the time,” she said. “And at
the end of every phone call
he said ‘I love you.’”
Then there was Peg, his
wife of 36 years.
“He just loved her so
much,” said close friend
Dave Nash. He told the
story of how Gronau had
recently turned to his wife
and said, “I love you even
more today than I did
yesterday.”
Kurt Gronau is survived
by his wife, Peg (Coleman),
four children, and eleven
grandchildren: Gretchen
(Michael) Wooldridge
(Merritt and Calvin) of
Morton Grove, IL, Jacki
(Timothy) Michael (Harley
and Sloan) of Lake Bluff,
Rodd (Sarah) Specketer
(Sadie, James, Miles, Elizabeth,
and Wells) of Lake
Bluff, and Melanie (Sean)
Walsh (Molly and Jack) of
Lake Forest, his two sisters,
Carol (Harvey) Applegate
of Omaha, NE, and Judy
Duszak of Libertyville,
IL, and nieces Michelle
Blanchard, Kim Bezek, and
nephew, Chris Duszak. He
was preceded in death by
his parents.
Dolores Timmer
Dolores “Dee” Timmer,
of Northbrook, died June 3.
She was the beloved
wife of the late Raymond
H. Timmer; loving mother
of Scott Lewis (Shelley
Ann) Brown and the late
Lewis David Brown; cherished
grandmother of Scott
and Michael; proud great
grandmother Kendal, Gabrielle
and Camille; dear
sister of the late Eugene
Plaski.
Timmer was part of the
North Shore Place Community
for several years. She
was very close to Christine
DeConcilis formerly with
North Shore Place and also
Wendi Bergquist of Guardian
Hospice. Wendi and
the staff were very loving
and attentive to her and
she loved her time at North
Shore Place.
Timmer was grateful to
the very end for the loving
care she received from
Wendi, Justine, and all
of the North Shore Place
staff. Her hobby was her
husband Raymond (who
has passed) and her sons
Scott and Lewis. She will
be laid to rest next to Lewis
Brown, her younger son.