Scholar in residence welcomed

Rabbi Binyamin Biber, rabbi of Machar, the Washington, D.C. congregation for Secular Humanistic Judaism, will be “Scholar in Residence” Thursday through Nov. 6 at Kol Hadash Humanistic Congregation.

In addition to his pulpit with Machar, Rabbi Biber operates the Humanist Chaplaincy Services of Metropolitan Washington, …

Day of Hope projects seek to promote love

The congregations of four North Shore Methodist churches will come together Sunday to turn the remembrance of an horrific tragedy into a Day of Hope. Christ United Methodist Church of Deerfield, Glenview Methodist Church, Northbrook Methodist Church and North Shore Methodist Church in Glencoe will …

Deerfield 9/11 speaker: ‘I still can’t believe what we were seeing’

Rabbi Aaron Melman will never forget walking through the ashes at the World Trade Center a decade ago, knowing they weren’t only the buildings’ remains.

Melman, who today serves Congregation Beth Shalom Temple in Northbrook, also is the chaplain of the Northbrook Fire Department.

But …

North Shore Country Day graduation

Forty-seven North Shore Country Day seniors graduated on June 3. More photos at glencoe.suntimes.com.