A blessed New Year to all those celebrating Rosh Hashanah. | | What is Rosh Hashanah?
First, it marks the start of the Jewish New Year.
While some ancient cultures, such as the Celts, celebrated the start of a new year during the spring equinox because it was the time of planting, Semitic cultures in the Near East celebrated the new year in the fall, after the harvest was gathered. The name of Rosh Hashanah can be translated as “first” or “head of the year.” It is also sometimes called “The Feast of Trumpets.”
Secondly, Rosh Hashanah is a celebration of creation. It is sometimes called the “birthday of the world” and is considered to also be the time when God made his covenant with man by creating Adam and Eve.
Lastly, Rosh Hashanah marks the start of the Jewish High Holy Days leading up to Yom Kippur. It marks the beginning of the 10 “Days of Awe,” in which Jews focus their attentions on repentance and reflection leading up to Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, considered to be holiest day of the Jewish year. Traditionally, the blood of an animal was sacrificed as a way to remove sin or defilement.
According to tradition, the names of the righteous are written in the Book of Life and names of the wicked are written in the Book of Death. For everyone else – most people – you have 10 days to repent before your fate is sealed in one of the two books. | | Help Our Candidates This Week | | Petition Tuesdays - Tuesday 10/1 from 5-7pm DuPage Dems Office - 1000 Rohlwing Rd Lombard, IL (Unit 1000-7) Come to sign petitions for the candidates in your district, to get petitions notarized, to get petition / candidate questions answered and stay to socialize with candidates & fellow Dems. | | County-Wide Petitions – Day of Action – Judges Wednesday 10/2 and Friday 10/4 (All Day) Locations throughout the County – Coordinate w/ info@dupagedemocrats.com
Our County-Wide Candidates need our help to get on the ballot. Each week we will be focused on a different position. This week, we are focused on our judicial candidates. Two options to help the Judicial Candidate(s) of your choice: 1 – 6am-8am at the Train Station of your choice 2 – 2 hours at the grocery store of your choice
***If you can do either of these options, please email info@dupagedemocrats.com for scripts, petitions and to coordinate candidates/locations. | | Candidate Petitions – Day of Action – Casten & Friends Saturday 10/5 DuPage Dems Office - 1000 Rohlwing Rd Lombard, IL (Unit 1000-7) Shifts 9am, 12pm and 3pm
Our District Candidates need our help to get on the ballot. Each week we will be focused on a different candidates/districts. Today we will be carrying for Sean Casten. In addition we will be carrying for State Rep Deb Conroy and/or County-Board/Forest-Preserve Candidates (Districts 2 and 4). All materials and training will be provided. Please join us for a shift. | | Candidate Petitions – Day of Action – Casten & Friends Sunday 10/6 DuPage Dems Office - 1000 Rohlwing Rd Lombard, IL (Unit 1000-7) Shifts 12pm and 3pm
Our District Candidates need our help to get on the ballot. Each week we will be focused on a different candidates/districts. Today we will be carrying for Sean Casten. In addition we will be carrying for County-Board/Forest-Preserve Candidates (Districts 2 and 4). All materials and training will be provided. Please join us for a shift. | | *** For a full listing of events, use the links below *** | | Chicago native, Loretta Burke, has lived in Aurora for 20 years, and in 2000 became a member of the Naperville Township Democratic Organization. Most recently, Loretta was elected in 2017 as one of the first-ever Democrats to be elected to the Naperville Township Board of Trustees, where she will serve a four-year term until 2021. As a Trustee, Loretta has sought to bring a greater awareness of the services the Township offers to residents, provide more transparency in the Township’s operations and fiscal policies, and to reduce the tax burden upon Township residents.
In addition, she serves on the Board of the Naperville Township Democrats as the Precinct Director, and was recognized as the Precinct Committeeman of 2018. She had previously been nominated (but didn’t win) as DuPage County PC of the Year, and was personally congratulated by Barack Obama for having been nominated! Barack was attending the DuPage County Gala while he was running for Senator in 2004. | | | Loretta has been elected many times as the Democratic Committeeperson for Precinct 68, and works as a Precinct Coordinator to recruit and train new Democratic precinct committeepersons. Over the years, Loretta has lent her support to many local, state and national Democratic campaigns. A proud union member of the Illinois Education Association (retired), Loretta served as a delegate to the 2016 National Education Association’s Representative Assembly in Washington, D.C. Loretta earned a B.S. degree in Business Education from DePaul University, Master’s Degree in Library and Information Science and Educational Administration Certification from Dominican University. Loretta just recently retired after 14 years as a junior-high School Library Media Specialist in Oswego School District 308.
Loretta really enjoys walking her precinct and delivering Election Kits to the voters in her precinct. Her voters are so happy to see her because they know they will now have the information to make the best choices in the election booth. She also enjoys talking to people about becoming volunteers or Precinct Committeepersons in their precincts. It is very fulfilling to generate enthusiasm among people to donate their time to getting election information to their Democratic neighbors. | | Paid for by the Democratic Party of DuPage County, who continues the Fight for Economic Justice, Civil Rights and Our Environment within DuPage & Beyond. | | | | | | |
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