Meet Mally Zoberman Rutkoff who is a child of Holocaust survivors and working hard to keep Holocaust memory alive. On September 15, Mally will be honored by the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum’s Midwest Office at it’s annual Risa K. Lambert ‘What You Do Matters’ Virtual Chicago Event. ChiTribe wants to learn

Meet Brianne Caplan, Executive Director and Founder of Code Your Dreams. When COVID-19 hit, Brianne Caplan sprang into action and work to transition all programming from in-person to virtual. The curriculum development team built an extensive library of on-demand videos alongside our curriculum so that students would have both synchronous

Photographs courtesy of Tell Draper Exciting News from Temple Beth-El in Northbrook! Meet Rabbi Ari Moffic Where did you grow up? Newton, MA What did you do Jewish growing up? I loved religious school at our Reform Temple, I went to a communal Hebrew program in high school  at Hebrew

During this pandemic season, ChiTribe is here to celebrate the Jewish Healthcare Workers of Chicago! Nominate your friends and family today. Dr. Genna Lipkin Meet Dr. Genna Lipkin, pediatrician at Child and Adolescent Health Associates. Genna is currently accepting new patients and doing free (now virtual) prenatal visits. Thank you

Let’s meet Jewish person of the week Mo Goltz, designer of the ChiTribe logo. Where did you grow up? I grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana. What did you do Jewish growing up? Since I grew up Orthodox in an area without an orthodox community, our family would host Shabbat

Let’s meet Jewish person of the week Caleb Bromberg, Youth Engagement and Curriculum Coordinator at Temple Sholom of Chicago.

Nominate a Jewish Person of the Week! Find more Jewish people of the Week on ChiTribe. Find all the Chicago events on ChiTribe’s Event Calendar

Nominate a Jewish Person of the Week! Find more Jewish people of the Week on ChiTribe. Find all the Chicago events on ChiTribe’s Event Calendar

Where did you grow up?  I grew up in Connecticut and before moving to Chicago last March, I spent my whole life on the East Coast, most recently in NYC for 10 years. What did you do Jewish growing up?  I attended Hebrew School twice per week – my favorite part aside

Let’s Meet Jewish Person Of The Week – Leah Greenblum What’s so Jewish about abortion access? Well, first, both Judaism and abortion access are sex-positive. Also, in our tradition, we say that abortions are permissible because the “health of the mother” takes precedence over anything else. In other words, the health