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The Place of All Possibility: Chicago Book Talk and Signing with Rabbi Adina Allen
SketchPad 4411 N Ravenswood Ave Suite 300, Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin Rabbi Adina Allen in conversation with Dan Libenson for an eye-and-heart-opening exploration of “The Place of All Possibility: Cultivating Creativity…
The Art of the Holidays: Biblical Stories Viewed Through The Lens of Rembrandt
Anshe Emet Synagogue 3751 N. Broadway St, Chicago, IL, United StatesThe stories of Abraham and Isaac, Hannah and Samuel, and Jonah are part of our holiday experience. Over the years…
Spiritual Accounting: Elul Learning Circle
Doppelt Base Andersonville (ANVL) Chicago, IL, United StatesSpiritually prepare for the High Holidays with us! This is a 3-part series that will explore themes of Teshuva, repentance,…
Elul Learning Series: A Dive into Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur
Base Logan Square (LGSQ) (Exact address provided after event registration), Chicago, IL, United StatesThis two-part Elul learning series dives into the meaning of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and their relationship to teshuvah,…
Anshe Emet Men’s Club Presents: Men, Meat & Midrash with Milt’s
Anshe Emet Synagogue 3751 N. Broadway St, Chicago, IL, United StatesWe find ourselves on Rabbi Nachman’s Narrow Bridge, striving to find a place where we do not fear as we…
Genesis (Bereshit) Part II – The Story of the First Jewish Family – 10 week online course
Virtual/Zoom - link provided after registrationTake a journey through the heartwarming and heartbreaking stories of the first Jewish family as told in Bereshit/Genesis. Over ten…
Living the Hebrew Calendar: A Learning Circle
Doppelt Base Andersonville (ANVL) Chicago, IL, United StatesIn partnership with Rav Jonathan’s friends at IYUN, we’re excited to bring back Living the Hebrew Calendar to Base! This…
On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
Base Lincoln Park (LNCLN) West Wrightwood Avenue, Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin us for a pre-High Holiday reading of Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg's 'On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic…
Do You Want to Learn Yiddish? (Vilt Ir Lernen Yiddish?)
Virtual/Zoom - link provided after registrationWeekly Classes on Zoom Advanced Class - 1:00 PM on Thursdays through October 3, 2024 The cost for the semester…
High Holiday Preparation: Exploring the Themes of the Days of Awe
Congregation Beth Shalom (Naperville) 772 West 5th Avenue, Naperville, IL, United StatesThis three session course aims to help participants establish a spiritual framework from which to enter the high holidays. Prepare…
Rabbi Vanessa Harper Challah Shaping Workshop
Anshe Emet Synagogue 3751 N. Broadway St, Chicago, IL, United StatesPractice a toolbox of creative challah shaping techniques, explore the themes of the High Holy Days from new angles, and…
Sushi + Screening Shabbat
Address Provided Upon RSVPPlan for a happy and healthy new year by discovering the tools you need for a healthy future. Join us…
Post-Shabbat Mincha Class with Jacob Cytryn
Anshe Emet Synagogue 3751 N. Broadway St, Chicago, IL, United StatesIn these text-based classes, we will explore the halachic and philosophical themes of Sukkot focusing on Lulav, Sukkah, and Simcha.…
Handgun Basics with Lucky Star Tactical
Lucky Star Tactical West Lake Street, Bloomingdale, Illinois, United StatesThe Chicago Jewish Alliance is pleased to partner with Lucky Start Tactical for this handgun basics workshop! September 22nd 8:30…
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Chabad Lincoln Park Chabad Lincoln ParkJoin us for a Mezuzah open house! Meet a real life scribe and learn how mezuzahs, torah scrolls and tefillin…
Meet Givati combat doctor Michael Levin
Lubavitch Chabad of Northbrook 2095 LANDWEHR RD, Northbrook, IL, United StatesAfter 11 months of fighting and performing miracles on the battlefield, Dr. Misha Levin is coming to Chicago for three…
MCJC “Let’s Get Together” Program
Tree Of Life Unitarian Universalist Congregation Bull Valley Road, McHenry, Illinois, United StatesInternationally acclaimed Israeli storyteller Noa Baum will present a 45-minute excerpt of her highly entertaining presentation "A Taste of The…
Jewish genealogist to present update on researching Chicago Jewish ancestors
Temple Beth-El, 3610 Dundee Road, Northbrook, Illinois 3610 Dundee Road, Northbrook, IL, United States“Resources for Jewish Genealogy in Chicagoland—What’s New” will be the topic of a talk by genealogist Mike Karsen for the…
Talk by Professor Benjamin Blathaser
Moishe House Hyde Park - DM @hpmoishehouse on Instagram for AddressBenjamin Balthaser, Assistant Professor of English at Indiana University South Bend, will be delivering a talk at Hyde Park Moishe…
A Lone Soldiers Journey from the Holocaust to the IDF
Chabad Lincoln Park Chabad Lincoln ParkChabad Lincoln Park and Bayit Brigade present: A Lone Soldiers Journey from the holocaust to the IDF and what it tells…
Community Days After Dark: Funny Women of the Fabulous Fifties
Virtual/Zoom - link provided after registrationLaughing Ladies: Legendary Women of American Comedy with Jo Ann Tufo Funny Women of the Fabulous Fifties This session looks…
Unetane Tokef, Post October 7th: Who by Water? – from “Unetante Tokef” to “Hurricane”
Anshe Emet Synagogue 3751 N. Broadway St, Chicago, IL, United StatesWhat Israeli Eurovision Singer Eden Golan’s “Hurricaine” has to teach us about the way the Rosh HaShanah liturgy rings differently…
In-Person Beginner Beginner Yiddish Class
Harold Washington Library South State Street, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesThis is a fun, serious, and dynamic group course using the newly published In Eynem textbook, which encourages conversation, self-expression, and contemporary…
Connecting the Expecting | Cohort 40
Anshe Emet Synagogue 3751 N. Broadway St, Chicago, IL, United StatesExpectant parents at similar stages of life will gather to socialize, share resources and discuss issues pertaining to being pregnant…
JRC’s Spiritual Preparation for the High Holidays After a Difficult Year
Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation - JRC 303 Dodge Avenue, Evanston, Illinois, United StatesIndoors at JRC, no tickets required After this year of trauma, pain, loss, and challenge, how do we prepare ourselves…