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Natalia Mehlman Petrzela: Fit Nation Jews, Exercise, and the Making of Modern American Fitness Culture
Virtual/Zoom - link provided after registrationStereotypes about Jewish physical weakness have meant that the crucial role of Jews in making American fitness culture has often…
ChiTribe Pride Shabbat with Congregation Or Shalom
Congregation Or Shalom-Vernon Hills Congregation Or Shalom-Vernon HillsCelebrate Pride Shabbat in partnership with Congregation Or Shalom in Vernon Hills. This event blends the spirit of Shabbat with…
SHABBOS in the ‘CHOOD w/Project 613!
Project 613 West Rogers Park Chicago, United States* WELCOME TO THE SHTETL! Prepare to be BLOWN AWAY with the warmth, awesomeness, and HOMEMADE FOOD that will warm…
Rosh Chodesh Well Circle: Tammuz
Base Andersonville (ANVL) (Exact address provided after event registration), Chicago, IL, United StatesThis is a monthly gathering for self-identifying women to explore the intersections of femininity, spirituality, Judaism, menstruation, sisterhood, the moon,…
Hadassah Chicago-North Shore Summer Series: Am Israel Chai!
Congregation Beth Shalom Congregation Beth ShalomJoin us this summer to learn effective tools for addressing the complex questions facing us today and to celebrate the…
Community Days: “My Heart is in the East, But I Am in the West: The Iranian Jewish Experience”
Virtual/Zoom - link provided after registrationThis program illuminates the powerful and richly vibrant story of the Iranian Jewish community that began in ancient Persia nearly…
Hadassah Chicago-North Shore Summer Series: Am Israel Chai!
Congregation Beth Shalom Congregation Beth ShalomJoin us this summer to learn effective tools for addressing the complex questions facing us today and to celebrate the…
Humans of October 7th: A Conversation with Erez Kaganovitz
North Suburban Synagogue Beth El North Suburban Synagogue Beth ElPresented by JCC Chicago’s Growing Hope 2pm | In-Person Reception in the Museum Gallery 2:30pm | Zoom Conversation with the Artist…
Jacob the Liar (Jakob der Lügner) – Free Film Screening
Goethe-Institut Chicago 150 Michigan Avenue #420, Chicago, IL, United StatesPart of the 70 Years of German Films collection A gripping East German film about survival and resilience amidst the horrors of…
Screams Before Silence: A Documentary of October 7
Ezra-Habonim, the Niles Township Jewish Congregation 4500 Dempster St, Skokie, IL, USPlease Join the Chicago Jewish Alliance for the Screams Before Silence Interfaith Screening on July 23rd. Doors: 6 pm Screening:…
Hadassah Chicago-North Shore Summer Series: Am Israel Chai!
Congregation Beth Shalom Congregation Beth ShalomJoin us this summer to learn effective tools for addressing the complex questions facing us today and to celebrate the…
Jewish genealogists to share research tips, family history discoveries in free hybrid meeting
Temple Beth-El 3610 Dundee Rd, Northbrook, IL, United StatesThe Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois will hold a hybrid “Kvell and Tell” session on Sunday, July 28, 2024. Seven…
Hadassah Chicago-North Shore Summer Series: Am Israel Chai!
Congregation Beth Shalom Congregation Beth ShalomJoin us this summer to learn effective tools for addressing the complex questions facing us today and to celebrate the…
Triumph of the Spirit: Jewish Athletes Before, During and After the Holocaust
Joliet Public Library North Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois, United StatesJoin us for a conversation with collector Neil Keller, as he takes audience members deeper into the stories of the…
Hadassah CNS in partnership with Anshe Emet Sisterhood “An Alderperson’s View of Antisemitism”
Anshe Emet Synagogue 3751 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL, United StatesPlease join us as we hear from Debra Silverstein, Alderperson of the 50th Ward of the city of Chicago and…
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…
IPF Atid Chicago Rooftop Leadership Salon With Itai Biran
Millennium Park, Address Provided Upon RSVP Chicago, IL, United StatesPlease join IPF Atid Chicago for an evening rooftop salon with Itai Biran, Consul for Political and Commercial Affairs at…
Base Book Club: People Love Dead Jews
Base Logan Square (LGSQ) (Exact address provided after event registration), Chicago, IL, United StatesOver the course of four weeks, we will look closely at People Love Dead Jews: Reports From A Haunted Present by…
Meaty Shabbat dinner + short teaching about Halachik possibilities for patrilineal descent
Lakeview Moishe PodSeats ARE limited! ***PM us to RSVP!*** Join us for a *meaty* Shabbat dinner and a short learning by our…
Connect The Dots: A Solo Show About Jewish Identity
The Lincoln Lodge North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, United StatesFrom navigating his cultural identity as a Bukharian Jew in America to figuring out why he dated a rabbi, Natan…
Vaguely Jewish Book Club
Winnemac Park 5100 N. Leavitt St., Chicago, IL, USNo matter how scary the world gets, books are the best escape! Join Builder Debbie Kaltman for a fiction book…
Tisha b’Av; Poetic Heartbreak, Poetic Healing — Pre-Fast Meal, Poetry Reading, and Eicha Reading
Doppelt Base Andersonville (ANVL) Chicago, IL, United StatesTLDR: 7:30pm meal 8:15pm poetry 8:45 Eicha Eicha (The Book of Lamentations) is an ancient book of the Hebrew bible…
August Spotlight Salon: Antisemitism on College Campuses
Virtual/Zoom - link provided after registrationThe program will discuss the rise of antisemitism and the current campus climate. Looking ahead to the next academic year,…
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…
Movie Night at Chabad East Lakeview: The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Chabad of East Lakeview Chicago, IL, United StatesIn a bid to gain respect,as he lives in the shadow, of an older brother who his father and uncle…