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Our Vision and Identity
No matter what causes you to walk through our doors, Chicago Loop Synagogue is committed to helping you find what you seek. By providing a convenient place for daily worship, we help Jews make congregational prayer a regular part of their business day, as well as to observe Yahrzeits and to recite the Kaddish prayers during periods of mourning. While the daily worship is Traditional with separate seating, we have mixed seating on the High Holidays in response to the needs of our residential community. Also on Friday nights, for those who wish, we do offer an Egalitarian Minyan (please email us for more information).Our History
Prayer and programming in a magnificent space Chicago Loop Synagogue was founded in 1929 to serve the religious needs of those whose business activities brought them downtown. Since then, a growing residential community has made it the home synagogue for those who live downtown as wellOur Building
The synagogue is also an architectural marvel which is regularly featured on architecture tours. Among other features, it contains the magnificent Abraham Rattner stained glass artwork which takes up almost the entire Eastern facade of the Synagogue, Rattner lithographs in the Beit Midrash and the entry to the Social Hall and the Hands of Peace by Henri Azaz, which crowns the entrance to the Synagogue. We are regularly part of the Chicago Architecture Foundation's Sacred Spaces tour and are a stop for many architecture tours and field trips as we continue to be open to our community.Listen Up! A Cappella
The Chicago Loop Synagogue 16 South Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USWhat comes across is every moment of their performance is an adoration for singing—turning melodies and harmonies on their heads…
Poetry, Memoir, Fiction and the Art of Remembering: A Literary Reading with Three Jewish Writers
The Chicago Loop Synagogue 16 South Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USJoin us for an afternoon of celebrating new books by three Chicago-area writers! Dina Elenbogen will read from her new…
Violins of Hope at Chicago Loop Synagogue
Chicago Loop Synagogue 16 S Clark St, Chicago, IL, United StatesDon’t miss your last chance to see Violins of Hope live in Chicago! This grand-scale, multi-faceted project includes a private…
Shalom Jazán!
The Chicago Loop Synagogue 16 South Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USChicago Loop Synagogue presents Shalom Jazán!, an installation concert welcoming Hazzan (Jazán) Jonathan Kohan. This concert is also featuring Cantor…
Writing and the Art of Remembering: A Reading and Conversation with writers Peter Orner and Aviya Kushner
The Chicago Loop Synagogue 16 South Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USJoin us for a literary reading with two esteemed writers, a nonfiction writer and a poet, then warm up with…
Heschel’s Passover Eve at Chicago Loop Synagogue
The Chicago Loop Synagogue 16 South Clark Street, Chicago, IL, USA solo performance portraying Abraham Joshua Heschel Sunday, April 14, 2024 2:00 PM Live at Chicago Loop Synagogue Rabbi Prof.…