First Fridays begin on Friday, May 3
6:15 p.m. Congregational Shabbat Dinner
7:30 p.m. Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Shabbat Dinner is $16 per adult | $10 per child (age 5-12) by Wednesd...
Please note, there will be no Kabbalat Shabbat Services on Friday, April 19.
Listen to a pre-recorded Shabbat Service
Names for Kaddish will be read Shabbat morning, April 20 at 9:30 a.m. If you prefer th...
Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Cafe Brauer (2021 N. Stockton Drive, Chicago)
Join Avodah in honoring their 2019 Partners in Justice honoring the accomplishments of David Axelrod, Rabbi Andrea London, and Jessica ...
Beth Emet is a diverse, multigenerational Reform community with a dynamic approach to Judaism. Our congregation seeks to create a spiritually vibrant, socially conscious, intellectually challenging, and deeply caring environment firmly rooted in Jewish tradition and values.
Shabbat, April 27 at 9:30 a.m.
Children ages three to eleven are encouraged to attend to Beth Emet’s Shabbat morning Kahal service with their adult family members to participate in a musical prayer service. During...
Wednesday, April 24
Vigil/Stand at 1:30-1:50 p.m. on Ridge and Dempster
Discussion: 2:00-3:00 p.m. at Unitarian Church of Evanston (1330 Ridge Ave., Evanston)
As civil and human rights continue to be eroded for imm...
Sundays, April 28 and May 5 | 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
with Rabbi Andrea London and Marci Dickman
Anyone who is a parent knows that parenting is simultaneously stressful and fulfilling, exhausting and invigorating, frus...
Pre-Passover Food Collection to benefit Connections for the Homeless
The Tzedakah Fund Committee will be collecting all unopened, non-perishable food items that will be donated to C...
Thursday, May 16 at 6:30 p.m. at Cafe Brauer (2021 N. Stockton Drive, Chicago)
Join Avodah in honoring their 2019 Partners in Justice honoring the accomplishments of David Axelrod, Rabbi Andrea London, and Jessica ...
A Parent-Child Book Group on Anything is Possible: A Child’s Journey to America and Hope - a young reader's historical novel by Barbara Stock
Thursday, May 23 | 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
For children in grades 4 and 5 w...
Beth Emet Synagogue, Second Baptist Church, and Grace Lutheran Church are taking an interfaith, dual narrative (Palestinian and Jewish guide) to Israel and the West Bank. Travel with Rabbi London and Pastors Nabors ...
New course just added!
with Eli Rosenblatt, PhD
Tuesday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m.
How have Jews interacted with and responded to the color line? How did Jewish radicals, reformers, rabbis, and laypeople think about racial concepts ...
with Rabbi Andrea London
Fridays through June 7 (No class April 19 and 26)
9:30 a.m. - 10:35 a.m.
There are many ways to interpret Torah and the nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. We will continue our learning from ...
With Rabbi Andrea London
Shabbat, April 6, May 11, and June 1
3:30–5:30 pm This class meets at Rabbi London's home.
Once a month on Shabbat afternoon at Rabbi London's home, explore Jewish spiritual practices that combine pr...
with David Zarefsky
Tuesday, June 4 | 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sessions will focus on the place of the United States in the world, including relationships with Israel, the nature of the social contract, and the principles of fed...
with Linda Schneider
Wednesday, June 12; 7:30 – 9:00 p.m.
Percussion offers hands-on, non-verbal access to the spiritual and emotional while connecting with others. Treat your mind, body, and spirit to an uplifting break fr...
with Lindy Rubin and Hyma Levin
Monday, May 6, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Lindy and Hyma will collaborate to explore the story of King David, first as text and then as interpreted and portrayed by renowned artists throughout the ages. We...
with Claire Sufrin
Fridays, May 3 and 10, 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
This course will explore different aspects of the relationship between religion and literature. We’ll begin with the biblical story of the Binding of Isaac and c...
with Hyma Levin
Wednesdays, May 22 and 29, 7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Enjoy the story of Ruth as we explore the relationship of an older woman and a younger woman seeking to preserve themselves in ancient Israel. Is this story a cute fol...
with Rabbi Peter Knobel
Fridays through June 28 | 8:00 – 9:00 a.m (No class April 19 and 26)
Meeting in person in October, and through Zoom online thereafter, we will continue reading Tractate Avodah Zarah, which deals with...
with Ben Frommer
Fridays, May 17 and 24, 10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
The Nuremberg Tribunal and other courts punished many architects of the so-called Final Solution, while thousands of other Holocaust supporters escaped punishment...
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