10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Hebrew 1 with Nancy Fink January 11 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Hebrew 1 with Nancy Fink Can you open a Siddur and participate in the Synagogue service? Do you want to read the prayers in Hebrew? For learners with no or limited Hebrew language background. This class focuses on mastery of the hebrew alphabet in order to read and understand Hebrew words and phrases in the prayer book and modern usage. ...
10:00 am - 11:30 am Suffering, Salvation, and Human Rights” – A Conversation with Rabbi Noa Sattath, Executive Director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel January 14 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Suffering, Salvation, and Human Rights” – A Conversation with Rabbi Noa Sattath, Executive Director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel This Sunday we welcome Rabbi Noa Sattath (virtually) as she shares the important work of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, especially over the past few months, as well as discuss suffering, salvation, and human rights in Israel. Rabbi Sattath is the Executive Director of ACRI, the oldest and most influential civil and human ...
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Hebrew 3 with Dorit Flatt January 14 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Hebrew 3 with Dorit Flatt Hebrew 3 is for learners able to sound out and print Hebrew words. This class will explore the grammar and vocabulary of modern Hebrew through a variety of reading, writing, and speaking activities. Member fee $250; non-member fee $300. (five-student minimum for this class, scholarships are available) Non-Members Register Here Members Register Here DORIT FLATT ...
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Event Series Hebrew 2 with Bluma January 14 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Event Series Hebrew 2 with Bluma Hebrew 2 is for learners seeking more meaningful participation at services. This class provides opportunities to improve your Hebrew reading fluency while exploring the structure, themes, and key Hebrew vocabulary of the Shabbat morning worship service and its individual prayers. Hebrew 2 also includes basic elements of Hebrew grammar. Member fee $250; non-member fee $300 ...
10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Hebrew 1 with Nancy Fink January 18 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Hebrew 1 with Nancy Fink Can you open a Siddur and participate in the Synagogue service? Do you want to read the prayers in Hebrew? For learners with no or limited Hebrew language background. This class focuses on mastery of the hebrew alphabet in order to read and understand Hebrew words and phrases in the prayer book and modern usage. ...
11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Hebrew 3 with Dorit Flatt January 21 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm Event Series Hebrew 3 with Dorit Flatt Hebrew 3 is for learners able to sound out and print Hebrew words. This class will explore the grammar and vocabulary of modern Hebrew through a variety of reading, writing, and speaking activities. Member fee $250; non-member fee $300. (five-student minimum for this class, scholarships are available) Non-Members Register Here Members Register Here DORIT FLATT ...
11:00 am - 12:30 pm Jewish Disabilities Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Program featuring the Israel ParaSport Center (Ramat Gan Israel) Highlighting Caroline Tabib, an International Table Tennis Champion January 21 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Jewish Disabilities Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Program featuring the Israel ParaSport Center (Ramat Gan Israel) Highlighting Caroline Tabib, an International Table Tennis Champion Our Beit Sefer students in grades 2 and up as well as all Beth Emet adults are invited to meet Israeli Caroline Tabib, who was born with a congenital paraplegia and went from a child with little chance of survival to a Paralympian living life without limits. We will learn about the ParaSport Center and ...
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Event Series Hebrew 2 with Bluma January 21 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Event Series Hebrew 2 with Bluma Hebrew 2 is for learners seeking more meaningful participation at services. This class provides opportunities to improve your Hebrew reading fluency while exploring the structure, themes, and key Hebrew vocabulary of the Shabbat morning worship service and its individual prayers. Hebrew 2 also includes basic elements of Hebrew grammar. Member fee $250; non-member fee $300 ...
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series Adult Self-Defense January 23 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series Adult Self-Defense Tuesdays January 23, 30, February 6, and 13, 2024 | 5-6 pm Thanks to our partners at StandStrong, JCC Chicago is offering FREE self defense classes. Classes are for those who are ages 18 year and older. The 4-Week Self-Defense program is a weekly class focused on keeping participants active and teaching self-defense skills to ...
10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Hebrew 1 with Nancy Fink January 25 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Hebrew 1 with Nancy Fink Can you open a Siddur and participate in the Synagogue service? Do you want to read the prayers in Hebrew? For learners with no or limited Hebrew language background. This class focuses on mastery of the hebrew alphabet in order to read and understand Hebrew words and phrases in the prayer book and modern usage. ...
9:30 am - 10:45 am Event Series A Close Look at Torah with Rabbi Andrea London January 26 @ 9:30 am - 10:45 am Event Series A Close Look at Torah with Rabbi Andrea London There are many ways to interpret Torah and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. We will continue our learning from last year, reading and interpreting the text of the Book of Deuteronomy line by line. New learners are always welcome. No Fee for members; non-members fee is $130 Non-Members Register Here Members Register ...
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm War Poetry: A Memoir in Verse with Alden Solovy – A Study, Seudat Shleishit (sweet nosh), and Havdalah January 27 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm War Poetry: A Memoir in Verse with Alden Solovy – A Study, Seudat Shleishit (sweet nosh), and Havdalah Since the October 7th invasion and massacre in Israel and the resulting war with Hamas, Poet Liturgist, and Beth Emet community member Alden Solovy has captured his thoughts and emotions in poetry, prayer, and song. He has written nearly 35 new works (and counting) resulting from this difficult time. Alden will draw from his new works ...
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Professor Dov Waxman, Professor of Israel Studies at UCLA and Author of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know January 29 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Professor Dov Waxman, Professor of Israel Studies at UCLA and Author of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know Dov Waxman is the Director of the UCLA Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies. He is a Professor of Political Science and The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair of Israel Studies at UCLA. You can learn more about Professor Waxman by clicking here. Non-Members Register Here Members Register Here
5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series Adult Self-Defense January 30 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event Series Adult Self-Defense Tuesdays January 23, 30, February 6, and 13, 2024 | 5-6 pm Thanks to our partners at StandStrong, JCC Chicago is offering FREE self defense classes. Classes are for those who are ages 18 year and older. The 4-Week Self-Defense program is a weekly class focused on keeping participants active and teaching self-defense skills to ...
10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Hebrew 1 with Nancy Fink February 1 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Event Series Hebrew 1 with Nancy Fink Can you open a Siddur and participate in the Synagogue service? Do you want to read the prayers in Hebrew? For learners with no or limited Hebrew language background. This class focuses on mastery of the hebrew alphabet in order to read and understand Hebrew words and phrases in the prayer book and modern usage. ...
9:30 am - 10:45 am Event Series A Close Look at Torah with Rabbi Andrea London February 2 @ 9:30 am - 10:45 am Event Series A Close Look at Torah with Rabbi Andrea London There are many ways to interpret Torah and its nuances of meaning that are often overlooked. We will continue our learning from last year, reading and interpreting the text of the Book of Deuteronomy line by line. New learners are always welcome. No Fee for members; non-members fee is $130 Non-Members Register Here Members Register ...
11:00 am - 12:15 pm Event Series Myth and Ritual in Judaism with Dr. Barry Wimpfheimer February 2 @ 11:00 am - 12:15 pm Event Series Myth and Ritual in Judaism with Dr. Barry Wimpfheimer Religious Studies scholars have long theorized a relationship across religions between myth and ritual. Most of the examples employed to produce this theory did not come from Judaism. In this class we will consider the relationship between myth and ritual in the Jewish context. $25 Fee for members, Non-Members Fee: $35. Non-Members Register Here Members ...
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Up Close with Kibbutz Kissufim February 3 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm Up Close with Kibbutz Kissufim Members of Beth Emet, Temple Beth Israel, Congregation Hakafa, and Oak Park Temple have been working together to provide Kibbutz Kissufim with the financial resources for six months of much-needed ongoing trauma counseling and related activities for the community’s children. On Saturday, February 3, at 12:30 pm Central time, we will hear a live update by Zoom ...
January 14 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Suffering, Salvation, and Human Rights” – A Conversation with Rabbi Noa Sattath, Executive Director of the Association for Civil Rights in Israel
January 21 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Jewish Disabilities Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Program featuring the Israel ParaSport Center (Ramat Gan Israel) Highlighting Caroline Tabib, an International Table Tennis Champion
January 27 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm War Poetry: A Memoir in Verse with Alden Solovy – A Study, Seudat Shleishit (sweet nosh), and Havdalah
January 29 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Professor Dov Waxman, Professor of Israel Studies at UCLA and Author of The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: What Everyone Needs to Know
