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Dor L’Dor Oneg Shabbat

Join us for some delicious treats as you meet new friends, connect with old friends, and have a nosh. See you after services!

PJ’s, Pancakes and Playtime!

Roll out of bed and come to Beth Emet for breakfast! We'll have goodies for everyone, and some Shabbat singing and stories, too. And plenty of running games in the Crown Room! Cost is $10 per family Non-Member Register Here Members Register Here

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Event Series Sunday Morning Minyan

Sunday Morning Minyan

The Sunday Morning Minyan meets in the Beit Midrash at Beth Emet. Join us on Sundays to daven (pray) the weekday Shacharit (morning) service!  First-timers are encouraged! Please note, we will continue to Zoom as well for virtual participation. The Minyan offers an intimate opportunity to pray with the Beth Emet community. The service explores ...

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 ...

Event Series Hebrew 1 with Bluma Stoller

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. ...

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 ...

Oneg Shabbat

Welcome Shabbat before services with a nosh and some conversation between new and old friends.

Event Series Kahal Potluck Lunch

Kahal Potluck Lunch

If you are able to attend on Saturday morning, please consider bringing a vegetarian, nut-free dish or lunch item for all to enjoy. Please also take a moment to jot down a list of ingredients that can be displayed with your dish for the benefit of those with food allergies. Instead of a potluck item, ...

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 ...

Event Series Sunday Morning Minyan

Sunday Morning Minyan

The Sunday Morning Minyan meets in the Beit Midrash at Beth Emet. Join us on Sundays to daven (pray) the weekday Shacharit (morning) service!  First-timers are encouraged! Please note, we will continue to Zoom as well for virtual participation. The Minyan offers an intimate opportunity to pray with the Beth Emet community. The service explores ...

Event Series Hebrew 3 with Dorit Flatt

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 ...

Event Series Hebrew 2 with Bluma

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 ...

Jamberry with Nicole Jaworski (Co-Sponsored by JBaby)

Join us for joyful, collaborative music-making with Nicole Jaworski and Jamberry Music! In this class, you and your little one will bond with each other and make new friends while we sing, dance, play, pretend and experiment with instruments. Class is geared to kids 6 months to 2.5 years old and siblings are welcome to ...

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 ...

Event Series Social Justice Task Force

Social Justice Task Force

The Social Justice Committee centers around the values of Tikkun Olam, repairing the world, and gemilut chasadim (acts of loving kindness), through a hands-on, interactive, and committee-based approach. There are so many ways to get involved and help to support those suffering as a result of policies of injustice and marginalization. if you are interested in being ...

Event Series Hebrew 1 with Bluma Stoller

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. ...

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 ...

Oneg Shabbat

Welcome Shabbat with others by coming early for a nosh and conversation. If you're interested in sponsoring an Oneg Shabbat or contributing some baked items, contact Bekki.

Event Series Sunday Morning Minyan

Sunday Morning Minyan

The Sunday Morning Minyan meets in the Beit Midrash at Beth Emet. Join us on Sundays to daven (pray) the weekday Shacharit (morning) service!  First-timers are encouraged! Please note, we will continue to Zoom as well for virtual participation. The Minyan offers an intimate opportunity to pray with the Beth Emet community. The service explores ...

Zionism and Its Critics; Lecture and Conversation with Dr. Sara Yael Hirschhorn

Zionism today is a little-studied, yet much-maligned ideology.  For some, including member-states of the United Nations, Zionism has been derided as racism and been cited as the intellectual justification for human rights violations.  For others, it is the truest expression of Jewish sovereignty and a holy enterprise. Yet, what is Zionism? (Or more accurately, what ...

Event Series Hebrew 3 with Dorit Flatt

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 ...

Event Series Hebrew 2 with Bluma

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 ...

Jamberry with Nicole Jaworski (Co-Sponsored by JBaby)

Join us for joyful, collaborative music-making with Nicole Jaworski and Jamberry Music! In this class, you and your little one will bond with each other and make new friends while we sing, dance, play, pretend and experiment with instruments. Class is geared to kids 6 months to 2.5 years old and siblings are welcome to ...

Event Series Adult Self-Defense – Krav Maga

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 ...

Event Series Hebrew 1 with Bluma Stoller

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. ...

Gesher

Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month (JDAIM) Shabbat Service

Friday, February 16 is Inclusion Shabbat and will feature a pre-recorded D'var Torah by Rabbi Shir Meira Feit, an intuitive, gifted, and accomplished guide with decades of experience meeting others at the dynamic edge of spiritual emergence. He will speak to us from his heart, mind and soul about how Judaism, Torah and autism intersect. ...

From the Origin of Zionism to the Fateful Year of 1948

Learning Together: An Interfaith Approach to the War in Gaza How Israelis and Palestinians See Themselves and Each Other: A Multi-Lens Perspective on Israel-Palestine Saturday, February 17 | 2:00 pm From the Origin of Zionism to the Fateful Year of 1948 Sunday, February 18 | 2:00 pm From Independence/Nakba to October 7 and its Aftermath ...

Havdalah Happening!

Perfect for families with kids 6 and under. Each child can decorate a Sh’ma pillowcase, and we’ll have stories, singing and snacks. Cost: donation of new kid’s sweatshirts sizes 6-10 for ESCCA. Non-Members Register Here  Members Register Here

Event Series Sunday Morning Minyan

Sunday Morning Minyan

The Sunday Morning Minyan will meet offsite as the Beth Emet building will be closed.  Contact Jonathan Hartman-Seeskin for more information. Join us on Sundays to daven (pray) the weekday Shacharit (morning) service!  First-timers are encouraged! Please note, we will continue to Zoom as well for virtual participation. The Minyan offers an intimate opportunity to ...

From Independence/Nakba to October 7 and its Aftermath

Learning Together: An Interfaith Approach to the War in Gaza How Israelis and Palestinians See Themselves and Each Other: A Multi-Lens Perspective on Israel-Palestine Saturday, February 17 | 2:00 pm From the Origin of Zionism to the Fateful Year of 1948 Sunday, February 18 | 2:00 pm From Independence/Nakba to October 7 and its Aftermath ...

Jamberry with Nicole Jaworski (Co-Sponsored by JBaby)

Join us for joyful, collaborative music-making with Nicole Jaworski and Jamberry Music! In this class, you and your little one will bond with each other and make new friends while we sing, dance, play, pretend and experiment with instruments. Class is geared to kids 6 months to 2.5 years old and siblings are welcome to ...

Dayenu Circle

Calling on all those concerned about climate change. Attend the next Dayenu Circle zoom meeting, and we will be discussing our plans for Earth Day 2024! For more information, contact Sharon Smaller, smallersharon@gmail.com.