Hebrew 1 with Nancy Fink March 14, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:00 am Hebrew 1 with Bluma Stoller 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. ...
Being Jewish Faculty Faced with Anti-Israel Antisemitism March 14, 2024 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm How is it to be a Jewish Professor at a small campus facing hurtful antisemitic anti-Israel words and actions by a significant number of students and faculty, which becomes worse after Hamas’ barbaric October 7 attack? What do you do? When your approach to art history is examining personal experiences to discern broad cultural implications, how do ...
“I’ll Have What She’s Having”— The Jewish Deli Exhibit at the Illinois Holocaust Museum March 15, 2024 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm (Optional deli lunch together before visiting the exhibit.) For many of us, the Jewish deli has been intertwined with Judaism and Jewish life. Let’s meet at the museum (9603 Woods Dr., Skokie) to enjoy this exhibit together! Those who would like to experience deli and the community it can build will also meet for lunch, 11:30 ...
Soul Spark Shabbat Service March 15, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm Kabbalat Shabbat Service Join our clergy, musicians, and singers for a unique Shabbat experience filled with soul-stirring music and contemplative meditations and teachings. On this Shabbat Cantor Young will be premiering her new composition, Da L’cha (Know This) that will be presented at a number of congregations around the country on the same evening. The piece is set ...
Oneg Shabbat (Desserts & Fruit) March 15, 2024 @ 7:45 pm - 8:15 pm Oneg Shabbat (Desserts & Fruit) Continue the joy of Shabbat with a few sweets and conversation following services.
Kahal Shabbat Morning Services March 16, 2024 @ 9:30 am - 11:30 am Whether in-person or online participate in worship by signing up for an honor via the online honor form.
Discussion about the book Can We Talk About Israel – Part 1 March 17, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:15 am Join Rabbi London for a two-part discussion of the book, Can We Talk About Israel? A Guide for the Curious, Confused and Conflicted by Daniel Sokatch. The Jewish Book Council wrote this review of Sokatch’s book: “Can We Talk about Israel? is a supremely nuanced discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, past and present. It is broad in ...
