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  • Consecration

    We invite you to be with our young learners for a very special event marking the start of a child’s formal Jewish learning. Our Consecration program honors kindergarten learners and new 1st and 2nd grade learners as they take an important step into Beit Sefer and into a lifelong relationship with Jewish learning, community, and ...

  • Siddur (Prayerbook) Hebrew with Bluma Stoller

    Siddur (Prayerbook) Hebrew

    If you’d like to participate more meaningfully at services, this class can help you continue to develop your Hebrew skills. Participants will develop Hebrew reading proficiency while exploring the vocabulary, structure, and themes of Shabbat worship services and prayers.

  • Soup Kitchen

    The Rabbi Peter and Elaine Knobel Soup Kitchen at Beth Emet

    Every Wednesday evening since 2002, Beth Emet has opened its doors to community members in need of a nutritious dinner. Guests sit at linen-covered tables with fresh flowers and listen to live music while enjoying their meal, and they leave with a sack lunch to enjoy on the following day. The meeting starts in the ...

  • Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: Reckoning with Peter Beinart’s 2025 Book (3 part series: February 11, 18, 25)

    Beinart’s book presents the October 7 attacks and the ensuing war as a profound turning point in modern Jewish history. In this three‑session course, Beth Emet members Hannah Graham and Danny London will use Beinart’s text as a springboard for exploring how traditional narratives have shaped Jewish identity and how contemporary Jewish perspectives—particularly views on Israel—are shifting in response to the events of the war. Together, we will examine the tensions, questions, and emerging frameworks that are redefining Jewish self‑understanding in this moment of upheaval.

  • Beit Sefer

    Beit Sefer

    Beit Sefer is an engaging Jewish learning program for students in Kindergarten through 7th grade. Classes explore Jewish values, holidays, Torah stories, and Hebrew in a supportive and fun environment, fostering curiosity, community, and connection to Jewish life. Beit Sefer meets Sundays for Kindergarten-2nd grade learners and Sundays and Thursdays for 3rd-6th grade learners. Thursday ...

  • Israeli Dancing

    Israeli Dancing

    Join Chicago Israeli dancing, led by Phil Moss and Penny Brichta, and learn how to dance like an Israeli every Thursday night! For more information you can refer to chicagoisraelidancing.com The event is held in the Wiener Room and through Zoom.  

  • Inclusion Shabbat

    On our February 27 Kabbalat Shabbat service, in honor of Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month (JDAIM), Shelly Christensen, MA, FAAIDD, Senior Director of Faith and Spirituality at Disability Belongs™ and co-founder of JDAIM, will share practical insights from tradition and lived experience, exploring how access, culture, and everyday actions shape community life. Discover how ...