Sunday, May 21 @ 12:00 pm – In person on our synagogue grounds, starting at 12:00 p.m. Join us as we celebrate our entire community with a picnic. Activities for all ages, food for purchase, a fun way to spend time as a community and to enjoy the weather! Rain or shine…outdoors, weather permitting, indoors if the weather doesn’t cooperate. We will […]
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Monday, June 5 @ 6:30 pm – via Zoom. Visit our secure website to access the link. Howard Schickler will be facilitating a viewing of the 2016 film “Doing Jewish: A Story from Ghana”. Howard will be gathering materials about the emergence and re-emrgence of Judaism among the peoples of Africa and their efforts to create ties to other Jews worldwide. If […]
Tuesday, July 18 – Tuesday, July 25 @ 12:00 am – Some members of the congregation have expressed additional interest in helping others beyond what the congregation is already doing. A specific need has been identified to help our own community. Some of the SJS families are having trouble providing transportation for their children to SJS on Wednesdays for the 4:15 p.m. start time. We are […]
Friday, July 21 – Saturday, July 22 @ 6:00 pm – 12:00 pm – We are blessed to have two amazing Cantors leading our davenning for the next year. This great opportunity lends itself to many diverse services and programs. We will begin by welcoming Cantor Rosenblatt as she leads our Shabbat services and Sunday minyan on July 21, 22 and 23. In addition to welcoming Cantor Rosenblatt, we […]
Sunday, July 30 @ 1:30 pm – Please note that the venue will now be the Gerbie residence, 90 Meadowview in Northfield, at the corner of Meadowview and Winnetka Rd.
Tuesday, August 1 @ 6:30 pm – Howard Schickler will be hosting a group viewing of the seminar “Islamic Antisemitism: Its Origins, Nature, and Contemporary Consequences”. The session addresses the question of how the Jews’ relatively safe position under Islamic rule, as an inferior, but non-threatening people, degenerated into one where Jews were widely viewed as mortal enemies involved in an existential […]
Saturday, August 12 @ 10:30 am – We haven’t shared Shabbat with our friends at Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation since before the pandemic. Happily we will do so again at their synagogue at 6601 S. Kedzie Avenue in Chicago. Services begin at 10:30 a.m. We will not hold services at Am Yisrael that morning. Specific details will be forthcoming […]
Wednesday, August 16 – Tuesday, October 17 @ All Day – Join Rabbi Newman Kamin and Cantor Simon on an unforgetable trip to the Balkans, June 16 through June 30. Cost per person: $3,800 includes hotels, most entry fees, most meals. Airfare is not included in the pricing and is to be arranged on your own. Click here to sign up now. The full itinerary for […]
Sunday, August 20 @ 10:00 am – Bring your children…bring your grandchildren…bring your unaffiliated friends who are looking for a synagogue. Enjoy the ice cream sundae bar and…a donut wall! Activiites, schmoozing, chat with our clergy and staff. Please register in advance below. Sing with our new Cantor Rosenblatt Art Projects for Tots through Adults of all ages Schmooze with the Clergy […]