Guide Category: Culture
The Guide to Jewish Living offers a comprehensive, up-to-date directory of Chicago-area Jewish organizations, resources, products, and services. The guide acts as a community driven lexicon sponsored by Jewish Chicago: The JUF’s Magazine to foster connection and support. Email [email protected] with questions or for information on advertising opportunities.
* Listings with an asterisk are part of the JUF/JF partnership of agencies serving the Chicago and worldwide Jewish community.
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NS Beth El Sisterhood Sisterhood Gift Shop
Your resource for beautiful Judaica and gifts; everything to enhance your Jewish home. Beautiful array of gifts for lifecycle milestones, from baby blankets, tallitot, and yads to groom’s glass and shard keepsakes; unique items from Israel artisans - kiddush cups, candlesticks, mezuzot and jewelry. Wedding and b’nai mitzvot registries; hostess gifts for holidays and special occasions. Whatever your gift-giving need, we’re your North Shore resource.
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Oak Park Temple Gift Shop
Our gift shop features lovely Judaic items for daily spiritual life as well as holidays. You will find traditional and modern styles of candle holders, kiddush cups, seder plates, hanukkiah, jewelry, as well as gift items. Come and check us out!
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Or Tzedek: Teen Institute for Social Justice
Or Tzedek is JCUA's Teen Institute for Social Justice! A unique 12-day summer immersion program for teens across Illinois and the country who want to become agents of change. Learn about social justice and community organizing through a Jewish lens and participate in hands-on justice work with local organizations. Build Jewish community and bond with fellow teens interested in making a difference in their communities. Tour Chicago in the summer time and have a blast!
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Palmer House
Danziger cRc kosher certification available.
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PaNosh Kosher Catering
Rabbi Howard Lifshitz-certified.
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Personalities Inc.
3328 Commercial Ave. Northbrook IL 60062 (847) 272-7892 (847) 272-7894 [email protected] http://www.personalitiesinc.com Lou Loiben North Shore interactive D.J. company. Bar/bat mitzvahs and corporate affairs. All parties customized to clients needs.
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Please Take A Gift Home
Gifts for weddings and bar/bat mitzvahs.
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Premier Catering
Full-service kosher, formal catering services to the Chicagoland area. Weddings, rehearsal dinners, corporate dinners, large family dinners, bar/bat mitzvahs or other special events. Caters at the location of your choice or at their new facility, capable of holding up to 100 people. Glatt kosher, cRc-certified. Vegetarian available.
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Rabbi Roy Vey
Comedy and Illusion for almost any occasion.
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Rachael’s Creations
847-226-5032 [email protected] Rachael Gross None false
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Robert’s Fish Market
Kosher fish market. cRc certified.
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Romanian Kosher Sausage Co.
Delicatessen, fresh meats, poultry. Glatt kosher. OU-certified.
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Rosenblum’s World of Judaica
Full-service Jewish book/Judaica store.
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Rubschlager Baking Corp.
Kosher, parve, specializing in European and cocktail styles. OU-certified.
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Ruby Harris Band, The Wavehunters, Segula Orchestras
All styles of music for every occasion with Chicago's top musicians. Visit us at: Facebook: Rock Simcha!
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Schwartz Pickle Co.
Pickles and sauerkraut. OU-certified.
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Scintillating Productions: Hedda Hopper & Greta Garbo Musicals
Original, 90-minute, one-woman musicals on Hedda Hopper, the gossip columnist in the hats, and Greta Garbo, the mysterious Swedish film star. Skillfully written and brilliantly performed by master of musical theater and cabaret, Jillann Gabrielle. Well researched, gloriously fun, and thought-provoking crowd pleasers!
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Shabbat.com
Host or be hosted for a Shabbat meal. Experience the warmth and beauty of Shabbat by savoring delicious foods, and enjoying new friendships. Connect with more than 25,000 fellow Jews in 99 countries via Shabbat.com's state-of-the-art social network features. Find your soulmate. Shabbat.com's team of matchmakers have a unique approach to dating.
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Shaevitz Kosher Meat Market and Deli
Rabbi Herman Gross-certified.
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Shaevitz Uptown BBQ
Kosher Texas BBQ beef brisket, skirt steaks, beef ribs, steak burgers, and more. Catering and restaurant. Rabbi Sander J. Mussman supervised.
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Shakshuka
Israeli and Sephardic music, spiced with jazz.
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Shalechet Aviv/Nitzanim Israeli Folk Dance Troupe
Israeli and Jewish dances for all occasions.
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Shallots Bistro
Kosher steakhouse, sushi bar and catering. cRc-certified.
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Shalom Kosher Bakery
cRc-certified.
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Sharon Borstein
Hebrew and English calligraphy. Custom-designed ketubot, illuminated bar/bat mitzvah portions, baby naming and conversion certificates.
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Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers
cRc glatt kosher catering available.
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Shiga’on Singers
A choir for high-school students that performs Jewish, Israeli, and Yiddish selections for community events.
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Shircago
Jewish a cappella vocal ensemble in original arrangements. Renaissance music to modern Israeli, American pop, religious, secular; for b'nai mitzvah, luncheons, conferences, and by private engagement.
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Shirlee Todd
Singer of Yiddish theater and folksongs, Hebrew, Ladino, Russian, Spanish, and English pop and theater music, for all occasions.
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Shoshana Russell
Elegant Violinist: Shoshana performs Weddings, Parties, Corporate and life events such as Bridal and Baby Showers, Bar and Bat Mitzvah, ceremonies, cocktail hours, gallery openings, community and senior centers and Simchas. From Classical music to Traditional Hebrew melodies to Rock, Pop and Broadway. Also specializes in Israeli, Gypsy, Russian, Polish and European melodies. Will travel to perform in Chicago and Suburbs and Milwaukee.
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Showtimers
Medleys from Broadway; Russian, Jewish folk music, comedy, sing-alongs.
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Silver Beam Music
Front singer and rhythm guitarist for The Schticklers, The Laketown Buskers, The Teflons, The Silver Stars and more. Her appearances range from solo to trio to full band and encompass Vintage Swing, Old-time Country, Jewish gems, and originals. She is on the faculty of the Old Town School of Folk Music in four departments: Vocal, Guitar, Dance and Percussion. She is highly regarded as a warm, engaging, positive and interactive performer and faculty member.
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Sima Miller
Sings Yiddish, Israeli, Ladino, and Russian songs, American show tunes.
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Simply Simchas
Kosher catering for hotels, homes, and synagogues. KOF-K-certified.
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Slice of Life
Vegetarian and dairy cuisine; drop-off catering and party room. cRc-certified.
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Smoked Fish Productions
A comedian performing one woman shows.
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Solange Sior
A vocalist in show tunes, opera, pop, and Jewish songs.
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Spertus Institute for Jewish Learning and Leadership
Offers learning opportunities that are rooted in Jewish wisdom and culture and open to all. Offerings are designed to enable personal growth, train future leaders, and engage individuals in exploration of Jewish life. Graduate programs and professional workshops are offered in the Chicago area, in select locations across North America, in Israel, and through distance learning. Public programs including films, speakers, seminars, concerts, and exhibits are offered at the Institute's Michigan Avenue facility, in the Chicago suburbs, and online.
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Starr Kosher Catering
80-seat banquet hall on site. Off-site catering drop-off. cRc-certified. Both meat and dairy available.
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Stewart Figa
Vocalist in Yiddish theater music.
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Stories by Stuhlman
Jewish storyteller.
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STORM Interactive Entertainment
Incorporating the talents of live musicians, vocalists, percussionists, and cirque performers into the mix of DJs, MCs and Interactive Dancers. STORM is for those who want something out of the ordinary! Part of the Carey Smolensky Productions family of companies for simchas and corporate events locally, nationally and globally.
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Storyteller Susan Stone
Award-winning storyteller shares Jewish folklore, Chasidic and personal tales at schools, festivals, services and simchas. Susan tells stories to enlighten, entertain and illuminate the human condition. Performances, workshops, for adults and families. Most recently she has been featured at festivals in Warsaw, Lodz, and Lublin, Poland. Funny, poignant and mystical. She also performs with a Muslim and a Christian Woman in a show called: "Sisters of Story" www.sistersofstory.weebly.com Funding can be provided from the IL Arts Council.
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Studios of Lee Loebman
Ketubot, paper cutting, lithographs.
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Sweet Margy
Hand-dipped, gourmet toffee. Available throughout the greater Chicago area at many fine foods stores. cRc-certified.
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Swissotel Chicago
Kosher catering by Danziger. cRc-certified.
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Syd Lieberman
A storyteller: telling folk tales, short stories, and original pieces.
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Taboun Grill
CRC-certified.
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Tel Aviv Kosher Pizza
Pizza, pasta, falafel; Israeli, Mexican, and vegetarian; catering for large or small groups. Counter service, takeout, delivery. Cholov Yisrael. cRc-certified.
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Tel-Aviv Kosher Bakery
OU-certified. Pareve, Yoshon.