Guide Category: Education
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* Listings with an asterisk are part of the JUF/JF partnership of agencies serving the Chicago and worldwide Jewish community.
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Saul Silber Memorial Library
An academic research library with over 65,000 items on Judaica; reading room open to the public; membership required for circulation privileges. Includes rabbinics, halakha, and Jewish history.
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Chicago YIVO Society
Local affiliate of YIVO Institute for Jewish Research: public programs on Yiddish language, culture, and history; Yiddish reading circle; scholarships in Yiddish studies.
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Vaad Hadayanus/Council on Jewish Law
Classes, publications and seminars.
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Chicago Community Kollel
Adult education classes for men and women throughout greater Chicago,
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Kollel Toras Chesed
One-on-one learning sessions on Sundays, morning and evening learning sessions for men; classes and discussion groups for men and women; children's story hour on Shabbos; TNT & Besamim programs for children; Women's Tanach class; Torah To Go CDs.
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North Shore Torah Center Komimiyus
Torah classes, free of charge, primarily in Deerfield and Highland Park.
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The Chicago Center for Jewish Studies
Lectures, conferences, and arts programming in all areas of Jewish history, culture, literature, and religion, all open to the public; oversees undergraduate programs; and supports and coordinates graduate degree programs in multiple areas of Jewish Studies in 13 departments and schools.
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Blitstein Institute for Women
Bressler School of Advanced Hebrew Studies and Kanter School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, accredited college offers bachelor of arts degree in Judaic studies; additional majors in accounting, psychology, certification in computers and education; pre-prof
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Jewish University of America Graduate School
Programs for master's and doctoral degrees, open to Orthodox men.
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Northwestern University (The Crown Family Center for Jewish Studies)
The Crown Family Center for Jewish and Israel Studies is the umbrella framework for the Jewish Studies Program and the Israel Studies Group at Northwestern University. In this capacity, the Center sponsors academic lectures, conferences, colloquia, symposia, performances and other events for campus and public audiences; coordinates the curricula and other academic affairs of Jewish Studies and Israel Studies; supports scholarly research; hosts visiting scholars and post-doctoral fellows.