Guide Category: Education
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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Say it in Hebrew!
Connect to Israel and Jewish culture by learning the everyday language spoken in Israel so that is practical, relevant and effective for real life. Students are immersed in a Hebrew speaking setting in small classes with fellow learners of similar language proficiency. Multiple levels of instruction at three sites across the Chicago area.
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Scholar-in-Residence Weekend
Annual weekend discussions with a nationally known scholar on issues facing the Jewish community.
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Services for People with Disabilities at JCFS
Services for People with Disabilities
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Seymour J. Abrams Cheder Lubavitch Hebrew Day School
State-accredited Day School for boys, grades one to eight, and co-ed preschool, run in the Lubavitch tradition.
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Shaarei Chinuch Day School
A Jewish Montessori day school for ages 3 years old through third grade. We integrate Judaism with the Montessori method to give each child a comprehensive, hands-on learning experience catered to his/her unique strengths and talents. Each child works at their own pace, using specialized hands-on learning materials, with individual instruction from the teachers, in the way that works best for them. Our program includes a comprehensive Judaic and secular curriculum, as well as a special focus on kindness, respect, and care for each other and the world around us. Our unique classroom style fosters self-esteem, confidence, and a love of learning.
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Shomrim Society of Illinois
Society of Illinois is a fraternal organization of Jewish Law Enforcement Officers from Chicago and surrounding areas.
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Silverstein Base Lincoln Park
Silverstein Base Lincoln Park is the home of Rav Sarah Mulhern, Rav William Friedman, and Liana, Shimon and Aryeh Mulhern-Friedman (aka the Friedherns). At Base LNCLN, we are working to create a special space where you can build a deeper relationship with others and with your heritage. Some stuff we do: delicious sacred meals, raucous discussion, invigoration Torah- and service-learning, and soulful singing. Wherever you are coming from and wherever you are going we can’t wait to connect. Silverstein Base Chicago is made possible through generous support from the Silverstein Family, Crown Family Philanthropies, Judy and Abel z”l Friedman, Anonymous, and JUF’s Breakthrough Fund.
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Sinai Preschool
Preschool and Parent-Tot classes 0-5 years old. NAEYC accredited preschool for children 2-5 years old. Optional early care,enrichment classes and extended day.
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Skokie Chabad Hebrew School
Skokie Chabad Hebrew School offers a warm, welcoming environment to engage children and give them a love for Judaism. No membership required.
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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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Tannenbaum Chabad House
Northwestern Jewish Center 2014 Orrington Ave. Evanston IL 60201 (847) 869-8060 (847) 869-8061 [email protected] Rabbi Dov Hillel Klein False 0341
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Telshe Yeshiva Chicago
Boys' four-year high school: general studies, Talmud, Bible, prophets, and Jewish law. Post-high school trains future rabbis, teachers, professionals, and laymen dedicated to study of Torah. Kollel for married men studying Torah.
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Temple B’nai Israel Religious School
Unaffiliated synagogue serving Reform, Conservative and Traditional families in the Fox Valley area and beyond. Offering preschool through 10th grade confirmation classes: Sundays, 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
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Temple Sholom of Chicago Gan Sholom Early Childhood Center
Parent/child programs ages 4 to 36 months; nursery school ages 2½ to 4; day care age 2 to 4; enrichment programs ages 3 to 5.
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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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The Chicago Workmen’s Circle School
This is Not Your Parents' Hebrew School! The Chicago Workmen's Circle School is the place for Jewish cultural, progressive education for families with children from ages 5 to 13. The supplementary school learning program, which meets two Sundays per month, brings together hands-on Jewish learning, social justice activism, Yiddish language and culture, history, music and arts, bar and bat mitzvah prep, and holiday celebrations for the whole family. The Workmen's Circle provides a home for families seeking an alternative to a more traditional religious school education.
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The Children’s Center
Lakeside Congregation 1221 County Line Road Highland Park IL 60035 (847) 432-4766 [email protected] http://www.lakesidecongregation.org Paula Davis None false
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The Friendship Circle
Empowering today's teens to bridge the gap between families of children with special needs and the community. Offering friendship, social, Judaic and educational experiences.
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The International School at Bar-Ilan University
The International School at Bar-Ilan University, Israel offers studies taught in English at all levels: bachelors, masters and PhD. Our school hosts students from five continents and more than 20 countries, in a multi-national, multi-cultural environment of academic excellence. Our programs are very affordable, and recognized worldwide.
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The Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Jerusalem Lecture
An annual lecture that maintains the dialogue between Jews and Catholics on issues affecting their relationship.
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The Pritzker Pucker Keshet Inspire Center
With support from the Pritzker Pucker Family Foundation, the Pritzker Pucker Keshet Inspire Center provides professional development and consultation services locally, nationally and internationally. The goal is to assist organizations, schools, businesses and professionals in successfully integrating individuals with special needs into their environments.
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The Sidney & Frances Avner Torah Learning Center of Northbrook
Weekly study groups; parent/child discussion groups, classes and workshops, Hebrew and Judaism classes, international lecturers and more.
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The Society for Mishnah Study/Chevrah Lomdei Mishnah
Commissions Torah scholars to complete a course of designated Mishnah study for the merit of their dear departed. Also arranges tractates of Talmud to be studied on behalf of the dear departed.
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The University of Chicago Hillel (Johanna & Herman Newberger Hillel Center)
University of Chicago 5715 S. Woodlawn Ave. Chicago IL 60637 (773) 752-1127 (773) 752-2460 [email protected] http://www.hillelatuchicago.org Andrea Hoffman, Interim Executive Director None true 0895
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Tiny Tots Incorporated
A Hebrew immersion childcare center for children from 6 weeks up to 6 years of age. Tiny Tots Incorporated was founded in 2008 by a loving Israeli-American mother with four young children of her own. Unique Hebrew immersion program enables children to learn in a truly bilingual environment with exposure to Jewish, Israeli and American culture. Nutritious kosher meals and snacks are provided. Full time care available between 7:30am - 6:00pm Monday thru Friday.
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Torah Academy North Shore
Our Early Learning Center is a place filled with warmth, wonder, and the sweetness of early childhood. Every day is an opportunity for exploration—through play, creativity, hands-on discovery, and meaningful Jewish experiences that help our youngest learners feel connected, confident, and loved. We believe that children thrive when they feel safe, understood, and inspired. That’s why our teachers create classrooms full of joy, structure, and gentle guidance, laying the foundation for strong academic readiness and soulful personal growth. In our ELC, children grow through a blend of joyful learning, Jewish experiences, and hands-on exploration. We nurture the whole child—mind, heart, and spirit—through moments that inspire curiosity, confidence, and connection.
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University of Illinois at Chicago
Metro Chicago Hillel supports students on college campuses throughout Chicagoland. Metro Chicago Hillel is here to ensure that every Jewish student and young adult feels connected and supported during this exciting and challenging time in their lives. From weekly Shabbat dinners, learning cohorts, Israel experiences, holiday celebrations, leadership development, and just a place to meet new friends, Metro Chicago Hillel is at the heart of what makes being a Jewish student or young adult in Chicago so unique. Contact us to learn how to get involved in our broader Metro Chicago Hillel community!
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Offers transformative experiences to 3,500 Jewish students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign during their college career. It is through these experiences that the students grow a sense of peoplehood, community and personal responsibility for their Jewish journey. Hillel provides them with experiences ranging from religious services to professional development and social and cultural programming, including High Holidays services, lox & bagel brunches, Hire U professional training, study sessions with the rabbi, and a charity dodgeball tournament. Illini Hillel provides a place to study, network, watch TV, meet with friends, and much more -- all while being connected to their Jewish heritage.
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Vaad Hadayanus/Council on Jewish Law
Classes, publications and seminars.
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Venue SIX10
610 S. Michigan Ave. Chicago IL 60605 [email protected] http://www.venuesix10.com VenueSIX10 offers extensive event options, including Spertus Kosher Catering featuring Cuisine by Wolfgang Puck. None true
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Virginia Frank Child Development Center
As part of the JCFS family of services, the Virginia Frank Child Development Center offers therapeutic preschool for children birth to six years old, along with individual and family counseling, and training for early childhood professionals.
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Walder Education Pavilion of Torah Umesorah
Latest technology and educational materials in Judaic and secular departments, student skill-building department, creative resource department, curriculum development, professional development, and the arts and crafts center.
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Walder Science
Provides no-cost science enhancement curricula to teachers, parents and students.
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West Suburban Temple Har Zion Early Childhood Program
At the Temple Har Zion Early Childhood Center, our mission is to foster an energetic and innovative learning community where child-focused exploration, creativity, collaboration and Jewish tradition inspire the curriculum while creating a lifelong love of learning. We offer full and half day options for children ages 2-5. five days a week, with optional lunch and enrichment classes. We accept children into the 2-year-old program in diapers and partner with the families when toilet training. Come join our family!
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Women to Women
Classes for women on Lubavitch philosophy and thought.
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WUJS
Five-month internship program in Israel for ages 21-35. Intern at a top Israeli company and gain international business experience or find inspiration for your art amidst a thriving art community. Customizes each experience for maximum impact.
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Yeshiva Migdal Torah
Jewish Learning Center 2728 W. Pratt Blvd. Chicago IL 60645 (773) 465-7600 (773) 465-4554 [email protected] http://www.migdaltorah.org False 0368
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Yeshiva Ohr Boruch-The Veitzener Cheder
Orthodox school for boys, grades Nursery-8. Hebrew studies are taught in Yiddish.
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Yeshiva Women
Organizes educational and social programs and fundraising for HTC.
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Yeshiva Yaakov Ovenu, YYO Introductions, YYO Singles
Dedicated to helping fellow Jews, providing Torah and chesed to those in need. Torah classes, home study programs, YYO Singles, YYO Introductions, Better Beginnings (relationship enhancement), seminars, Mishmeres Shmiras HaLoshon of Chicago, Clothes Committee (collects and distributes clothing to those in need), Pesa Bas HaRav Eliezer Shtick Gmach (shtick, arches for chasunas). All services are free of charge.
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Yeshivas Brisk
Training of rabbis, teachers, and laymen for Jewish leadership; for men only.
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Yeshivas Meor HaTorah of Chicago
3050 W. Touhy Ave. Chicago IL 60645 (773) 465 0419 (773) 465 0520 [email protected] Eliyahu Millen Orthodox boy's Yeshiva high school. false
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Yeshivas Tiferes Tzvi
A state-accredited Orthodox Day School for boys, kindergarten through eighth grade; onsite REACH program; onsite Keshet classes for children with developmental disabilities.
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Yiddish Services
Translations, lessons and classes, lectures, Yiddish proverbs, Jewish humor.