Guide Category: Organizations, Events, Activities
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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American Jewish Artists Club
Jewish artists working in various media and thematic subjects; art exhibits, newsletter, lectures, and meetings to discuss issues in the arts.
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American Jewish Historical Society
15 W. 16th Street New York IL 10011 (212) 294-6160 (212) 294-6161 [email protected] http://www.ajhs.org Jonathan Karp, Executive Director Fosters awareness and appreciation of the American Jewish heritage, national scholarly resource for research. None fal
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Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema
The mission of the CFIC, an independent 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, is to share a love and appreciation of Israeli culture with the Jewish community and community at large through the magic of film. Annual Fall Festival screenings take place in Chicago and its suburbs, including the ArcLight Cinemas in The Glen, Glenview, with other special events hosted throughout the year. Shown is an inclusive, multi-dimensional view of Israel through the country's most current, internationally award-winning features, documentaries and shorts. Guest appearances by Israeli filmmakers, actors and other experts add discussions and context to the mix.
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Chicago Israeli Dancing
Chicago's longest running recreational Israeli folk dance session. Meets every Thursday night (except for holidays).All are welcome!
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Continuum Theater
Jewish artists and lovers of the arts created Continuum Theater to support Jewish learning, community and cultural continuity by preserving, growing and sharing Jewish performing arts experiences. Continuum Theater produces theater, music, dance and arts education experiences that explore Jewish history, heritage, contemporary issues and the full scope of the Jewish experience. The theater hopes to nurture Jewish artists and to forge productive partnerships with community organizations interested in creative programming. Programs include: The Chicago Jewish Play Reading Festival, The Midwest Jewish Play Writing Contest in association with the Jewish Plays Project and school artistic residences.
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Greater Chicago Jewish Festival
Producers of the biennial festival of Jewish music, art, dance, food, and fun.
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Hatzabarim Israeli Folk Dance Co.
Performs Israeli and Jewish dances, songs, and dramatizations. Israeli folk dance instruction.
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JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival
The 6th Annual JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival will run March 1-17, 2019 featuring a compelling and diverse selection of films, including narratives, comedies, and documentaries, that will stir emotion, nostalgia, and inspire conversation. This year the festival is featuring films that focus on strong, inspiring female protagonists, women who make a difference for their families, for their communities, and the world. The 2019 festival includes masterfully told films that give a powerful voice to issues of social justice and come together to create a film festival infused with stories of love, loss, learning, humor and survival. This year, the JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival will include 43 feature-length films shown at premiere venues across the city and suburbs.
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JCC Chicago Travel
Travel with the J is more than just a trip. It's a unique and exciting opportunity to experience cultures and countries through thoughtfully designed, guided vacations paired with off the beaten path adventures. Our extraordinary guides and experienced tour leaders bring a richness and context to everything you see and do. Intimate group sizes provide personal attention, a chance to engage and connect with family and fellow travelers, and the ability to create your own story.
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JCC Maccabi Chicago
An annual, international Olympic-style sporting event held each summer in select cities for Jewish teens, 13-16 years of age. Competition includes basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, lacrosse, flag football, volleyball, track and field, swimming, tennis, golf, ice hockey and more. The largest organized sports program for Jewish teenagers in the world, the Games provide 6,000 Jewish youth with an unparalleled athletic and cultural experience and strengthens Jewish identity. A summer arts experience for creative Jewish teens ages 13-17 features workshops in a variety of specialties with some of the leading artists in each field and incorporates community service, social activities, and themes of Jewish heritage, community, and Israel.
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JCC Perlstein Retreat Center
Host your next gathering on our 20 wooded, lakeside acres, right next door to the Wisconsin Dells. Serene and spacious facilities offer your group a real retreat from the hustle and bustle of every day. We are the perfect location whether you are celebrating, working or playing. Our professional staff help coordinate your special events and meetings. Every event at Perlstein Retreat Center is unique. We will customize our services to meet your needs so that your next gathering will be unforgettable. Winter Address:3050 Woodridge Lane Northbrook, IL 60062
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Jewish Neighborhood Development Council of Chicago (JNDC)
Strengthening and preserving Chicago's flagship Jewish community in an international neighborhood. JCCWRP is an organization of neighborhood residents and Jewish community leaders who care deeply about the past, the present, and the future of West Rogers Park. We aim to promote and encourage commercial, cultural and residential development designed to sustain a thriving community for generations to come.
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Joyce’s Events and Party Planning
5201 S. Cornell Ave., Suite 25B Chicago IL 60615 (773) 955-1436 (773) 955-2230 [email protected] http://www.joycesevents.com Joyce Feuer None false
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Keshet Recreation
Special Olympics Buddy Programs, Parents' Night Out, After School BBYO School Day Off
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KFAR Jewish Arts Center
Chicago IL (773) 362 4760 [email protected] http www.kfarcenter.org Adam Davis Independent arts organization promotes Jewish expression through art and culture. None
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Klezmer Music Foundation
The Klezmer Music Foundation was founded in 1994 to further the educational and outreach activities of the Maxwell Street Klezmer Band. Their charitable work includes: performances for senior citizen residences, school concerts, the Junior Klezmer Orchestra, the Salaam-Shalom Music Project, the Yiddish Arts Ensemble, klezmer workshops and master classes, and more.
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Krav Maga Illinois
Krav Maga (contact combat in Hebrew) is the official self defense system of the Israeli Defense Forces, has been taught to hundreds of law enforcement agencies and thousands of civilians in the United States and is also taught in the schools in Israel through the ministry of education.
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L’Chaim Center
Through a wide array of classes and events, monthly Shabbat programs, and trips and retreats, L’Chaim Center offers Jewish people of all ages, backgrounds and affiliations authentic Jewish experiences.
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Limmud Chicago
A communiversity of Jewish learning and culture. Limmud means “learning” in Hebrew.
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National Yiddish Book Center
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Building 1021 West Street Amherst MA 01002 (413) 256-4900 (413) 256-4700 [email protected] http://www.yiddishbookcenter.org Non-profit organization working to tell the whole Jewish story by rescuing, translating and disseminating Yiddi
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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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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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The Joseph and Mae Gray Cultural & Learning Center
Provides congregations and the community with Judaic educational and cultural resources. The fully automated collection includes more than 20,000 books, periodicals, videos, DVDs, audio, and other resources, and is open to the community. Book discussions, author events, film screenings, and other cultural programming are also offered.
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The Kabbalah Bookstore Chicago
Non-profit organization that makes the principles of Kabbalah understandable and relevant to everyday life. Founded by Rav Yehuda Ashlag in 1922, with locations in more than 40 cities and an extensive online presence.
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The Kabbalah Bookstore Highland Park
Non-profit organization that makes the principles of Kabbalah understandable and relevant to everyday life.
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Transcontinental Music Publications
TMP is the premier publishing house for Jewish choral music and songbooks. Its sheet music and songbooks include music for worship, informal settings, and concert performance, by renowned Jewish composers. Long known for its choral publications, in recent years, Transcontinental has become known also as a provider of contemporary-style music in songbook form, including the best-selling Complete Shireinu, the Shabbat Anthology series, and Sing Unto God: The Debbie Friedman Anthology.
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Yiddish Music Archives
A large collection of recorded and printed resources for the study of traditional klezmer music; available for purchase.