Guide Letter: U
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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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Upward Community
Madraigos Midwest supports and enhances the emotional, social and spiritual health of adolescents, young adults and their families with an array of innovative prevention and intervention programs and services. We guide, encourage and uplift youth to reach their potential-step by step.
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UpStart Chicago
Founded in 2014, UpStart Chicago is home to many of Chicago's boldest Jewish innovators. Whether you're starting afresh or want to bring new ideas to your Jewish organization, UpStart Chicago is the place to learn, experiment, network, and get the Jewish entrepreneurial tools you need to succeed.
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Union for Reform Judaism
Represents 34 congregations ranging from Northwest Indiana to the Western and Northern suburbs of Chicago to the Wisconsin border.
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Under the Rainbow
Provides psychological services for families in North and South Lawndale.
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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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United Leukodystrophy Foundation
Canavan Disease 2304 Highland Dr. Sycamore IL 60178 (815) 895-3211 (800) 728-5483 (815) 895-2432 [email protected] http://www.ulf.org Paula Brazeal False 0695
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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Regional office of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum located in Washington D.C. Organizes trips to the Museum in Washington, D.C. Sponsors speaker events and special programs to educate and involve the Chicagoland community in Holocaust remembrance and education. Raises funds throughout the Midwest to support the Museum's national and international work to educate and foster new scholarship about the Holocaust, rescue the evidence of the Holocaust, and inspire people to confront hatred and anti-Semitism and prevent future atrocities.
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USC Shoah Foundation: The Institute for Visual History and Education
Steven Spielberg's digital archive project, which has preserved tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors' testimonies. Currently producing Holocaust education materials based on the testimonies.
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United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ)
We strengthen kehillot (Jewish communities inside and outside the walls of a synagogue). We are the network that ensures there are thriving centers of Jewish practice across North America, Israel, and beyond that celebrate both tradition and contemporary life. Together, we demonstrate what an authentic and dynamic Judaism looks like, inspire people to be a part of it, and advance its critical role in the world.