COMPLETE LIST OF ENTRIES

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* Listings with an asterisk are part of the JUF/JF partnership of agencies serving the
Chicago and worldwide Jewish community.

Under the Rainbow *

Sinai Health System
California Ave. at 15th Street
Chicago
IL
60608
Phone: (773) 257-4750
Fax: (773) 257-4753
URL: http://www.sinai.org

Provides psychological services for families in North and South Lawndale.

Union for Reform Judaism

URJ Chicagoland Community
Phone: (847) 239-6969
Email: msgoldberg@urj.org
URL: http://urj.org
Contact: Marla Goldberg

Represents 34 congregations ranging from Northwest Indiana to the Western and Northern suburbs of Chicago to the Wisconsin border.

United Leukodystrophy Foundation

224 N. Second Street
Suite 2
DeKalb
IL
60115
Phone: (815) 748-3211 , (800) 728-5483
Fax: (815) 748-0844
Email: office@ulf.org
URL: http://www.ulf.org
Contact: Paula K. Brazeal, President

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Regional Midwest Office
P.O. Box 1852
Highland Park
IL
60035
Phone: (847) 433-8099
Fax: (847) 433-8290
Email: chicago@ushmm.org
URL: http://www.ushmm.org
Contact: Jill Weinberg, Director

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.

United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ)

Central District
601 Skokie Blvd., Suite 205
Northbrook
IL
60062
Phone: 847-337-6979
Email: mgordon@uscj.org
URL: www.uscj.org
Contact: Mindy Gordon, District Kehilla Relationship Manager

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.

University of Illinois at Chicago *

Metro Chicago Hillel
924 S. Morgan Street
Chicago
IL
60607
Phone: (312) 829-1595
Email: andrew@metrochicagohillel.org
URL: http://www.metrochicagohillel.org
Contact: Andrew Freeman, Jewish Life Associate

  

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign *

University of Illinois Hillel
503 E. John Street
Champaign
IL
61820
Phone: (217) 344-1328
Email: info@illinihillel.org
URL: http://www.illinihillel.org
Contact: Erez Cohen, Executive Director

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.

UpStart Chicago *

222 W. Merchandise Mart Plaza
#1212
Chicago
IL
60603
Phone: (312) 957-5566
Email: lisette@upstartchicago.org
URL: http://www.upstartbayarea.org
Contact: Lisette Zaid

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.

USC Shoah Foundation: The Institute for Visual History and Education

University of Southern California
Leavey Library
650 West 35th Street, Suite 114
Los Angeles
CA
90089
Phone: (213) 740-6001
Fax: (213) 740-6044
Email: vhi-web@usc.edu
URL: http://www.sfi.usc.edu
Contact: Josh Grossberg

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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Base Logan Square

Base Logan Square is located on the Westside of Chicago in Logan Square, and it is the home of Rav Moshe, Ariana, and their toddler, Toviah. Rav Moshe invites you, your friends, and family to come have lively discussions, laugh, learn Torah, creatively express yourself, eat delicious vegetarian food, have good drinks, and dive deep into the wonders of our shared Tradition through meaning making and community. Rav Moshe and Ariana hope our home will be a place where they can create a pluralistic Jewish community together, deepen relationships, and feel at home with each other, within Judaism, and in their home! 

 

Silverstein Base Chicago is made possible through generous support from the Silverstein Family, Crown Family Philanthropies, Judy & Abel Friedman, Anonymous, and JUF's Breakthrough Fund. 

 

Anna & Fred Doppelt Base Andersonville

Anna & Fred Doppelt Base Andersonville is the home of Jonathan Posner, Hannah Swirnow and their family located in the heart of Chicago's glorious and delicious Andersonville and they can't wait to get to know you.

Rav Jonathan and Hannah love hosting people for meals, learning, and lively discussions that they believe forms the bedrock of any strong community. Rav Jonathan and Hannah seek to help you feel at home and find your place among the Jewish People and in Jewish Tradition. Says Rav Jonathan, "If you're on a path, we'll walk along with you, if you need a path, we'll clear one together, and if you're at the door, we'll help you through it!"
 
Silverstein Base Chicago is made possible through generous support from the Silverstein Family, Crown Family Philanthropies, Judy & Abel Friedman, Anonymous, and JUF's Breakthrough Fund.

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