Archive: August 2025

Baby Beginnings

Posted on August 15, 2025

August 15, 2025 – May 29, 2026 @ 9:30 am – 11:00 am – Looking for a way to meet other families with babies under 1 year old? Join us Friday mornings from 9:30am-11am at Anshe Emet! In partnership with JBaby, we bring in experts in the field to sing, stretch, engage in sensory play and more! Classes occur August-May and fill up fast! Sign up for one or all […]

Fabulous Forties: Introduction to Kabbalah

Posted on January 12, 2026

January 12, 2026 – February 2, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – The Jewish tradition instructs us to learn Kabbalah (Jewish mysticism) only when we reach the age of 40. In this course, members in their 40s & 50s are invited to explore the riches of ancient mysticism texts by leaning into the wisdom acquired at this age and stage. Co-taught with Jane Shapiro, local Jewish educator […]

HaZaK

Posted on January 26, 2026

January 26, 2026 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – HOKHMAH (WISDOM) ZIKNAH (MATURITY) KADIMAH (LOOKING AHEAD) HaZaK is an Anshe Emet daytime program for mature adults with active minds. Co-taught by our clergy and other community educators, this year HaZaK is focusing on Jewish Ethics with the Melton curriculum “Ethics of Jewish Living.” Generously funded by Beatrice Mayer, z”l.

HaZaK: Senior Learning at Anshe Emet

Posted on January 26, 2026

January 26, 2026 @ 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Join us Monday Afternoons at 1PM CST – Available In Person & Via Zoom Bring a friend in person or feel free to join us online in your time zone, coast-to-coast. If you come in person, there is lunch offered at 12:30PM.  Register for lunch This week, HaZaK will be taught by Rabbi Benjy Forester. […]

On-Line Bereavement Group with JCFS

Posted on January 26, 2026

January 26, 2026 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm – Supporting our Community in times of loss Please join us online for our monthly support group for adults who have experienced the death of a loved one within the past two years.  Facilitated by Rabbi D’ror Chankin-Gould, Anshe Emet Synagogue, and Marsha L. Raynes, LCSW, JCFS Chicago. For more information and/or if you’d like to […]