January 4, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm – Hey Anshe Emet college students! If we haven’t gotten the chance to meet yet, my name is Rabbi Benjy Forester, and I began working at Anshe Emet this summer. I hope you all know how lucky you were to grow up in this amazing community! I was hoping I could catch you all before you head back […]
January 8, 2024 @ 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.
January 11, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Join us to go skating at the Maggie Daley Park ice skating ribbon! We will meet downtown at the rink at 6PM, and pick up will be from the rink as well. Open for all 7th – 12th graders. Skate rentals are $15 per person. Skating is free if you bring your own skates. Register […]
January 11, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – New Date! As AES celebrates its 150th year, join us for a dynamic Zoom program on Chicago’s Historic Synagogues. Robb Packer is an authority on Chicago synagogues and the author of Doors of Redemption: The Forgotten Synagogues of Chicago (BookSurge Publishing, 2006) and Chicago’s Forgotten Synagogues (Arcadia Publishing, 2007). Register for this Zoom Program After […]
January 15, 2024 @ 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.
January 18, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm – For all AES Young Adult Couples! Join us for a pottery class at Anshe Emet, where we will be making mezuzahs with GnarWare Workshops! $25 / Members $36 / Non-Members Register Here If you have financial restrictions and need assistance, please contact Hannah Kinsella at hkinsella@ansheemet.org.
January 21, 2024 @ 11:00 am – Israel Story is the foremost podcast team in Israel hosted and produced by Mishy Harman. Since the massacre of October 7, the team has created these incredible Wartime Diaries, which are 10-15 min episodes that capture the unique story and experience of a variety of people of diverse backgrounds on and since October 7. Join […]
January 21, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – Celebrate the Birthday of the Trees Among the Trees! Join Rabbi Benjy Forester and Max Handelman for a Tu Bishvat Themed Winter Hike at North Park Village Nature Center, 5801 N Pulaski Rd, Chicago, IL 60646. Share some Tu Bishvat stories, collect nature items for future projects, play amongst the trees, maybe even spot a […]
January 21, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm – For Jews living in the Diaspora, we also use this ritual to deepen our connection to Eretz Yisrael—not the State of Israel as a political entity, but the land itself—the very land given by God to our ancestors thousands of years ago. Tu B’Shevat marks the beginning of spring in Israel, where sustaining rains are […]
January 22, 2024 @ 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.
