Hanukkah at AES

As the Festival of Lights approaches, we invite you to celebrate the joy, warmth, and spirit of Hanukkah with your Anshe Emet family!

Join us for services and special programming during the holiday as we come together to kindle the lights, share in the beauty of Jewish tradition, celebrate the miracles of the past, and bring light and hope into the present. There are so many ways to make this Hanukkah meaningful.

We look forward to celebrating with you and sharing the light of the season as one Sacred Community—Built Together. Chag Hanukkah Sameach!

Help us spread some holiday cheer! 

Join us in collecting new, unopened gifts and gift cards for all ages for JCFS Chicago’s Holiday Gift Drive. Donations will be collected Sunday, November 15 through Monday, November 30. 

The Holiday Gift Drive brings joy to hundreds of children and families in the Jewish and broader communities supported by JCFS Chicago. Help us make the holiday season a little brighter while strengthening belonging and well-being for children and families in our community. 

Friday,
December 4 

Morning Minyan
7AM 
Meeting ID: 689 692 027
Password: minyan20 

Lerner’s of Torah with Rabbi Forester 
8:30AM 

Baby Beginnings 
11AM

Shabbat Evening Service
6PM 
Join us on the very first night of Hanukkah for a Shabbat filled with beautiful melodies of the season, followed by a special community Oneg with Latkes and Sufganiyot.  

Saturday,
December 5 

Shabbat Morning Service 
9:30AM  

Mincha 
Parker Friedman Bar Mitzvah
5:30PM

Sunday,
December 6

Morning Minyan
8:30AM 
Meeting ID: 689 692 027
Password: minyan20 

Religious School
9AM-12PM 

Tiny Tastes of Tradition: Jewish Cooking for Littles
9:30AM

Monday,
December 7 

Morning Minyan
7AM 
Meeting ID: 689 692 027
Password: minyan20 

In Conversation: with Rabbi Ebstein
1PM 

JBC Class 
7PM 

Virtual Candle lighting with Religious School Families 
6:20PM-6:30PM

Tuesday,
December 8 

Morning Minyan
7AM 
Meeting ID: 689 692 027
Password: minyan20 

Evening Community Hanukkah Celebration at Gallagher Way with JCC & BBYO 

Wednesday,
December 9 

Morning Minyan
In Person
7AM 
Meeting ID: 689 692 027
Password: minyan20 

JCC Community Days 
12PM 

Five Jewish Ideas that Changed the World with Rabbi Emeritus Michael Seigel (Virtual)
7:30PM

Thursday,
December 10

Morning Minyan
7AM 
Meeting ID: 689 692 027
Password: minyan20 

Candle Lighting with Religious School Families 
6PM 

Makom Hanukkah Extravaganza with Anshe Emet YAD and Chicago Sinai Congregation
6:30PM 

Men, Meat and Midrash with Milt’s 
6:30PM 

Gesher & Torah Trope 101 
7PM 

Friday,
December 11 

Morning Minyan
7AM 
Meeting ID: 689 692 027
Password: minyan20 

In Conversation: with Rabbi Ebstein
1PM  

Shabbat Evening Service  
6PM

Saturday, December 12 

Shabbat Morning Service 
9:30AM 

Mincha 
Bat Mitzvah of Nina Glaser 

Rock of Ages Family Event at Movement Wrigley
5:30PM

Sunday, December 13 

Religious School 
9AM-12PM 

Am Yisrael High: Around the World 
11:30AM 

24th Annual Kaplan Concert Featuring Jacobs’ Ladder 
4PM