For easier sharing, please access our SJS Mission Statement here.

For easier sharing, please access our SJS Curricular Overview here.

Photos and Videos:

Please click here to access photos and videos related to classes, the SJS Community Gatherings, the Purim Megillah Reading & Carnival, the JEA Event and so much more (uploads revised May 29, 2025).  

Class Highlights:

Please click here to access class highlights from this past school year 2024-2025 (revised May 21, 2025).  

See you soon:

While the 2024-2025 school year is now complete, we look forward to seeing you on Shabbat, Shavuot, at Am Yisrael Palooza events, Family Promise and other times throughout the upcoming months!

Erev Shavuot services – Sun. June 1 starting at 6:00 p.m. 
Followed by dinner.  $10 per person.  Click here to make your dinner reservations.

Shavuot morning services – Mon. June 2 starting at 9:30 a.m. 
Includes Yizkor sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

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Summer Ice Cream, Sports, and Games

Shabbat Family Services

Tie-Dye and Bagel Breakfast

Friday Night Family Shabbat Dinner and Services

Ravinia Picnic and Concert: The Sound of Music Singalong

Save the Date: Magic Kickoff Fest

You are invited to join OpenDor Media in Chicago on June 8 for our first-ever LIVE Unpacking Israeli History show with Noam Weissman.  To learn more and register, please click here.

Dear Am Yisrael Community,

Please access Meal Train Supporting our dear teacher and youth director Sandra Mieli Kamm here.

Tzedakah Donations and Tikkun Olam Opportunities for 5785

We’re currently counting the final coins donated from this past school year and will share the grand total here in the coming weeks. As of the most recent tally, we’ve collected an impressive $1,391.31!

Please click here to order a bracelet to support our Tzedakah initiatives and learn about how we can support Family Promise.

SJS, Families w/Children & USY Programming Calendar through May 30, 2026 (revised 5-27-25): Click here

Please click here to be added to populating Google Calendar.

Families with Young Children (0-4): Torah Tots Program: Link

School of Jewish Studies (SJS) Mission Statement, B’Yachad (Havurah) Program and Involvement of Jewish Day School Students: Link

Photo and Video Highlights 2024-2025: Link

Featured Family & Intergenerational Programs & Services: Link

Family Shabbat Services: Link

Audios/Texts for Chanukah Blessings, Songs & Tefillah Practice: Link

Growing Spotify Playlist of SJS Musical Tefillah: Link

Please click here for information on June is Pride Month

Please click here for information on Shavuot Programs

Please click here for information on the Annual Meeting and Dinner

Please click here for information on the Surrogacy Program 

Please click here for Howard Schickler’s next program

Please click here for Women’s Network Pot Luck 

Please click here for information on No Shame U

Mr. Charlie Sherman (he/him), MAEd, CJE

Head of School

Am Yisrael Conservative Congregation

4 N. Happ Road

Northfield, IL 60093

847-708-1805 (mobile)

csherman@amyisrael.org

https://www.AmYisrael.org

*Please note that I will not view and respond to emails on Mondays and over Shabbat (Friday evening to Saturday evening). Thank you for your understanding.