Join Us for Am Yisrael Palooza!
This summer, we’ve created several exciting opportunities for our community to gather and spend quality time together at our Am Yisrael Palooza events! We would love for you to join us and bring your friends—especially if they are looking to find their synagogue community.
Please use the links below to RSVP for each event:
Sunday, June 29: Summer Ice Cream, Sports, and Games
Saturday, July 19: Shabbat Family Services
Sunday, July 20: Tie-Dye and Bagel Breakfast
Friday, August 22: Friday Night Family Shabbat Dinner and Services
Thursday, August 28: Ravinia Picnic and Concert: The Sound of Music Singalong
Sunday, September 7: 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.
The week of Independence Day is a great time to show our community spirit as we again host Family Promise at Am Yisrael on June 29 to July 6. Family Promise is a group of faith communities/congregations and non-profit organizations that provide temporary housing to unhoused families as they transition to permanent housing.
You and your family can sign up to help by clicking here.
Serve and eat dinner with our guests
Prepare or bring a dairy meal to share
Spend the night at the synagogue
Donate food (only the specific Kosher food listed)
Financial support
For those who have not yet had the opportunity to volunteer, you can find more information by clicking here. The week before our guests arrive, we will send all volunteers an email confirming your availability and sharing information about the families we will be hosting.
B’shalom,
Annette Doherty, Aleeza Strubel, and Aaron Tam
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!
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 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)
*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.
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