Message from Mr. Sherman Am Yisrael SJS has many wonderful programs coming up.  Please be sure to RSVP for events when the emails come out.  We have found that separate, concise emails are the best way to collect RSVPs, so I will keep this message short so that you can focus on those this week. … Read More

We are grateful to Pardes student Max and Vav student Daphna for creating this fantastic 3 minute video of their Camp Ramah experience. Message from Mr. Sherman This week I encourage you to check out our class home pages if this is not yet part of your weekly practice.  Each week our teachers diligently update… Read More

Our star Hatikvah singer and SJS Vav student Alexis singing before 400 people at the Israel Cancer Relief Fund benefit last month.  We are so proud and impressed! Message from Mr. Sherman During our regular Tefillah sessions this week, I shared with our Gan through Heh students the importance of reading Hebrew for five minutes per… Read More

Message from Mr. Sherman Seeing the picture in the Chicago Jewish News this week of Rabbi Newman Kamin placing a Mezuzah on our School of Jewish Studies building when it first opened really grabbed my attention.  Where would we be without our school building?  Rabbi Newman Kamin’s leadership and determination to bring a school building… Read More

Message from Mr. Sherman Welcome back to Am Yisrael SJS!  We missed getting to see our students on Wednesday due to the frigid temperature, but very look forward to seeing everyone this weekend.  Our Teachers and Madrichim are very grateful to the parents who contributed to their Chanukah gifts, as has become a really nice… Read More

Message from Mr. Sherman We have a very exciting weekend at Am Yisrael!  SMFP, the new member’s lunch, the Chugim Presentation, the celebration of the Judy Grossbard Memorial Jewish Reading Challenge and a Chanukah party sponsored by the Women’s League of Am Yisrael (WLAY)!  We look forward to celebrating all of this with you and… Read More

Message from Mr. Sherman I have loved seeing the evolution of Shabbat Morning Family Programming (SMFP) over the past several years.  While having over 120 kids read/chant from the Torah scroll pre-B’nai Mitzvah since 2010, we have also shifted gears slowly but surely to create an experience that meets the needs of children of all… Read More

Message from Mr. Sherman Special thanks to our amazing families for bringing enough toiletries for our Heh Class to pack 208 packages, which will be given as Chanukah gifts to our friends at the Ark.  We are happy to hear about all of the minutes our students have been reading in the Jewish-themed reading challenge… Read More

   Message from Mr. Sherman This coming Sunday, Nov. 23rd we try to pull off yet another miracle for our neighbors at the Ark.  Please do your best to bring at least one toiletry item, although more are certainly appreciated.  Our Heh Class will package these items which will then be delivered as Chanukah gifts.… Read More

   Message from Mr. Sherman A magical weekend took place at the Perlman Retreat Center at our Family Retreat.  In my weekly collage are just a few glimpses of the pictures that were taken following Shabbat at the retreat.  Thanks so much to the adults, teens and tweens who planned and helped the Rabbi and… Read More