2024-2025 SJS, Families w/Children & USY Calendar (revised 11-21-2024): Click here Please click here to be added to populating Google Calendar. Please RSVP here [Link to order bracelet] Here is a link to Amazon wish list for Ari’s mitzvah project. Please RSVP here Please RSVP here Families with Young Children (0-4): Torah Tots Program: Link School of Jewish Studies (SJS) Mission… Read More

Dear Am Yisrael SJS & Day School Families, Many of you have asked me over the years how we can instill in our children a deep connection to Tikkun Olam and the Jewish values of taking care of those who live in our community. We know that our tradition encourages us to show hospitality to guests during… Read More

This Sunday will be the online Premiere of a new 50-minute film that I have been helping with – Tragic Awakening: A New Look at the Oldest Hatred.  It will be Live Online at 1pm ET/8pm Israel, with a Q&A conversation to follow with producers Raphael Shore and Shalom Schwartz, and Syrian-Lebanese peace activist Rawan Osman,… Read More

2024-2025 SJS, Families w/Children & USY Calendar (revised 11-12-2024): Click here Please click here to be added to populating Google Calendar. Here is a link to Amazon wish list for Ari’s mitzvah project. Cantor Rosenblatt is participating in a Jewish Rock Radio concert in Evanston on November 17 at 4:30 p.m.  You can register here  Torah Tots! Sunday, December… Read More

Kehillah Connection November 7, 2024            6 Cheshvan 5785              Parashat Lech Lecha School of Jewish Studies (SJS) meets Sundays 9:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. and Wednesdays 4:15 p.m.-6:15 p.m.  Thank you for registering for the Kindergarten through 7th grade SJS Parent/Teacher Conferences. Our partnership with you is an important… Read More

2. Ari Falk Mitzvah Project Flyer with QR code

We have an exciting opportunity for our 8th-12th graders on Sunday, November 10th! Natan Ostro, co-founder and board member of the Chicago Jewish Alliance, will be speaking at 10:00 AM in the Sanctuary. The Chicago Jewish Alliance is a dynamic new grassroots organization in Chicago, and this is a chance for your teen to learn… Read More

Dear SJS Teachers, By the end of the Hebrew month of Elul, I would like each of us to create a personal collage. This includes all students,madrichim, and teachers in SJS. What should the collage include? Please ensure that the completed collage does not exceed the size of an 8.5×14 sheet of paper. We will… Read More

All of us should include pictures of us in Israel if we have them.  Please go to google images or Canva and plan to print G-rated pictures of Israel that can be seen throughout the building.  Please remember that students from Kochavim will be seeing the pictures of our Middle School students and vice versa. … Read More