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Chicago Jewish Community
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jChicago.net
jChicago is a free service helping members of the Chicago Jewish community exchange information on jobs, events, advice, sales, and more through an email listserv. In addition to the listserv, on the jChicago.net website Chicago Jewish community members can add events to the community calendar, list services in the business directory, post homes for sale in the real estate section, and find restaurants and discount gift cards in the Kosher restaurant directory.
Mosaic Chicago
Mosaic organizes outdoor, active, and/or environmental activities for Jewish adults. Mosaic serves Jews of all ages, both married and single, who share a love for nature and the outdoors. They are planning events such as hiking, biking, camping, canoeing, rock climbing, sandcastle building, backpacking, skiing, sailing, kayaking, scuba diving, snorkeling, skating, volleyball, horseback riding, and more!!!
Virtual Jewish Chicago
A Gateway site for the Chicago Jewish Community. Includes a directory of congregations by denomination, day schools, cultural institutions, and organizations for youth, young adults, seniors, and everything in between. Their listings include everything from cemeteries and funeral homes to kosher facilities, mikvahs, and summer camps!
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Jewish Renewal Organizations
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ALEPH
ALEPH: the Alliance for Jewish Renewal is a national organization dedicated to reclaiming the Jewish people’s sacred purpose of partnership with the Divine in the inseparable tasks of healing the world (tikkun olam) and healing our hearts (tikkun halev). Havurah Shir Hadash
A Jewish Renewal community in southern Oregon under the spiritual guidance of Rabbi David Zaslow P'nai Or (Faces of Light)
P'nai Or (Faces of Light) of Princeton, NJ is a small Jewish congregation for those seeking new ways to practice their Judaism. Shabbat services are informal, full of warmth and spirituality, while grounded in tradition. Their rabbi, Marcia Prager, serves as rabbi both of Princeton P'nai Or and of The P'nai Or Religious Fellowship of Philadelphia. She is also author of the book, "The Path of Blessing". Pardes Levavot
Pardes Levavot a Jewish Renewal congregation in Boulder, CO. Led by Rabbis Nadya and Victor Gross, their emphasis is on building a warm conscious community. In addition to services every Shabbat, and a weekly chant and meditation group, they also conduct a unique family education program where the emphasis is placed on educating the parents so that they can teach their children.
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Jewish Social Action Sites
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Jewish Council on Urban Affairs
The mission of the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs is to combat poverty, racism and anti-Semitism in partnership with Chicago’s diverse communities. Guided by prophetic Jewish principles, JCUA pursues social and economic justice for Chicago’s most vulnerable neighborhoods by promoting a vision of empowering communities from within.
MyJewishLearning.com
This site provides in depth discussions of the Jewish perspective on many topics ranging from what form synagogue social actions should take to business ethics. The articles are often in depth with references to Torah, Talmud and learned commentaries. Many topics are followed by guided learning exercises and self tests.
SocialAction.com
The motto of this group is Stop Kvetching.
It is an online Jewish magazine dedicated to pursuing justice, building community and repairing the world. The site is organized so that you can access information on social justice activities for religious as well as secular holidays. There are also weekly Torah commentaries on justice issues and ongoing social action activities.
The Jewish Fund for Justice
A national Jewish organization dedicated to the eradication of poverty in America. The site provides links to readings and activities for holidays. It is an excellent resource for planning synagogue social justice programs.
The Shalom Center
the social action umbrella group for the renewal movement. Rabbi Arthur Waskow is the administrator. At this web site you can find articles on individual political/justice topics, readings on justice themes in the Torah, and readings on justice issues tied to the holiday cycle.
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Resources for Interfaith Couples and Families
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Chicago Forum for Interfaith Families
The Chicago Forum is resource for Interfaith families. Its offerings include the monthly newsletter of the Chicago Jewish-Catholic Couples Dialogue Group, an extensive booklist, and news of resources and events of interest to interfaith couples throughout the Chicago area.
Dovetail
The Dovetail Institute is the only national independent organization offering resources on intermarriage to interfaith couples, whether they're looking for help in planning interfaith weddings, dealing with partner issues in their interfaith marriages, facing the challenges of raising an interfaith family, or coping with interfaith relationships in their extended families.
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Tikkun Olam at Makom Shalom
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Central City Housing Ventures
Makom Shalom, in partnership with several interfaith organizations, sponsors affordable housing in Chicago through CCHV. Central City Housing Ventures ("CCHV") is a unique not-for-profit interfaith effort that brings together Chicago's religious, service, and financial communities in a powerful coalition to preserve and expand affordable housing in central Chicago.
Makom Shalom is a long-time sponsor of the SRO Housing at 18th and Wabash. Ongoing volunteer opportunities are available in several areas including:
1. Office Help
2. Computer Training
3. Literacy Tutoring
4. Cooking and Nutrition Tutoring
Click on the CCHV link above to contact them about your interest in volunteering.
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