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2019 Campaign Kickoff Dinner
Sunday, August 25 | 6:00pm WTTW’s wildly popular host, producer and writer Geoffrey Baer, expert on all things in and around Chicago, will join us to share some Jewish Chicago & Northwest Indiana history with his trademark flair.
$54 per person
Please specify choice of entree. |
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A conversation about interfaith family life—with its blessings and challenges—and the current landscape of the American Jewish community. Reflecting on her many conversations with interfaith couples around topics such as religious identity, navigating holidays and life cycle events, and raising children, Rabbi Dickman will unfold what she has learned from these families. Why do Jews care so much about being Jewish even if they're not “religious”? What do we gain when we recognize that every family is unique and deserving of our care? And what does it look like to go beyond “welcoming” to truly engaging and supporting interfaith families throughout their lives?
Rabbi Reni Dickman is the former director of InterfaithFamily Chicago. She has recently been hired as the Executive Vice President of the Chicago Board of Rabbis and Senior Educator for the Jewish Federation of Chicago. Previously, she served as Rabbi for Sinai Temple in Michigan City from 2004-2017. She is passionate about welcoming interfaith families to the Jewish community with sensitivity, creativity, compassion, and love. |
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In 1920, in small town America, the ubiquitous dry goods store - suits and coats, shoes and hats, work clothes and school clothes, yard goods and notions - was usually owned by Jews and often referred to as "the Jew store." That's how Stella Suberman's father's store, Bronson's Low-Priced Store, in Concordia, Tennessee, was known locally. The Bronsons were the first Jews to ever live in that tiny town; Aaron Bronson moved his family all the way from New York City to that remote corner of northwest Tennessee to prove himself a born salesman - and much more. Told by Aaron's youngest child, THE JEW STORE is that rare thing: an intimate family story that sheds new light on a piece of American history.
Please read the book in advance and come prepared for lively discussion facilitated by Carol Culberg. Gently used copies will be available for $6 from the Federation office starting August 26. Call for availability or to reserve a copy.
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Would you help save up to three lives? Federation would like to host an American Red Cross blood drive in 2019, but we need to make sure we have enough potential donors before we can commit. Giving blood is a simple way to make a difference in someone's life.
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Blood Drive Interest Survey
Would you be interested in donating blood at our Munster location in Fall/Winter 2019? |
