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Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation celebrates 10 years of Rabbi Rachel Weiss' leadership
7+ hour, 55+ min ago (124+ words) Evanston RoundTable Rabbi Rachel Weiss grew up in the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation at 303 Dodge Ave. She first attended Hebrew religious school at JRC when she was 9 and she later was married in the old JRC building. So, when Weiss was…...
Letter: ETHS shouldn't presume to speak for Jewish community
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (187+ words) Letter: ETHS shouldn’t presume to speak for Jewish community Evanston RoundTable As a Jewish Evanston Township High School alumnus (’98), I was outraged to learn that my alma mater would censor, reprimand and ultimately chase out history teacher Andrew Ginsberg for…...
Activists tell synagogue to imagine peace and work for it
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (166+ words) More than 200 people, JRC and community members, attended the talk, including Mayor Daniel Biss. After speaking for an hour, the authors joined the congregation’s Israel-Palestine Working Group, which was created after the start of the Gaza war in October 2023 to…...
Clark Street sukkah open to all, 'reminder that true shelter comes from community"
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (460+ words) Curious observers may have noted a plastic structure on Clark Street in front of the Chabad Community Center of Evanston, at 825 Clark Street. It’s a sukkah, a temporary structure put in place for the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, a seven-day…...
Shofar walk: A one-of-a-kind Rosh Hashana tradition in Evanston
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (208+ words) Richard Cahan takes photos for the Evanston RoundTable. He also is publisher of CityFiles Press, a small but mighty media company that believes in the power of words and pictures. You can reach him at 847.722.9244 or [email protected]. Members of Evanston’s…...