“This popular summer festival will again engage people of all ages to not only experience a taste of the region through art and food, but also examine and challenge beliefs about personal and cultural identity. HAMSA-Fest will [...]
I’m a sick twisted puppy, I know, but I couldn’t resist…
8pm Tuesday, July 31 @ Krem, 1750 N. Clark (map it)
FREE! NO COVER! $7 Martinis. A good time will be had by all.
If you’re in the hood, join us for Shabbat dinner on the shores of Lake Michigan.
6:30 drum circle and 7:30 Israeli-style dinner. $5 donate requested.
RSVP to IsraeliShabbat@gmail.com
There’s a long sordid history of Jews and Blacks in Chicago. some of its good and some of it is not. LAWNDALE is the old west-side neighborhood where from 1920-1959 or so, nearly 200,000 Jews lived within a square mile. You can still see the old, magnificent shuls along Douglas and Independence Boulevards, along with [...]
Shavuot, the festival of Weeks when we celebrate reciving the gift of Torah, starts tonight at Sundown.
It traditional to eat dairy on this holiday, hence the Eli’s reference, and to stay up all night studying text. Anyways, the annual Lakeview Tikkun Leyl Shavuot All-Nighter is going on at Anshe Emet this year. [...]
The latest from the Pulitzer-winning novelist is a “murder-mystery speculative-history Jewish-identity noir chess thriller,” in the words of Publishers Weekly. It’s a private-eye story set in a fictional community of Jewish exiles — “the frozen chosen” — displaced to a temporary settlement in Alaska by World War II.
He appears in Chicago for a NextBook program [...]
Dror Yikra
Shkembah
Black Sheep
ESTA is a multi-ethnic band with innovative compositions and imaginative arrangements – deeply rooted in Israel’s diverse traditions. Esta’s band members are all first generation Israelis, raised on their parents’ musical heritage from Bulgaria, Iraq, Poland, Iran, Romania, Syria, Russia, and Turkey. Inspired also by the 1970s progressive rock, Esta’s [...]
If I forgot, then you probably forgot too. Plus we aren’t on our normal night. But tonight at 7PM is Itza Mitzvah at the Fixx in Lakeview.
Etz Chaim Hi
Lecha Dodi
Bein Mayim L’Yayin
Rock out on Israeli Independence Day with an All Ages show featuring Heedoosh, whose visceral sound is akin to shoving your soul into an electric socket.
“Embracing styles from hard rock grunge to sensually melodic ballads, Heedoosh sonically traverses a brooding, middle eastern fusion with Hebrew lyrics that [...]
KFAR’s annual alternative to the xmas alternatives returns with a stellar lineup (if I do say so myself) at the Subterranean
in Wicker Park. Shtreiml comes to town with their Blues Traveler-tinged/Jam band take on Klezmer, plus rapper Kosha Dillz and classic rockers Moshe Skier Band. Beats the pants off of crowding into [...]
The singing and potluck shabbat returns on Friday November 10 in Lakeview! We’re in a new space this time, so we’ve got to cut attendance off at 35. First come, first serve so holla at us to reserve your space to kavanah@jewishfringe.com. We’ll get back to you with the location and what [...]
Wednesday, November 1, 7:00 pm.
Last month’s gathering was well attended and provoked some interesting conversations on everything from halacha to eco-kashrut.
Itza Mitzvah, a monthly caffeinated conversation with Rabbi Zedek about the universe, life and living as a Jew. Each month, the group will discuss a different mitzvah, or commandment, from our tradition, this month [...]
Agudas Achim is the last Chicago synagogue of its kind, a dying breed of monstrous structures haunted by the spectres of Jewish life that long ago made Exodus from Uptown.
Dying? Monstrous? Haunted? What a great place to throw a party and show two classic Jewish goul films that beat out Frumah Sarah’s star [...]
If you know who they are, you can check this out here.
3rd Annual Swing for Peace Fundraiser
Thursday, October 26th, 2006,
8:30pm-1am
Mike’s Place
@ MIX 2843 N. Halsted
OPEN BAR 9:30-10:30PM
Drink Specials
Free Lot Parking
$12 cover charge with online payment by 3PM on Thur 10/26 @ www.mikesplacechicago.com click on guest list (or $16 @ door)
All proceeds go [...]
Its your chance to get involved with KFAR and make culture happen!
7:30pm Tuesday, October 24. To get the location and RSVP, email support@kfarcenter.com
New Eco-Jews Group
Sunday, October 22 at 4pm
at the Goose Island Brewpub, 1800 N. Clybourn.
A metromix description with map and transportation info is below. http://metromix.chicagotribune.com/search/27246,0,949902.venue
See you on the 22nd!
Jessica and Hildie
Yep, you read that right. Moslems and Jews, breaking fasts and bread together in a Sukkah. JCUA pimps it.
ASBI hosts, 540 W. Melrose. There will be services for both faiths, but not at the same time, and of course, for both services, the sexes will remain seperate and heads will be covered, please.
Yet another new group gathers in Lakeview at The Fixx coffeeshop to discuss, on a monthly basis, these crazy, long-misunderstood, often disregarded things called Mitzvahs. No agenda, just some casual learnin’. Yeah, it aint’ just helpin’ old ladies across the street… Kol HaKavod to our own LeahJ for heading it up.
