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Evanston Roundtable: A day of love and worship for the JRC community

  It was a day to talk about the Torah, form a prayer circle, teach children about the upcoming Purim holiday, learn how to bake challah, play mahjong, join in meditation and celebrate community at the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation. Yet, as Rabbi Rachel...

WBEZ: Evanston Rabbi responds to planned ‘day of hate’

Police are urging Jewish and other religious communities to be cautious this weekend, after an Iowa-based anti-Semitic group declared Saturday a “day of hate.” Reset discusses with a local faith leader about building strength and resilience in the Jewish community...

Evanston Roundtable: JRC’s Erev Rosh Hashanah Shofar Walk

The members of JRC – Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation, located at 303 Dodge Ave., have a steadfast ability to face adversity with optimism and ingenuity. Last year, the congregation called for a reimagined experience of the Jewish High Holidays where congregants...

WBEZ: New Rabbi Breaking Barriers At Evanston Synagogue

When Rabbi Rachel Weiss was a young girl, she went to Hebrew school and was Bat Mitzvah’d at Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston. After college she ran the Nuestro Center in Highwood, working with new immigrants from Latin America. Most recently she was...

High Performing Buildings: Repairing the World

When the Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation (JRC) of Evanston, Ill., decided to replace its synagogue, a guiding value was tikkun olam, Hebrew for “repairing the world.” The congregation committed to ethical architecture with the goal of demonstrating the benefits...