• Adult Brit Mitzvah Cohort

    Adult Brit Mitzvah Cohort
    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States +1 more

    Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation’s Adult Brit* Mitzvah Cohort 2025-2026 For anyone who has a different relationship with Judaism than they did at age 13 Engage your Adult Jewish identity with this 1 year program culminating in a special Shabbat Brit Mitzvah ritual on November 21, 2026 Our JRC Adult Brit Mitzvah program combines group study, hevruta/partner […]

  • Get the Kinks Out with Chair Yoga

    Get the Kinks Out with Chair Yoga
    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    Join member Marsha Richman for chair yoga on Wednesdays mornings at JRC! We’ll work on flexibility, range of motion and balance in a 45-60 minute class.  No prior experience is necessary but a commitment to coming weekly is encouraged for maximum benefit. This is a gentle class targeted at mature adults. Everyone can benefit from […]

  • JRC Lay-Led Multi-Access Minyan

    JRC Lay-Led Multi-Access Minyan
    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    Join the JRC Minyan for Shabbat Shaharit (morning services) at 10:00am this Saturday at JRC and via Zoom. This service includes a Torah reading, interactive d’var, and public reciting of the Kaddish. Please join us afterwards for a potluck oneg luncheon. Shabbat Vehagim Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ust1jO1vQrO8NNnnljVsTQ

  • JRC Lay-Led Multi-Access Minyan with Scholar in Residence Rabbi Deborah Waxman Leading an Interactive D’var Torah

    JRC Lay-Led Multi-Access Minyan
    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    Join the JRC Minyan for Shabbat Shaharit (morning services) at 10:00am this Saturday at JRC and via Zoom. This service includes a Torah reading, interactive d’var, and public reciting of the Kaddish. Please join us afterwards for a potluck oneg luncheon. Scholar in Residence, Rabbi Deborah Waxman, will join today's minyan service and will lead […]

  • Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Deborah Waxman: Dancing with Particularism and Universalism in Jewish Peoplehood

    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    We are thrilled to welcome Rabbi Deborah Waxman, President and CEO of Reconstructing Judaism to JRC for a Shabbat filled with learning and community. Join us following JRC's Lay Led Multi-Access Minyan for a Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Deborah: Dancing with Particularism and Universalism in Jewish Peoplehood How can we be joyfully and robustly […]

  • Pride Kick-Off Brunch

    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    Kick off Pride Month with a potluck brunch sponsored by JRC's LGBTQ+ Committee. Connect with old friends and make some new ones!  Come nosh with us and shmooze with Rabbi Deborah Waxman, the first woman and the first lesbian rabbi to head a Jewish movement and seminary! Click here to RSVP. Questions? Email Alex Silets. […]

  • Get the Kinks Out with Chair Yoga

    Get the Kinks Out with Chair Yoga
    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    Join member Marsha Richman for chair yoga on Wednesdays mornings at JRC! We’ll work on flexibility, range of motion and balance in a 45-60 minute class.  No prior experience is necessary but a commitment to coming weekly is encouraged for maximum benefit. This is a gentle class targeted at mature adults. Everyone can benefit from […]

  • Racial Equity Task Force Meeting

    Racial Equity Task Force Meeting
    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    JRC's Racial Equity Task Force meets generally on the second Thursday of the month. For more information, email RETF@jrctogether.org. The Jewish value of tikkun olam, or “repair of the world,” is central to the Racial Equity Task Force’s (RETF) commitment to working for a more racially just and equitable world. We believe tikkun olam is […]

  • JRC Shabbat Meditation

    JRC Shabbat Meditation
    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    All are welcome to our Shabbat Meditation program – a time for us to come together in community to explore how meditation can help us rest deeply, listen fully to our deepest self, and connect to our spiritual dimension. There is a great history of meditation and contemplation in the Jewish mystical tradition and Kabbalah. […]

  • Wise Aging Cohort | Session 9

    Wise Aging
    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    In their book, Wise Aging: Living with Joy, Resilience and Spirit, Dr. Linda Thal and Rabbi Rachel Cowan take participants on a journey through the process of aging. Theirs is a spiritual approach toward aging using examples from different disciplines. JRC's 9-session class explores many of the questions we are challenged to examine as we […]

  • JRC Lay-Led Multi-Access Minyan

    JRC Lay-Led Multi-Access Minyan
    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    Join the JRC Minyan for Shabbat Shaharit (morning services) at 10:00am this Saturday at JRC and via Zoom. This service includes a Torah reading, interactive d’var, and public reciting of the Kaddish. Please join us afterwards for a potluck oneg luncheon. Shabbat Vehagim Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/ust1jO1vQrO8NNnnljVsTQ

  • Book Discussion: The Future is Peace by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon

    JRC Small Sanctuary 303 Dodge Ave, Evanston, IL, United States

    Join JRC's Israel-Palestine Working Group to discuss the new and important book, The Future is Peace by Aziz Abu Sarah and Maoz Inon.   Click here to RSVP. Questions? Email ipworkinggroup@jrctogether.org.