Chicago Jewish Historical Society
@cjhs1977.bsky.social
The mission of the Society is the discovery, documentation, and sharing of the history of the Jewish community in the Chicago area.
http://www.chicagojewishhistory.org/
http://www.chicagojewishhistory.org/
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO OUR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS!
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 PM
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO OUR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS!
***Illinois Statehood Day 2025 Set For December 3rd***
Join us for a full day of Illinois History!
Statehood Day 2025 will be held at the Inn at 835 in Springfield.
Tickets can be reserved/purchased at ilstatehoodday2025.eventbrite.com or by calling the office at 217-525-2781, ext. 2.
Join us for a full day of Illinois History!
Statehood Day 2025 will be held at the Inn at 835 in Springfield.
Tickets can be reserved/purchased at ilstatehoodday2025.eventbrite.com or by calling the office at 217-525-2781, ext. 2.
October 16, 2025 at 11:28 PM
***Illinois Statehood Day 2025 Set For December 3rd***
Join us for a full day of Illinois History!
Statehood Day 2025 will be held at the Inn at 835 in Springfield.
Tickets can be reserved/purchased at ilstatehoodday2025.eventbrite.com or by calling the office at 217-525-2781, ext. 2.
Join us for a full day of Illinois History!
Statehood Day 2025 will be held at the Inn at 835 in Springfield.
Tickets can be reserved/purchased at ilstatehoodday2025.eventbrite.com or by calling the office at 217-525-2781, ext. 2.
We extend warm wishes to all our members and friends for a wonderful Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year 5786 - and a year of peace, good health, sweetness, and happiness.
September 19, 2025 at 6:58 PM
We extend warm wishes to all our members and friends for a wonderful Rosh Hashanah - Jewish New Year 5786 - and a year of peace, good health, sweetness, and happiness.
***Upcoming program: "Rosenwald: The Remarkable Story of a Jewish Partnership with African American Communities"***
Monday, September 8, 2025
8:00 pm ET | 7:00 pm CT/Chicago Time
Zoom
Learn more and register here: wrj.org/calendar/ros...
Monday, September 8, 2025
8:00 pm ET | 7:00 pm CT/Chicago Time
Zoom
Learn more and register here: wrj.org/calendar/ros...
August 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
***Upcoming program: "Rosenwald: The Remarkable Story of a Jewish Partnership with African American Communities"***
Monday, September 8, 2025
8:00 pm ET | 7:00 pm CT/Chicago Time
Zoom
Learn more and register here: wrj.org/calendar/ros...
Monday, September 8, 2025
8:00 pm ET | 7:00 pm CT/Chicago Time
Zoom
Learn more and register here: wrj.org/calendar/ros...
The Summer 2025 issue of Chicago Jewish History, published by the Chicago Jewish HIstorical Society (CJHS), is available online!
chicagojewishhistory.org/publications...
chicagojewishhistory.org/publications...
August 21, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Summer 2025 issue of Chicago Jewish History, published by the Chicago Jewish HIstorical Society (CJHS), is available online!
chicagojewishhistory.org/publications...
chicagojewishhistory.org/publications...
This is our beautiful logo, created by artist and founding CJHS member Roseann Chasman, z"l.
The title's biblical quote is from the prophetic reading that accompanies Eikev (Deuternomy 7:12 - 11:25), the Torah portion that was read in synagogues today, August 16, 2025.
The title's biblical quote is from the prophetic reading that accompanies Eikev (Deuternomy 7:12 - 11:25), the Torah portion that was read in synagogues today, August 16, 2025.
August 17, 2025 at 4:31 AM
This is our beautiful logo, created by artist and founding CJHS member Roseann Chasman, z"l.
The title's biblical quote is from the prophetic reading that accompanies Eikev (Deuternomy 7:12 - 11:25), the Torah portion that was read in synagogues today, August 16, 2025.
The title's biblical quote is from the prophetic reading that accompanies Eikev (Deuternomy 7:12 - 11:25), the Torah portion that was read in synagogues today, August 16, 2025.
Please see the below photos of our May 27 Rosenwald program, "From Sears to Eternity," co-hosted with the Jewish Neighborhood Development Council of Chicago at the Skokie Library.
June 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Please see the below photos of our May 27 Rosenwald program, "From Sears to Eternity," co-hosted with the Jewish Neighborhood Development Council of Chicago at the Skokie Library.
The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival is this Sunday!
Visit the Chicago Jewish Historical Society table in the Green tent. We would love to meet you!
Visit the Chicago Jewish Historical Society table in the Green tent. We would love to meet you!
June 6, 2025 at 4:53 AM
The Greater Chicago Jewish Festival is this Sunday!
Visit the Chicago Jewish Historical Society table in the Green tent. We would love to meet you!
Visit the Chicago Jewish Historical Society table in the Green tent. We would love to meet you!
On May 6, at the corner of Giles Ave. and Pershing Rd., Chicago installed an honorary street sign "Harlem Globetrotters Way." The site is in Bronzeville near Wendell Phillips High School, where the team got its start.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
May 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
On May 6, at the corner of Giles Ave. and Pershing Rd., Chicago installed an honorary street sign "Harlem Globetrotters Way." The site is in Bronzeville near Wendell Phillips High School, where the team got its start.
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
The Chicago Jewish Historical Society will have a table at the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival, June 8.
It will be a great event. Don't miss it! Make sure to visit us when you are there.
It will be a great event. Don't miss it! Make sure to visit us when you are there.
April 29, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The Chicago Jewish Historical Society will have a table at the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival, June 8.
It will be a great event. Don't miss it! Make sure to visit us when you are there.
It will be a great event. Don't miss it! Make sure to visit us when you are there.
***Upcoming talk on Chicago's synagogues***
Robb Packer will be joining us virtually on Sunday, May 4, 7 p.m. CT, for “170 Years of Chicago Synagogue History,” a pictorial tour of synagogues throughout Chicagoland.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Robb Packer will be joining us virtually on Sunday, May 4, 7 p.m. CT, for “170 Years of Chicago Synagogue History,” a pictorial tour of synagogues throughout Chicagoland.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
April 22, 2025 at 5:46 PM
***Upcoming talk on Chicago's synagogues***
Robb Packer will be joining us virtually on Sunday, May 4, 7 p.m. CT, for “170 Years of Chicago Synagogue History,” a pictorial tour of synagogues throughout Chicagoland.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Robb Packer will be joining us virtually on Sunday, May 4, 7 p.m. CT, for “170 Years of Chicago Synagogue History,” a pictorial tour of synagogues throughout Chicagoland.
Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Honoring Julius Rosenwald, Tuesday, May 27 • 7:00–8:30 PM CT
Join us for a special screening of WTTW11’s "From Sears to Eternity: The Julius Rosenwald Story," profiling Chicago’s most extraordinary Jewish philanthropist.
Register here - bit.ly/4lsW5Ke
Join us for a special screening of WTTW11’s "From Sears to Eternity: The Julius Rosenwald Story," profiling Chicago’s most extraordinary Jewish philanthropist.
Register here - bit.ly/4lsW5Ke
April 22, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Honoring Julius Rosenwald, Tuesday, May 27 • 7:00–8:30 PM CT
Join us for a special screening of WTTW11’s "From Sears to Eternity: The Julius Rosenwald Story," profiling Chicago’s most extraordinary Jewish philanthropist.
Register here - bit.ly/4lsW5Ke
Join us for a special screening of WTTW11’s "From Sears to Eternity: The Julius Rosenwald Story," profiling Chicago’s most extraordinary Jewish philanthropist.
Register here - bit.ly/4lsW5Ke
***Upcoming Book Talk***
Samuel D. Kassow - Rokhl Auerbach's Warsaw Testament
Thursday, April 24, 5pm
Kent Lab 101, 1020 E. 58th St.
Or register for Zoom: uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Samuel D. Kassow - Rokhl Auerbach's Warsaw Testament
Thursday, April 24, 5pm
Kent Lab 101, 1020 E. 58th St.
Or register for Zoom: uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
April 22, 2025 at 4:58 AM
***Upcoming Book Talk***
Samuel D. Kassow - Rokhl Auerbach's Warsaw Testament
Thursday, April 24, 5pm
Kent Lab 101, 1020 E. 58th St.
Or register for Zoom: uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Samuel D. Kassow - Rokhl Auerbach's Warsaw Testament
Thursday, April 24, 5pm
Kent Lab 101, 1020 E. 58th St.
Or register for Zoom: uchicagogroup.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
***New book about Jews and religious freedom in the founding of the United States***
A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom by Adam Jortner
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom by Adam Jortner
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
April 22, 2025 at 3:57 AM
***New book about Jews and religious freedom in the founding of the United States***
A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom by Adam Jortner
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
A Promised Land: Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and the Birth of Religious Freedom by Adam Jortner
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
***Chicago Jewish Optometrists***
An avid Chicago Jewish History reader, Dr. Bruce Gaynes, OD and PharmD, enjoyed our series on Jewish pharmacists. He suggested that we do a similar series about Jewish optometrists in Chicago. Great idea!
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An avid Chicago Jewish History reader, Dr. Bruce Gaynes, OD and PharmD, enjoyed our series on Jewish pharmacists. He suggested that we do a similar series about Jewish optometrists in Chicago. Great idea!
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April 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
***Chicago Jewish Optometrists***
An avid Chicago Jewish History reader, Dr. Bruce Gaynes, OD and PharmD, enjoyed our series on Jewish pharmacists. He suggested that we do a similar series about Jewish optometrists in Chicago. Great idea!
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An avid Chicago Jewish History reader, Dr. Bruce Gaynes, OD and PharmD, enjoyed our series on Jewish pharmacists. He suggested that we do a similar series about Jewish optometrists in Chicago. Great idea!
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***78th Annual Latke-Hamentashen Debate at University of Chicago on March 30 at 7pm CT***
In-person and online
www.uchicagohillel.org/latke-hamant...
In-person and online
www.uchicagohillel.org/latke-hamant...
March 27, 2025 at 6:29 AM
***78th Annual Latke-Hamentashen Debate at University of Chicago on March 30 at 7pm CT***
In-person and online
www.uchicagohillel.org/latke-hamant...
In-person and online
www.uchicagohillel.org/latke-hamant...
We had a great March 23rd program with record-breaking total attendance!
The Chicago Jewish Historical Society (CJHS) and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois (JGS of Illinois) sponsored a terrific presentation on March 23rd by Dr. Tobias Brinkmann.
The Chicago Jewish Historical Society (CJHS) and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois (JGS of Illinois) sponsored a terrific presentation on March 23rd by Dr. Tobias Brinkmann.
March 26, 2025 at 4:38 AM
We had a great March 23rd program with record-breaking total attendance!
The Chicago Jewish Historical Society (CJHS) and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois (JGS of Illinois) sponsored a terrific presentation on March 23rd by Dr. Tobias Brinkmann.
The Chicago Jewish Historical Society (CJHS) and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Illinois (JGS of Illinois) sponsored a terrific presentation on March 23rd by Dr. Tobias Brinkmann.
***Upcoming Program on Jewish Migration***
Distinguished Jewish studies professor Dr. Tobias Brinkmann, of Pennsylvania State University, will be talking about Jewish migration on March 23 at 1 pm at Temple Beth-El in Northbrook.
Register here: jgsi.org/event-5876841
Distinguished Jewish studies professor Dr. Tobias Brinkmann, of Pennsylvania State University, will be talking about Jewish migration on March 23 at 1 pm at Temple Beth-El in Northbrook.
Register here: jgsi.org/event-5876841
February 28, 2025 at 4:08 AM
***Upcoming Program on Jewish Migration***
Distinguished Jewish studies professor Dr. Tobias Brinkmann, of Pennsylvania State University, will be talking about Jewish migration on March 23 at 1 pm at Temple Beth-El in Northbrook.
Register here: jgsi.org/event-5876841
Distinguished Jewish studies professor Dr. Tobias Brinkmann, of Pennsylvania State University, will be talking about Jewish migration on March 23 at 1 pm at Temple Beth-El in Northbrook.
Register here: jgsi.org/event-5876841
Check out the below recording from yesterday's program with Mark Jacob speaking on Abe Saperstein and the Globetrotters. Saperstein's granddaughter, Abra Berkley, was part of the conversation.
us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/8I...
us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/8I...
February 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Check out the below recording from yesterday's program with Mark Jacob speaking on Abe Saperstein and the Globetrotters. Saperstein's granddaughter, Abra Berkley, was part of the conversation.
us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/8I...
us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/8I...
***New issue of our publication, Chicago Jewish History***
Be sure to check out the new Winter 2025 issue of Chicago Jewish History.
Thanks as always to our editor, Robert Nagler Miller, for all of his hard work on the journal.
www.chicagojewishhistory.org/media/2664/9...
Be sure to check out the new Winter 2025 issue of Chicago Jewish History.
Thanks as always to our editor, Robert Nagler Miller, for all of his hard work on the journal.
www.chicagojewishhistory.org/media/2664/9...
February 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
***New issue of our publication, Chicago Jewish History***
Be sure to check out the new Winter 2025 issue of Chicago Jewish History.
Thanks as always to our editor, Robert Nagler Miller, for all of his hard work on the journal.
www.chicagojewishhistory.org/media/2664/9...
Be sure to check out the new Winter 2025 issue of Chicago Jewish History.
Thanks as always to our editor, Robert Nagler Miller, for all of his hard work on the journal.
www.chicagojewishhistory.org/media/2664/9...
***New exhibit space for West Rogers Park Exhibit***
The photo exhibit will also be on display at the Skokie Public Library from May 12 to July 20.
Viewing the exhibit at Temple Beth El is open to the public by calling the synagogue in advance at (847) 205-9982.
The photo exhibit will also be on display at the Skokie Public Library from May 12 to July 20.
Viewing the exhibit at Temple Beth El is open to the public by calling the synagogue in advance at (847) 205-9982.
February 7, 2025 at 7:54 AM
***New exhibit space for West Rogers Park Exhibit***
The photo exhibit will also be on display at the Skokie Public Library from May 12 to July 20.
Viewing the exhibit at Temple Beth El is open to the public by calling the synagogue in advance at (847) 205-9982.
The photo exhibit will also be on display at the Skokie Public Library from May 12 to July 20.
Viewing the exhibit at Temple Beth El is open to the public by calling the synagogue in advance at (847) 205-9982.
***Chicago Jewish Historical Society (CJHS) Talk on Globetrotter Legend Abe Saperstein***
Sunday, February 23, 2 p.m. CT, at the Evanston Public Main Library. Zoom option as well: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Sunday, February 23, 2 p.m. CT, at the Evanston Public Main Library. Zoom option as well: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
***Chicago Jewish Historical Society (CJHS) Talk on Globetrotter Legend Abe Saperstein***
Sunday, February 23, 2 p.m. CT, at the Evanston Public Main Library. Zoom option as well: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Sunday, February 23, 2 p.m. CT, at the Evanston Public Main Library. Zoom option as well: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
"Bernie, Rita, and WFMT: The Jewish Beginnings of a Venerable Chicago Radio Station" By Robert Sideman
www.chicagojewishhistory.org/media/2182/C... pp. 4-7
www.chicagojewishhistory.org/media/2182/C... pp. 4-7
January 22, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"Bernie, Rita, and WFMT: The Jewish Beginnings of a Venerable Chicago Radio Station" By Robert Sideman
www.chicagojewishhistory.org/media/2182/C... pp. 4-7
www.chicagojewishhistory.org/media/2182/C... pp. 4-7
Artist Leo Segedin z"l. 1927-2025
Our former Chicago Jewish History editor/designer, artist Beverly Chubat, notified us of the death Chicago-born artist Leo Segedin. He had a long, prolific career creating, teaching, and exhibiting art. He lived in Evanston.
Our former Chicago Jewish History editor/designer, artist Beverly Chubat, notified us of the death Chicago-born artist Leo Segedin. He had a long, prolific career creating, teaching, and exhibiting art. He lived in Evanston.
January 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Artist Leo Segedin z"l. 1927-2025
Our former Chicago Jewish History editor/designer, artist Beverly Chubat, notified us of the death Chicago-born artist Leo Segedin. He had a long, prolific career creating, teaching, and exhibiting art. He lived in Evanston.
Our former Chicago Jewish History editor/designer, artist Beverly Chubat, notified us of the death Chicago-born artist Leo Segedin. He had a long, prolific career creating, teaching, and exhibiting art. He lived in Evanston.
The mission of the Society is the discovery, documentation, and sharing of the history of the Jewish community in the Chicago area.
January 13, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The mission of the Society is the discovery, documentation, and sharing of the history of the Jewish community in the Chicago area.