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CJHS member Michael Soffer, author of "Our Nazi: An American Suburb's Encounter with Evil," will discuss his new book with CJHS Board member Joel Rubin.

Wed., November 13, 6 p.m.

Bookends & Beginnings bookstore

1620 Orrington Avenue

Evanston, Illinois 60201

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Registration is requested. RSVP Here

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Past Programs

Listen to our June 30, 2024 progam
"Memories of Growing Up in Chicago: Recalling Life in the 20th Century," with Neal Samors

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View and listen to many of CJHS’s dynamic 2020 – 2024 programs here.

Fall 2024 Journal

IN THIS ISSUE

Oak Park’s Jewish Community 1916-1945
Chicago’s First Jewish Hospital
Interview with Author Michael Soffer
Book Review: “A Rosenberg by Any Other Name"
More Tales from Shomrim: My Daughter, the Policewoman
Chicago Remembers Hersh Goldberg-Polin
Cancel Culture Extends to Jewish Books
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Featuring

A Preview Screening of “Driving West Rogers Park: Chicago’s Once and Future Jewish Neighborhood”
A Video Documentary by Beverly Siegel

View exhibits, listen to entertaining speakers, and enjoy gourmet kosher delights in a warm and friendly gathering of scholars and history enthusiasts

Sunday, December 3, 2017
2:00 p.m
Congregation Adas Yeshurun Anshe Kaneses Israel
3050 West Touhy Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

The CJHS founding mission statement remains the same today:
“To collect, preserve and exhibit memorabilia and materials of every kind pertaining to the settlement, history and life of Jews and the Jewish community of Metropolitan Chicago, Illinois; and to conduct education programs, encourage study and research, and disseminate information pertaining to the settlement, history, and life of Jews and the Jewish community of Metropolitan Chicago, Illinois.”