About Am Echod
Congregation Am Echod’s goal is to create and foster a warm and inclusive community where we can pursue Gimilut Chasadim (acts of loving kindness).
Contact Us
Main phone:
847-265-1818
Email:
schooladministrator@amechod.org
15 Commerce Drive, Suite 115, Grayslake, IL 60030
From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement
Honoring Korean Lunar New Year (Seollal)
Honoring Korean Lunar New Year (Seollal) jemerman January 27, 2022
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Last year, I spent Seollal, or Korean New Year, with my family in Busan. The symbolism, the spirituality, and the elaborate order of charye remind me of Jewish holidays and rituals.
I’d Rather Be Me: An Interview with Jewish Performer Shayna Goldberg
I’d Rather Be Me: An Interview with Jewish Performer Shayna Goldberg jemerman January 27, 2022
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Twenty-year-old Shayna Goldberg is a young adult songleader and performer with EPIC Players, a New York-based nonprofit theatre company that opens the stage to all types of artists and seeks to shine a light on neurodiverse talent.
Remembrance and Beyond: International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Remembrance and Beyond: International Holocaust Remembrance Day rj-admin-new January 27, 2022
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What does it mean to remember? It is to live in more than one world, to prevent the past from fading, and to call upon the future to illuminate it.
Film Review: Breaking Bread
Film Review: Breaking Bread jemerman January 25, 2022
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It's rare to find a documentary set in the Middle East that isn't mired in politics and discord. Rarer still is one bathed in the kind of optimism and goodwill found in Beth Elise Hawk's new film, Breaking Bread. An inside look at a three-day food festival in Haifa, Israel, pairing Israeli and Muslim Arab chefs, Breaking Bread pursues peace through the power of creating top-notch cuisine.
High Holidays
High Holiday Services are Back in Person!
Dates, Times, and Locations
Rosh Hashana
Monday, Sept 6
7:30pm
Erev Rosh Hashanah
Temple Am Echod, 15 Commerce Dr., Unit 115, Grayslake IL 60030
Tuesday, Sept 7
10:30am
Rosh Hashanah Day
Grace Community Bible Church (same commercial center as Am Echod, Unit 15)
Yom Kippur
Wednesday, Sept 15
7:00pm (sunset)
Kol Nidre (Erev Yom Kippur) – Temple Am Echod, 15 Commerce Dr., Unit 115, Grayslake IL 60030
Thursday, Sept 16
10:30am Yom Kippur Day
Grace Community Bible Church (same commercial center as Am Echod, Unit 15)