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cRc Guide to Jewish Chicago
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The Chicago Rabbinical Council welcomes all guests, conventioneers and tourists to Chicago. The Metropolitan Chicago Area has a population of more than 300,000 Jewish residents.  

Jewish population centers include neighborhoods throughout the area, from Hyde Park on the South Side, the Lakeview area North of Downtown, Uptown, Peterson and West Rogers Park, Lincolnwood, Skokie, to Highland Park and Buffalo Grove for the North suburbs, and in many communities in between.

Below you will find a listing of various places of interest to the Jewish visitor including
restaurants, synagogues, educational institutions and more that are sanctioned or recommended
by the Chicago Rabbinical Council. 

Enjoy your stay! If you have any further questions, please feel free to contact us at 773-465-3900.
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Bakeries Meat Dept. Fish, Deli Pas Yisroel & Yoshon
Bookstores Mikvah Organizations
Candy & Gift Shops Minyanim, Daily Restaurants
Caterers Museums, Jewish Schools
Eruv Information Nursing & Retirement Supermarkets

 

bread

Bakeries

 

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bookstores 

Bookstores & Judaica

Kesher Stam 2829 W. Touhy
Chicago, IL 60645
773 -973-7826
Rosenblums World of Judaica [visit] 9153 Gross Point R. Skokie, IL 60077
773-262-1700

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candy 

Candy & Gifts

For updated information, see: https://consumer.crckosher.org/kosher-establishments/

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catering 

Caterers / Drop-off / Carry-out

For updated information, see: https://consumer.crckosher.org/kosher-establishments/

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eruv 

Eruv Information, Metropolitan Chicago
There are a number of eruvim in the Chicago area. Maps of eruvim are included for the
information of those planning on visiting Chicago for Shabbos. It is strongly advised that visitors check with the eruv hotline on Friday afternoons to verify that the eruv in the area one is staying
is valid that Shabbos. We also urge visitors to check with local Rabbonim concerning the precise boundaries of each eruv if you will need to walk on any of the boundary streets. Click here to
view the various Chicago area eruv maps.

West Rogers Park Eruv [visit]

 773-74-ERUV-2
 (773 -743-7882)
Lincolnwood - Peterson Park Eruv   847-677-ERUV 
(847 -677-3788)
Skokie Eruv   [visit] 847-679-ERUV 
(847 -679-3788)
Lakeview Eruv [visit] 773-248-9200

Glenbrook Eruv [visit]
Buffalo Grove Eruv [visit] 773 771-2613
Highland Park Eruv [visit] 773-415-4940
708-807-4201

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mikvah

Mikvah Information

Bnei Ruven 773-743-4282
Buffalo Grove 224-442-4241
Chicago - Touhy Ave 773-274-7425
Glenbrook (Glenview-Northbrook) 847-278-2939
Highland Park 847-266-0783
Lakeview/Downtown Chicago 773-935-1689
Lincolnwood 847-673-5870
Peterson Park 773-267-8520
Skokie 847-568-8710


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minyanim 

Minyanim, Daily Orthodox 
Please call the institution for minyanim times

Albany Park
Telshe Yeshiva
(Nusach Ashkenaz)		 3535 W. Foster
773-463-7738
Bucktown
Chabad of Bucktown
(Nusach Ari)		 1630 N. Milwaukee
773-772-3770
Budlong Woods
Ahavas Achim
(Nusach Ashkenaz)		 5665 N. Jersey
773-267-9055
Buffalo Grove- Lincolnshire
Bais Ahavas Yisroel, The BAY Shul
(Nusach Ashkenaz)
www.bayshul.com
 314 N. McHenry Rd., Suite C
847-947-4229
Northwest Suburban Chabad 16296 W Aptakisic Lincolnshire, IL
847-808-7770
Downtown

Lubavitch Chabad of The Gold Coast and Lincoln Park
(Nusach Ari) [visit]

1236 N. Dearborn St.
312-664-7770 or
312-427-7770

Lubavitch Chabad of the Loop
(Nusach Ari) [visit]		 401 S. LaSalle
Suite 9-770
312-427-7770
Evanston
Sephardic Congregation
(Nusach Edot HaMizrach) [visit]		 1819 W. Howard
847-475-7707
Tannenbaum Chabad House
(Nusach Ari) 		2014 Orringtom
847-869-8060
Highland Park
Central Avenue Synagogue
(Nusach Ari) [visit]		 874 Central Avenue
847-433-8270
Lakeview
Anshe Sholom Bnei Israel
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 540 W. Melrose
773-248-9200
Lincolnwood
Bais Chaim Dovid
(Nusach Sfard) [visit]		 3460 W. Devon
847-673-8427
Bais Chaim Dovid East
(Nusach Sfard) [visit]		  
Lincolnwood Jewish Cong.
Mechitza Minyan
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 7117 N. Crawford
847-676-0491
Yehuda Moshe
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 4721 W. Touhy
847-673-5870
Northbrook - Lincolnshire
Darchei Noam
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 3465 Techny
Northbrook, IL
224-306-9364

Lubavitch Chabad of Northbrook [visit]

2095 Landwehr Rd
Northbrook, IL 60062
847-564-8770
Young Israel of Northbrook
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 3545 Walters
847-480-9462
Peterson Park
Adas Bnei Israel
(Nusach Ashkenaz)		 6200 N. Kimball
773 -583-8141
Agudath Israel Bikur Cholim
(Nusach Sefard)		 3541 W. Peterson
773-588-0021
Kehilath Jacob Beth Samuel
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 3701 W. Devon
773-539-7779
Kollel Ohel Torah
(Nusach Ashkenaz)		 3635 W. Devon
773-478-9789
Ohr Yisocher Chodorov
(Nusach Sefard) [visit]		 6636 N. Lincoln
773-478-1515
Yeshivas Keser Yonah
(Nusach Ashkenaz)		 3635 W. Devon
773-465-0419
Skokie
Arie Crown Hebrew Day School
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 4600 W. Main
847-982-9191
Beth Hamedrash Hagodol Kesser Maariv Anshe Luknik
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 4341 W. Golf
847-679-9800
Cheder Lubavitch
(Nusach Ari) [visit]		 5201 W. Howard
847-675-6777
Hebrew Theological College
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 7135 N. Carpenter Rd.
847-982-2500
Ida Crown Jewish Academy
 (Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 8233 Central Park Ave
773-973-1450
Kehilat Chovevei Tzion
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 9220 Crawford
847-673-8592
Kollel Toras Chesed
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 3732 W. Dempster
847-674-7959
Lubavitch Chabad of Skokie
(Nusach Ari) [visit]		 4059 W. Dempster
847 -677-1770
Or Torah
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 3800 W. Dempster
847-679-3645
Persian (Iran) Hebrew
(Nusach Edot HaMizrach) [visit]		 3820 W. Main
847-674-5444
Skokie Valley
Mechitza Minyan
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 8825 E. Prairie Rd
847-674-3473
Young Israel of Skokie
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 3740 W. Dempster
847-329-0990
West Rogers Park
Adas Yeshurun
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 3050 W. Touhy
773-465-2288
Agudath Israel of West Rogers Park
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 2801 W Pratt Blvd
773-761-4000
Anshe Motele
(Nusach Ashkenaz)		 6526 N. California
773-743-2420
Atereth Yehoshua
(Nusach Sfard)		 2915 W. Touhy
773 -764-1382
Bais Menachem-Nusach Ari
(Nusach Ari) [visit]		 2833 W. Howard
773 -262-2770  
Beis Hamedrash Mikor Hachaim
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 2849 West Chase
773-764-1907
Bais MIdrash Torah U'Tefillah Ateres Shmuel
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 2823 W. Touhy Ave
773-825-2020
Beth Itzchok
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 6716 N. Whipple
773-973-2522
Bnei Ruven
 (Nusach Ari; 8:00 A.M. - Nusach Ashkenaz)		 6350 N. Whipple
773-743-5434
Brisk Yeshiva
 (Nusach Ashkenaz)		 3000 W. Devon
773-274-1177 

Chesed L'Avrohom
 (Nusach Sefard) [visit]

3135 W. Devon
773-761-4005
Chicago Community Kollel
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 6506 N. California
773-262-9400 
Ezras Israel Mechitza Minyan
 (Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 7001 N. California
773-764-8320 
F.R.E.E.
 (Nusach Ari)		 2935 W. Devon 
773-274-5123 
Heritage
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 2941 W. Touhy
773-973-1800

Khal Chasidim
 (Nusach Sefard) [visit]

6756 N. Richmond
773-339-2375
K.I.N.S.
 (Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 2800 W. North Shore
773-761-4000  
Kollel Ateres Ami
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 2706 W. Touhy
847-791-0643
Yeshivas Ohr Eliyahu Lubavitch Mesivta
(Nusach Ari) [visit]		 2756 W. Morse
773-262-0430
Meor Yisroel 7001 N California
Mishna Ugemora
(Nusach Ashkenaz)		 6045 N. California 
773-465-1433  

Ohel Sholom Torah Center
(Minhag Sefard) [visit]

 2949 W. Touhy
773-465-5274  
Ohel Tefillah
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 2733 W Touhy Avenue

Or Menorah
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]

 7006 N California
773-761-5700
Poalei Tzedek
(Nusach Ashkenaz)		 2801 W. Albion 
773-764-5680  
Sha’arei Tzedek Mishkan Yair
 (Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 2823 W. Touhy 
773-274-2223  
Shearith Yisroel
(Nusach Sefard) 		2938 W. Arthur
773-262-8840  
Shevet Achim (at Buckingham)
 (Nusach Sefard) 		2625 W. Touhy
773-973-4843
Yeshiva Or Boruch
 (Nusach Ashkenaz)		 2828 W Pratt
773-262-0885  
Yeshiva Tiferes Tzvi  
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]		 6122 N. California
773-973-6150  
Young Israel of West Rogers Park
 (Nusach Ashkenaz)   [visit]		 2716 W. Touhy
773-501-4728 
Wilmette

Congregation Or Simcha
The North Shore Jewish Center
(Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]

3000 Glenview Rd
RM 200
847-410-2066

Chai Center-Chabad of Wilmette
(Nusach Ari) [ visit]

2904 Old Glenview Rd
847-251-7707
Hyde Park/South Chicago

Yavneh of Hyde Park
 (Nusach Ashkenaz) [visit]

5715 S. Woodlawn
Hyde Park, IL
773-752-1127

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museums

Museums

The Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center [visit] 847-433-8099
Spertus Museum, Chicago [visit] 312-322-1747

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Nursing Homes & Senior Retirement Facilities

Lieberman Center for Health and Rehabilitation
9700 Gross Point Road, Skokie, IL 		847- 674-7210
Park Plaza Retirement Center
6840 N Sacramento Ave, Chicago, IL    [visit]
 773-465-6700

 

 

organizations 

Programs & Organizations

Agudath Israel of Illinois 773-478-7470
Agudath Israel - Midwest Region 847-674-4000
AMIT Women 847 677-3800
The Ark [visit] 773-973-1000
Associated Talmud Torahs (Vaad HaChinuch) [visit] 773 -973-2828
Bikur Cholim of Chicago 773-588-7918
Chaverim 773-556-4357 (HELP)
Chicago Center for Torah and Chesed 773-761-4005
Chicago Mitzvah Campaign Kashering Service [visit] 866-MY RABBI
Consulate General of Israel [visit] 312-297-4800
cRc- Chicago Rabbinical Council [visit] 773-465-3900
Daughters of Israel (Taharat Ha’Mishpachah)  773-274-7425
Dial A Daf, Dial A Shiur Torah Tapes 773 588-5078
Friendship Circle   [visit]      847-943-9770
Hachnosas Orchim of Chicago- Office 773-771-9396
Hatzala 847-504-1500
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago [visit]    312-346-6700
Lubavitch Chabad of Illinois     [visit] 773-262-2770
NCSY [visit] 847-677-6279
Refoenu – (Emergency Cab Service for Shabbat)     773-973-5161
Religious Zionists of Chicago [visit] 847-674-9733
Shalva [visit] 773-583-4673
Shatnez Testing Service 773-764-4488


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restaurants 

Restaurants

For updated information, see: https://consumer.crckosher.org/kosher-establishments/

 

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school

Schools

Day Schools
Akiba Schechter [visit] 773-493-8880
Arie Crown [visit] 847-982-9191
Hillel Torah North Suburban [visit] 847-674-6533
Joan Dachs Bais Yaakov – Girls 773-583-5329
Keshet [visit] 773-508-5778
Yeshivas Tiferes Tzvi 773-973-6150
S. Abrams Cheder Lubavitch – Boys [visit] 847-675-6777
S. Abrams Cheder Lubavitch – Girls [visit] 773-465-0863
Torah Academy of Buffalo Grove [visit] 773- 771-2613
Yeshivas Shearis Yisroel 773-262-0885
High Schools
Bais Yaakov High School 773-267-1494
Hanna Sacks Bais Yaakov 773-338-9222
Hebrew Theological College [visit] 847-982-2500
Ida Crown Jewish Academy [visit] 773-973-1450
Lubavitch Girls High School [visit] 773-743-7716
Lubavitch Mesivta [visit] 773-262-0430
Meor HaTorah 773-465-0419
Ner Naftali  
Telshe Yeshiva 773-463-7738

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shopping

Supermarkets

For updated information, see: https://consumer.crckosher.org/kosher-establishments/
(entire store - all depts. - cRc certified unless otherwise noted)

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