Join ASBI and other neighborhood synagogues and organizations for our annual Tikkun L'eil Shavuot!

Clergy Roundtable, 10:00 - 11:15 PM
"Then vs. Now: Our Journey with Torah"
(this session will have an ASL interpreter)

with Rabbi David Wolkenfeld, Rabbi Michael Siegel, Rabbi Shoshanah Conover, Cantor Shelly Friedman, Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann, and Rabbi Sarah Mulhern

Desserts, 11:15 - 11:45 PM

Study Sessions, 11:45 PM – 4:00 AM

11:45 PM - 12:45 AM
David Schwartz  |  Grog and Groggers: The Origins of Purim Customs
Ranana Dine  |  "She Went and Drank:" Authority, Bodies, and Jewish Ethics
Jackie Maris  |  On the Shoulders of Giants: Exploring LGBTQ+ Jewish History
Jonathan Horowitz  |  Plea Bargaining, Halacha, and the US Criminal Justice System
Rabbi Michael Siegel  |  The Sabbath 2.0
Rabbi D'ror Chankin-Gould  |  When Bad Things Happen to Good People
Ilana Pond  |  Social Justice Shavuot: Immigration and Food

1:00 - 1:50 AM
Shaily Hakiminan  |  An Open Debate - What makes Someone Jewish? (8th year - Facilitated Discussion) All Ages Encouraged
Rabbinical Student Max Davis  |  Dirat Keva or Dirat Arai: Permanent Housing through the Lens of Sukkot
Maharat Intern Sofia Freudenstein  |  How to Relate to the Obligation of Revelation
Marsha Morman  |  Remembering the Temple: Contemporary Ritual Sacrifice in Nepal
Rabbi Zack Wiener  |  Yet Another Akhnai’s Oven Shiur: The Story of the Jewish Soul and Our Obsession with Telling it

2:00 - 2:50 AM
Rachel Brustein  |  Qualitative and Quantitative Questions about the Jewish Community
Dalya Lessem Elnecave  |  Into the Sea: Beshalach Midrash and Collective Liberation
Rabbi Diane Tracht  |  Creative Niddah
Binyamin Cohen  |  Ozi V'Zimrat Y-ah: The Past, Present, and Future of Redemption
Kate Goldstein  |  This event has food?

3:00 - 4:00 AM
Rabbi David Wolkenfeld  |  Halakhic Virtues
Rabbi Dr. Devorah Schoenfeld  |  Isaac the Angel: Imagining Isaac's Death at the Akedah
Jacob Cytryn  |  Sharing Developments in My Personal Theology: The Ways to God are ... Complicated
Joey Becker  |  Meditative and Song-filled Psukei D'Zimrah

Partner synagogues and organizations include:
Anshe Sholom B'nai Israel | Anshe Emet Synagogue | Emanuel Congregation | Mishkan | Temple Sholom | BASE Lincoln Park | JCC Rose and Sydney N. Shure Kehillah Program | Keshet For LGBTQ+ Equality in Jewish Life |
Limmud | Repair the World Chicago

In conjunction with Repair the World, this event will include a food drive, with bins available at Anshe Emet for drop at the Tikkun.