The central focus of learning at Congregation Sukkat Shalom is the exploration of personal journeys of faith. We believe that spiritual growth and the acquisition of knowledge constitute a quest and not an answer — a journey, not a destination.

Our spiritual journey is made more meaningful through study, prayer, and meditation. We explore together spirituality, wonder, and awe while encountering both traditional and modern thought.

Join us in the many opportunities Sukkat Shalom offers for learning—Sunday Morning Family School, High School , Chug Ivri, Caffeine for the Brain (our Sunday morning speaker series), Torah study, guest scholars, small group discussions, women’s spirituality groups, adult education classes, book groups, and adult Bar and Bat Mitzvah preparation. We have much to learn from tradition, modernity, and each other. Let us navigate the path together.

Thanks to our recent speakers...

2008-2009 Speakers
Rabbi Brad Hirschfield
Rabbi Sandy Sasso
Rabbi Jamie Korngold
Nancy Shapiro-Pikelny
Dr. Ron Wolfson
James Carroll
Newton Minow

2007-2008 Speakers
Rabbi Donniel Hartman
Professor Benjamin Sommer
Judith Viorst
Ann Kirschner
Dr. David Terman
Debra Darvick
Meredith Jacobs
Jeremi Suri
Rabbi Jennifer Kraus
Dr. Irving Cutler
Michael Makovsky
Jeffry Mallow
Joanne Doades
Joyce Antler

2006-2007 Speakers
Marion Winik
Steven Smith
Ted Fishman
Esther Perel
Rabbi Lawrence Kushner
Jim Keen
Steven Roberts
Kate Wenner
NilesGoldstein
Joel Stern
Naomi Harris Rosenblatt
Peter Ascoli
Ari Goldman

Thanks to the generosity of a few Sukkat Shalom families, we have been given the Jewish Heritage DVD Collection. Below is a list of the titles we have which are located at our offices (400 Linden Ave., Wilmette). They are available for home use. If you would like to check one out, call or email the office (847-251-2675 / sukkatshalom@worlnet.att.net).

Children's
Alef Bet Blastoff (4 prorgrams on 1 disc)
The Animated Haggadah
Chanukah at Bubbe's/Passover at Bubbe's
Fliegel's FLight
Joseph - King of Dreams
Lights: The Miracle of Chanukah
Molly's Pilgrim
One Minute Bible Stories
Prince of Egypt
Shalom Sesame (11 programs on 5 discs)
Shirim K'tanim - Hebrew Song Festival
Stories to Remember (Noah's Ark)

Comedy
American Schadchen/Matchmaker
Annie Hall
Biloxi Blues
Blazing Saddles
Brighton Beach Memoirs
The Frisco Kid
The Great Dictator
Keep the Faith
Lenny
My. Saturday Night
My Favorite Year
Private Benjamin
The Producers
Radio Days
The Sid Caesar Collection (18 programs on 3 discs)
To Be or Not To Be

Holocaust
Anne Frank Remembered
Au Revoir, Les Enfants
Diary of Anne Frank
Enemies, A Love Story
Europa Europa
Facing Hate
Garden of the Finzi-Continis
Genocide
Good EVening, Mr. Wallenberg
The Harmonists
Into the Arms of Strangers
Judgement at Nuremberg
The Last Butterfly
Life is Beautiful
Lodz Ghetto
The Long Way Home
Music Box
Night and Fog
Partisans of Vilna
The Pawnbroker
Schindler's List
Shoah
Shop on Main Street
The Sorrow and the Pity
Swing Kids
Triumph of the Spirit
Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

International Jewry
Autumn Sun
Chariots of Fire
Fiddler on the Roof
Homage to Chagall: Colors of Love
Image Before My Eyes
Prisoner of Honor
Routes of Exile
Solomon and Gaenor
Tevye de Milkhiker

Israel
Cast a Giant Shadow
Cup Final
Exodis
Fictitious Marriage
Get
Israel: Birth of a Nation
Jerusalem with Martin GIlbert
Operation Jonathan
Over the Ocean
Sallah
Siege
A Wall in Jerusalem
The WOoden Gun
Yitzhak Rabin
Kippur
Under the Domim Tree

Jewish Experience in America
Avalon
Arguing the World
The Chosen
Crimes and Misdemeanors
Crossfire
Delta Jews
Dirty Dancing
Driving Miss Daisy
Funny Girl
Gentelman's Agreement
Goodbye Columbus
Hester Street
Jazz Singer
A Life Apart
Marjorie Morningstar
A Miracle on Intervale Ave.
Next Stop, Greenwich Village
School Ties
A Stranger Among Us
The Way We Were
A TIckle in the Heart

Religion and Identity
The Eighth Day
Genesis Series, with Bill Moyers (5 programs on 5 discs)
Great Figures of the Bible, with Elie Wiesel (6 programs on 4 discs)
Heritage: Civilization and the Jews with Abba Eban (9 programs on 3 discs)
Moses: A&E Biography
The Journey
The Longest Hatred
The Talmud and the Scholar