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, Hebrew, 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.

Shabbat Torah Study with Rabbi Gordon
Dates: Saturdays - 11/12, 12/10, 1/14, 2/11, 3/10, 4/14, 5/12, 6/9
Time: 9:00 am
Join us for our monthly opportunity to discuss Torah together.
We will meet to read the weekly Torah portion. Make sure to bring your own coffee and snack and gather together for this lively discussion.
To be held at the Community Church of Wilmette (1020 Forest Ave.)

Water, Environment and Our Sacred Earth
Join Rabbi Gordon and Pastor Stephanie VanSlyke of FCCW as we prepare to welcome our guest scholar, Charles Fishman, author of “The Big Thirst, The Secret Life and Turbulent of Water”
*Thursday, October 27, 7:30pm - Reflections on biblical stories that demonstrate waters centrality in our lives.
*Thursday, November 3, 7:30pm - A review of Mr. Fishman’s book and discussion of water issues that impact the North Shore and Lake Michigan.
To be held at the First Congregational Church of Wilmette (1125 Wilmette Ave.)

Annual Guest Scholar Program
"The Big Thirst, the Secret Life and Turbulent Future of Water"
Date: November 13, 2011
Time: 7:00 PM
Join us as Charles Fishman brilliantly explores our strange and complex relationship to water.
Suggested Donation - $5
To be held at First Community Church of Wilmette (1125 Wilmette Ave.)

A Search for Spirituality, Meditation, Mysticism and More
Dates:Thursdays – 2/2, 2/9, 2/16, 2/23, 3/1, 3/8
Time: 7:00 pm
Join Rabbi Gordon as he explores the writings of Lawrence Kushner, Art Green, Daniel Matt and others who seek out the spirituality in Judaism
To be held at the offices of Sukkat Shalom (444 Skokie Blvd. Suite 300, Wilmette)

Are You Interested in Learning Hebrew?
For more information: sukkatshalom@att.net

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