Mission Vision Values

Mission Statement  

Congregation Sukkat Shalom fosters a warm and inclusive community that inspires impactful Jewish experiences and connection. 

Vision Statement  

Congregation Sukkat Shalom will pioneer new and innovative rituals, expand the definition of Jewish community and make Judaism accessible. We will continue to welcome all and honor our longstanding commitment to interfaith families. We will enrich the lives of our congregants with meaning and purpose through social experiences, deep learning, spiritual worship, and service to others.  

Our Core Values

• Belonging 
• Loving our neighbors and strangers 
• Celebrating diversity 
• Repairing our broken world or Tikkun Olam 
• Innovating 
• Connecting to a larger Jewish Community with Am Yisrael

Specifically, we aspire to: 

• Prioritize belonging to cultivate deep, personal relationships and connections. Our sacred community, welcomes everyone who respectfully seeks meaning through Jewish rituals, values and traditions. In our community, every person matters.
• Commit to living lives based upon the Jewish values of loving our neighbors, strangers, and celebrating the divinity inherent in everyone.   
• Welcome full participation by celebrating diversity in our congregation, including rituals, spiritual practices, and leadership positions with no restrictions based upon one’s religion or identity.
• Transform the lives of our community, greater Chicagoland, and the world through acts of repairing our broken world, or Tikkun Olam.  
• Innovating Jewish living to remain on the forefront of 21st Century Jewish life.   
• Connecting to a larger Jewish Community with Am Yisrael, the people of Israel, the Reform Movement, throughout the world.