Am Shalom – Reform Congregation in Glencoe, Illinois

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Dinner with Friends

Make new friends or catch up with old ones at Dinner with Friends!

Mezuzah Madness!

Just moved? Let the Am Shalom clergy affix your mezuzah!

Numbers Drash

Check out Rabbi Steve's weekly Numbers Drash! Each video features his two minute take on the weekly parasha.

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Live Streaming

Worship with us via live stream. We are pleased to live stream Shabbat services every Friday at 6:30pm, as well as holidays and other special programs.

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What's Coming Up

May 21 2018 "Almost Daily" Minyan Services are 15 minutes. Come as you are. No registration required. The "Almost Daily" Minyan takes place at 5:45pm on Mondays and Thursdays during t
May 22 2018 Judaism's 20 Questions: Volume 2 Are there miracles? Why do people hate Jews? Are we the chosen people? These questions and more, with Master Teacher, Buddy Schreiber.
May 24 2018 Yoga with Claudia
May 24 2018 "Almost Daily" Minyan Services are 15 minutes. Come as you are. No registration required. The "Almost Daily" Minyan takes place at 5:45pm on Mondays and Thursdays during t

About Us

Am Shalom began when a small group of passionate people gathered in a living room to lay out their hopes and dreams for a new congregation: a welcoming home, a place that responds to people’s needs, and a community that embodies the command of God to Abraham: be thou a blessing. Our congregation has grown, but these core values remain the same today.

Our Refugee Families

Home Cooking

Am Shalom’s Syrian families brought tastes for the foods of their homeland—like Syrian Shawarma and Chicken Mashawi—ways of spicing, a sense of what a meal is, and the importance of certain foods, recipes, and techniques that are Syrian but also distinctly Kurdish, from their village of Efrin, near Aleppo.Read More...