Community Retreat
2021 RETREAT: FRIDAY, APRIL 30-SUNDAY, MAY 2
Our annual retreat will be a celebration of our responsible reopening and a marker of in-person gathering returning to our community.
This year we'll be gathering closer to home, around the CRZ campus. Please see below for our schedule of events, including both in-person and virtual happenings to make sure everyone has the opportunity to connect and engage.
FRIDAY, 4/30:
6pm - Outdoor Kabbalat Shabbat at Akiba-Schechter (signup required)
7pm - BYO Dinner & Drinks at Harold Washington Park
8pm - Adult Schmooze at Harold Washington Park
SATURDAY, 5/1:
10:30am - Na'aseh V'Nishma service on Facebook Live
Socially-distanced, in-person watch party will be in the Social Hall (signup required)!
11:30am - Outdoor Minyan Katan at Akiba-Schechter (in-person)
11:30am - B-Mitzvah cohort meeting with Rabbi Minkus at CRZ (in-person)
12pm - Torah Study in the Chapel (will also be on Zoom)
3pm - One Book, One Rodfei discussion at CRZ (will also be on Zoom)
Discussion will be about chapter one (What a School Means) of Eve L. Ewing's Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side
View a talk with the author here
Find a PDF of the chapter here
3:30pm - Park Playtime at Harold Washington Park
3:30pm - All-levels Yoga at Harold Washington Park (bring a mat and water bottle)
4:30pm - Ice Cream Social at CRZ
SUNDAY, 5/2:
4pm - Lag BaOmer cleanup at Promontory Point with bonfire and s'mores to follow (signup required)!
Return to Activities page.