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News Releases - Click on titles below to open the article


08.12.22 - Congregation Kneseth Israel to Celebrate 130 Years (1)

08.12.22 - Congregation Kneseth Israel to Celebrate 130 Years (2)

08.22.22 - 'We need to create meaning': Elgin synagogue marks 130 years of change and diversity.

09.11.2020 - Elgin's Kneseth Israel to host virtual High Holidays

04.09.2020 - Elgin Earth Month: Tu Bishvat - The New year of Trees

04.05.2020 - Priests, ministers, rabbis and other religious leaders go online to connect with faithful, but miss the personal touch

​04.05.2020 - 
Finding new ways to celebrate Easter and Passover the goal in this unusual pandemic year - Chicago Tribune
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01.02.2020 - Elgin Synagogue sets a corned beef lunch record

12.02.2019 - Elgin synagogue, church host 'Fargo' crew as fans sneak a peek at the filming


12.10.2018 - Elgin synagogue members help repair Torah scroll, a 'once-in-a-lifetime' experience for many

11.14.2018 - An Elgin home's odd addition, with a roof that opened to the sky, is found to be a Jewish sukkah


11.1.2018 - Jewish Theater of Elgin to put on its first play, 'Rosenstrasse' 

10.30.2018  Religious groups hold Elgin vigil in wake of synagogue shooting, decry violent attacks

08.28.2018 - Welcome the Jewish New Year with Congregation Kneseth Israel

08.28.2018 - Congregation Kneseth Israel Begins School!

04.20.2018 - Music adds spirit to Jewish Shabbat service April 20

10.10.2017 - Faith communities spreading 'Live Love, Stop Hate' message in Elgin

10.10.2017 - Volumes from vaunted St. John's Bible on display at Elgin library

07.06.2017 - Elgin Rabbi Aims to Lead by Example

03.10.2017 - 'Superhero Purim' CKI celebrates holiday in honor of Queen Esther

01.14.2017 - Frisch Klein, Wars honored at Elgin MLK breakfast

01.09.2017 -Sing and dance at high-energy, traveling Jewish worship service

09.23.2016 - Selichot article in the Daily Herald

09.13.2016 - CKI annual Selichot Service on Saturday, September 24, 2016 at 7 PM

04.03.2016 - Rabbi, husband raise awareness with $9 daily food budget

02.09.2016 - Long Red Line event on February 14, 2016

04.02.2015 - Holocaust Remembrance Day to take place at CKI Sunday, April 19 at 6:30 pm

02.12.2014 - Adult Hebrew Classes Forming at Congregation Kneseth Israel

11.10.2014 - Ckanukah Bazzar at Congregation Kneseth Israel

09.01.2014 - High Holy Days Observance Schedule

08.12.2014 - Friday Night Services Resume at Congregation Kneseth Israel with Special Musical Guests

07.21.2014 - Annual Synagogue Picnic and Torah School Registration

07.08.2014 - Not your Parent's Religious School

01.30.3014 - "Partnering with God" Education Series

11.03.2013 - Chanukah Bazaar at Congregation Kneseth Israel

10.24.2013 - CKI Hosts Blood Drive

10.17.2013 - Corned Beef!

09.29.2013 - Spiritual Parenting For Interfaith Families: A Presentation at Congregation Kneseth Israel

09.03.2013 - Kane County Religious Leaders Look for Ways to Bring Young to Their Flocks

08.08.2013 - Congregation Kneseth Israel, in Elgin, Announces High Holy Days Observance Schedule 
  
07.28.2013 - Annual Synagogue Picnic and Torah School Registration

05.27.2013 - Congregation Kneseth Israel to Install New Rabbi and Board Members

04.23.2013 - Former Israelis in Suburbs Accustomed to Bomb Risk

03.31.2013 - Congregation Kneseth Israel to Host Coffee House

03.31.2013 - Tour the Hidden Treasures of Historic Holy Hill on Sunday, April 28th

03.17.2013 - Holocaust Survivor to Speak at CKI, April 7, 2013

02.28.2013 - Passover Seder 2013

02.07.2013 - Second City alumnus part of anniversary celebration

02.03.2013 - Celebrating 120 Years of Worship - Courier News
 
02.01.2013 - To One Hundred and Twenty... - Chicago Jewish News

01.14.2013 - Congregation Kneseth Israel Celebrates Anniversary - Daily Herald

12.27.2012 - CKI Caps Off 120th with Robert Klein and the Maxwell Street Klezmer Quartet.

02.14.2012 - Musical Hanukkah Shabbat Service

11.12.2012 - Hanukkah Bazaar

10.28.2012 - Men's Club to conduct Sabbath Services on November 3

10.14.2012 - Weekly Sabbath Services

09.30.2012 - Celebrate Simchat Torah at Congregation Kneseth Israel 

09.23.2012 - Sabbath Services at Congregation Kneseth Israel  

09.12.2012 - New female rabbi in Elgin readies for High Holiday

08.26.2012 - Congregation Announces 120th High Holiday Services

08.23.2012 - Jewish Congregation Welcomes New Rabbi

08.10.2012 - Inaugural Sabbath Services for New Rabbi

08.05.2012 - Annual Synagogue Picnic and School Registration

05.21.2012 - Weekly Sabbath Services at CKI

04.25.2012 - Jewish Festival-Sunday, June 10

02.29.2012 - Kinder Shabbat-March 9, 2012

02.20.2012 - Adult Education Classes

02.01.2012 - Rabbi Search

09.05.2011 - Still Evolving after 120 Years: Congregation Kneseth Israel Approves New Vision for Improved Community Service




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