Membership

Welcome! We’re glad you’re here. We invite you to get a taste of our community by joining us for a Kabbalat Shabbat service or scheduling a visit. Our vibrant, diverse, and multigenerational community draws from Highland Park, Glencoe, Chicago, and other surrounding areas. We pray, learn, celebrate, and mourn together. There are many ways to get involved, from attending services to engaging in tikkun olam (repairing the world) to learning with our incredible clergy and guest teachers, and so much more. We welcome you to explore our community and find your place at NSCI.

Susan Ellenby, our engagement manager, would love to connect with you and tell you more about our community. Please contact Susan by phone or email to discuss your interest or fill out an interest form.

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Benefits of Membership
North Shore Congregation Israel is a warm, inclusive Reform congregation that welcomes all who want to belong to a Jewish community where each individual is seen, heard, and valued. There’s a place here for everyone to learn, grow, and deepen their connection to Jewish identity and community. Your affiliation at NSCI provides you with a wide array of meaningful opportunities and benefits, such as:

Pastoral Care & Life Cycles

• Clergy officiation at lifecycle events for immediate family (plus one up, one down, one over – parent, child, sibling) 

• Access to clergy for support in times of need, such as illness, mourning, and other challenging moments

• Hold a b'nei mitzvah at NSCI

High Holy Day Tickets & Priority Registration 

• High Holy Day passes for all services for immediate household and children through age 29

• Option to purchase High Holy Day guest passes for relatives for all services

• Priority registration for certain high-demand programs that are open to the community (e.g., Shabbat enrichment)

Learning

• Ability to enroll in the Goodman Center for Jewish Education (Hebrew/religious school), the largest Jewish congregational school on the North Shore and in the Chicagoland area

• B’nei mitzvah preparation, tutoring, student and family meetings with clergy

• Robust selection of adult education classes at no additional fee

• Weekly Shabbat morning minyan and Torah study

• Guest lectures from sought-after speakers and educators

Community

• Opportunity to join small groups of congregants with shared interests, e.g., Women of NSCI, Breakfast Club, Senior Connections, 20s/30s, Kehilah teen group, and more

• Hands of Chesed group spreads kindness to fellow congregants in challenging times

• Wide array of tikkun olam activities, such as Feed the Homeless, Adult Mitzvah Corps, and many more

• Opportunities to participate in music groups (e.g., Selah youth choir, Shir Chadash adult choir)

• Access to congregational trips with our clergy to Israel and other destinations

• Opportunities to take on leadership roles on the Board of Trustees and various committees

Exclusive Discounts & Financial Support

• Ability to rent facility spaces at significantly reduced price than that of non-congregants

• Purchase of cemetery plots at Shalom Memorial Park at 50% of retail price

• Access to scholarships and fellowships (e.g., for college students, campers, etc.)

Ready to Join?

Please click here if you are interested in becoming a new congregant or are a returning congregant wishing to reactivate your affiliation.