I have placed a few links to places that I hope you will like.
Please let me know what you think of them.
Thank you.
David
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Want to customize your Bris or Brit Bat, but are sleep deprived? Look here. There are many beautiful ideas here. Even if you have slept, it is still worth a look.
http://www.neshamacarlebach.com/
She will soothe, uplift, delight, and connect you. I can't tell you how many copies of Neshama Shel Shlomo, Soul, and the others I have bought. Do yourself a favor, listen.
At this place, everyone holds the Torah and each other.
Want to hear a melody?
http://www.chicagojewishfunerals.com/
You should only have simchas. But, if you know anyone who wants support re: the end of life, this is the man to call.
http://www.clal.org/
Looking for Jewish ideas? Answers? Conversations?
Look here.
SVARA
A traditionally radical yeshiva for queer Jews and straight allies
SvaraProject@aol.com If you haven't learned
Talmud here, then you have only part of the picture.
http://www.bjechicago.org
Yearning for Jewish Learning? Here is a great place.
Davennen' Leadership Training Institute
http://www.dlti.homestead.com/ The odds are good that I have either told you about DLTI or used something I learned from them at a Bris you've seen.
Would you like to see some good news?
http://www.israel21c.org
http://www.newsoftheday.com/israel/blog.html
Ready for good news?
Try these.
Would you like to hear the best jazz music? Go to a concert by the multiple Grammy-award winning Howard Levy. He can play three notes from each hole of a harmonica -- the sound is amazing, and he is willing to teach you how he does it here.
Dr Max Maizels -- an excellent Pediatric Urologist and a real Mentsch: https://www.luriechildrens.org/en/doctors/maizels-max-1789/
I haven't seen another Mohel perform a Bris in decades, so I don't have a specific recommendation, but I can direct you to JUF Guide to Jewish Chicago Brit Milah / Circumcision page: https://www.juf.org/guide/category.aspx?id=16084
