2023-24 Schedule | The Kesher Forum

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2024-25 Schedule

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MEETING ADDRESS

THE VILLAGE CHURCH

1300 SHERMER ROAD, NORTHBROOK, IL

September 9

DR. MICHAEL RYDELNIK | A Biblical Understanding of Israel's War with Hamas

October 7 | 6:30PM

Screening of SCREAMS BEFORE SILENCE (featuring Sheryl Sanberg) | a highly-acclaimed documentary film on the sexual violence committed by Hamas on October 7, 2023

Followed by the livestream broadcast of the October 7th Memorial sponsored by the Jewish United Fund of Chicago

November 4

DR. LINA ABUJAMRA | A Lebanese Christian Perspective on the Middle East

December 2

DR. TIM SIGLER | Israel's Current Crisis & God's Eternal Plan

January 13

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BOB SCHWARTZ | Israel-US Relations after the 2024 elections

February 3

BOAZ JOHNSON | The Marys of the Bible: The Original #MeToo Movement

March 3

DR. MICHAEL WECHSLER | The Book of Esther between Jews and Christians

April 14

THE PASSOVER EXPERIENCE | Experience a traditional Passover Seder through the lens of the Jewish sages and the writers of the New Testament

TICKETS WILL BE REQUIRED

May 2

TBD

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OTHER DATES TO REMEMBER:

United States Memorial Museum Risa K. Lambert Luncheon, Sheraton Grand Chicago | Mon., Sept. 9, 2024
Rosh Hashanah (5784) begins the evening of Wed., Oct. 2, 2024
Yom Kippur begins the evening of Fri., Oct. 11, 2024
Sukkot begins the evening of Wed., Oct. 16 and ends the evening of Wed., Oct. 23, 2024
Hanukkah begins the evening of Wed., Dec. 25 and ends the evening of Thu., Jan. 2, 2025
International Holocaust Remembrance Day | Mon., Jan. 27, 2025
Purim begins the evening of Sat., Mar. 13, 2025
Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center Humanitarian Awards Dinner | TBA
Passover begins the evening of Sat., Apr. 12 and ends the evening of Sun., Apr. 20, 2025
Easter | Sun., Apr. 20, 2025
Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) begins the evening of Wed., Apr. 23, 2025
Simon Wiesenthal Center Spirit of Courage Gala | TBA
Chicago Festival of Israeli Cinema | TBA
JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival | TBA

PAST PRESENTERS:

Gregory Athnos, Dr. Andrew Abernethy, Dr. Richard Averbeck, Pastor John Bell, Dr. Aubrey Buster, Jenny Berg Chandler, Mark Chassman, Dr. James Coakley, Dr. Stuart Dauermann, Aaron Elster, Rabbi Niles Goldstein, Dr. Ingrid Faro, Silvia Foti, Pastor Jacob Fronczak, Aaron Fruh, Daniel Gruber, Stan Guthrie, Alan Handler, Sam Harris, Dr. Peter Hayes, Dr. James Hoffmeier, Pastor David Jankowski, Dr. Boaz Johnson, Dr. Walter Kaiser, Karen Kaplan, Rev. Dr. George Koch, Josh Larsen, Dr. Erwin Lutzer, John W. Mauck, Rabbi Evan Moffic, Dr. John Monson, Todd Morehead, Dr. Paul Nelson, Dr. Theresa Newell, Brian Newman, Randy Newman, Rev. Dan McNerney, Dr. Yohanan Petrovsky-Shtern, Dr. Jacob Rosenberg, Dr. Michael Rydelnik, Mimi Sagadin, Ben Schlan, Jeff Schoep, Agnes Schwartz, Dr. Tim Sigler, Kevin Singer, Danny Spungen, Dr. Andrew Steinmann, Dan Strull, Wes Taber, Julianna Taimoorazy, Lois Tverberg, Murray Tilles, Michelle Van Loon, Dr. John H. Walton, Dr. Michael Wechsler, Dr. Joel Willits, Michael Wolf, Dr. Julius Wong-Loi Sing, Marty Zak, Jack Zimmerman

Please note that our current and past presenters do not necessarily share the same theological, doctrinal, or methodological perspectives, and their participation is not an endorsement of the Kesher Forum, the host church, or any of the organizations its participants are affiliated with. We don't expect them to. But we all agree that it is possible to learn from and have respectful dialogue with people we may disagree with and they with us.

Who is wise? One who learns from all people.

Talmud

That is the spirit of the Kesher Forum.