NCJW Monthly Women’s Salons

Both the downtown Chicago and the North Suburban Women’s Salons are growing and thriving. Salon is a monthly, evening discussion group meeting at Salon members’ homes and facilitated by Salon members and guest speakers. Every month a new topic is chosen by the group, and material links are then emailed to everyone to read. Email [email protected] and [email protected] for more information and visit the event page for updated date information.

City Salon Dates Suburban Salon Dates
August 26, 2019
Anti-Semitism
Jonathon Mintzer, ADL & Rebecca Gross
September 4, 2019
Illinois “Repro Health Act”
Laura Welch, President, Illinois N.O.W.
October 15, 2019
Why we oughta care about the census
Judith Gethner, Director Emirita, Illinois Partners for Human Service.
October 15, 2019
Anti-Semitism and BDS on College Campus
Liora Bachrach, Stand With Us.
November 18, 2019
Are you up in arms about gun control?
Sara Knizhnik.
November 21, 2019
Increase in International Anti-Semitism
Dr. Deborah Lipstadt, Emory University
December 16, 2019
Online Planning Meeting
December 17, 2019
Jewish Poverty in Chicago
Rebecca Fletcher, The ARK
January 27, 2020
Climate change
CitizenClimateLobby.org, Support H.R. 763
January 18, 2020
Criminal Justice Reform
Salon facilitator
February 18, 2020
Fair Maps
Liliana Scales, Change Illinois.
February 12, 2020
Civil Rights and Jewish Historical Sights in the South
Donna Fishman, Past-President, NCJW CNS
March 23, 2020
A Megillah since Esther: Domestic Abuse
Naomi Senser and Viki Rivkin, SHALVA
March 8, 2020
“Notorious RBG” exhibition and discussion
Dr. Debra Stulberg and Dr. Amy Whitaker
April 27, 2020
TBD
April 16, 2020
Identity Crisis: Covid-19 and the Individual
Salon member facilitator
 May 18, 2020
City and Suburban Combined Salon: Kotlowitz’ An American Summer