Welcome to Beth Tikvah Congregation!
Thank you for visiting the Beth Tikvah Congregation website! We are a dynamic, warm, and friendly Reform Jewish congregation located in the Northwest Chicago Suburbs where all are welcome. At Beth Tikvah Congregation (BTC) relationships matter most. Beth Tikvah Congregation is best known for its inclusive, involved, caring and compassionate community; for its excellent clergy, staff and lay leadership; for its phenomenal lay chairs; and for the overall positive difference BTC makes in our members’ lives.
At Beth Tikvah Congregation, we are dedicated to Jewish values and the pursuit of Holiness through engaging worship, joyous celebration of holidays and lifecycle events and by caring for one another. At the same time, we are committed to education for all ages, to Tikkun Olam (bettering our world), welcoming interfaith families, supporting interfaith relations, and furthering connections to the State of Israel, to Jewish summer camp, and so much more!
Whether you are new to the area, new to Jewish life, or a long-time veteran...whatever your background, level of observance, age, relationship status, sexual orientation, or gender identity... we are grateful for your interest in Beth Tikvah Congregation. We invite you to contact our Rabbi, Taron Tachman, take a tour of BTC, join us for Friday night Shabbat Services, or an upcoming program. We look forward to meeting you soon!
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Sign Up to Volunteer at Gan Tikvah 2023 Our Garden of Hope
Sign Up to Volunteer at Gan Tikvah 2023 Our Garden of Hope
Sun, September 24, 2023
Join us for the Last Day of the Season - September 24, 9:30am!!!! Click Here
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High Holy Days Food Drive
High Holy Days Food Drive
Mon, September 25, 2023
Join us in stocking the shelves of The ARK and Schaumburg Food Pantry with our annual High Holiday Food Drive. Please fill grocery bags with food, toiletries and/or cleaning supplies. Plastic bags with the items list enclosed are available in the BTC lobby. Deliver your filled bags to Beth Tikvah by Monday, September 25 at Yom Kippur afternoon services. Click Here
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2023 Sisterhood Membership Drive
2023 Sisterhood Membership Drive
Sun, October 1, 2023
Welcome to our 2023-2024 Beth Tikvah Congregation Sisterhood Membership Drive. We accomplished so much this past year and look forward to another year of fun and friendship. Enjoy creative programming and events, some of which are member-only benefits. Take part in camaraderie and education, as well as the meaningful community service that Sisterhood provides. Each of you can make a difference in our community. You can be part of something bigger than yourself. Sisterhood enriches your life and the live Click Here
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Rosh Hodesh; A Gathering for Girls
Rosh Hodesh; A Gathering for Girls
Sun, October 1, 2023 @ 12:15 PM
An opportunity for our 6th-8th grade girls to spend time together to share common feelings, thoughts, joys and challenges in a safe and secure space. We meet monthly. Facilitated by Julie Erlich Click Here
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Book Club-"Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books” by Aaron Lansky
Book Club-"Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books” by Aaron Lansky
Mon, October 2, 2023 @ 07:00 PM
A true story of a quest to save Jewish literature. In 1980 Aaron Lansky, a twenty-three-year-old graduate student, issued a worldwide appeal for unwanted Yiddish works. Lansky’s project would go on to save over 1.5 million volumes, from famous writers like Sholem Aleichem and I. B. Singer to one-of-a-kind Soviet prints. Click Here
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Tzedek Committee's 3rd Annual Postcard/Letter Writing event in the Sukkah
Tzedek Committee's 3rd Annual Postcard/Letter Writing event in the Sukkah
Wed, October 4, 2023 @ 06:30 PM
Calling everyone who cares about Reproductive Freedom! Join us in taking action for the Jewish value of pikuach nefesh -saving human lives- by sending postcards to Ohio voters in support of their reproductive health ballot initiative. We’ll provide all the supplies, including postage! Snacks and beverages will be served! Come when you can, any time between 6:30-9pm. Please register. If you can’t make it but want to help, we’ll get a packet to you to do at home. Click Here
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Book Club- “Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy” by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Book Club- “Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy” by Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Mon, November 6, 2023 @ 07:00 PM
The November 6 book will be “Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy” by Letty Cottin Pogrebin. The word “shanda” is defined as shame or disgrace in Yiddish. This book tells the story of three generations of complicated, intense 20th-century Jews for whom the desire to fit in and the fear of public humiliation either drove their aspirations or crushed their spirit. Click Here