
Chabad House in Oak Park, Illinois, led by Rabbi Yitzchok Bergstein.
Chabad Jewish Center is part of an international organization on the front lines of Jewish education and activism. Now numbering over 5000 centers around the globe, Chabad provides care, inspiration, hospitality and knowledge to Jews from all walks of life. Our center serves the Jewish Community of the Oak Park - River Forest area and thanks to your support , we are growing rapidly.
5000 centers around the globe, Chabad provides care, inspiration, hospitality and knowledge to Jews from all walks of life. Our center serves the Jewish Community of the Oak Park - River Forest area and thanks to your support , we are growing rapidly.
Under the guidance of the Lubavitcher Rebbe , Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the organization has made "Ahavat Yisrael" - Love of a fellow Jew – the driving force that gives it momentum. Acceptance of every Jew on their own level, regardless of their background, observance, age or financial status, has become the trademark of Chabad.
Lubavitcher Rebbe , Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, the organization has made "Ahavat Yisrael" - Love of a fellow Jew – the driving force that gives it momentum. Acceptance of every Jew on their own level, regardless of their background, observance, age or financial status, has become the trademark of Chabad.
Programs
- Our Synagogue
- Kiddush Sponsorship
- High Holiday Services 2026
- Passover 2020
- Purim 2020
- High Holidays 5783
- Chanukah 2022
- Lag BaOmer 2023
- Sukkot 5784
- Kosher Deli Night
- Yom Kippur Honoraria
- Virtual Library
- Jewish Womens Circle
- Parshah (Weekly Torah)
- Daily Study
- Talmud
More about Chabad Jewish Center of Oak Park
Photos

From OakParkJewish.org
People
- Rabbi Yitzchok BergsteinCo-director
- Mrs. Nechama Dina BergsteinCo-director
What they offer
Chabad Jewish Center of Oak Park is a Chabad house in Oak Park, led by Rabbi Yitzchok Bergstein.
There is a synagogue on the premises. Visitors are welcomed for Shabbat and holiday meals. They kosher kitchens for the community.
Classes run regularly, one-to-one study can be arranged, courses from the Jewish Learning Institute are taught and public lectures are held. There is a library.
For children there is after-school programmes and a children's club.
Older children and young adults have bar and bat mitzvah instruction.
They officiate at weddings, circumcisions and funerals. Couples are prepared for marriage. A chevra kadisha serves the community.
The center visits patients in hospital and looks after the elderly.
There is a women's group. Holiday programs run through the year, hands on. Mezuzos and tefillin can be checked here.
Prayer & Shabbat
- Synagogue
- Holiday Awareness Programs
- Hands-on Holiday Programming
- Shabbat/Holiday Hospitality
Children & Teens
- Campus Chabad House
- After School Programs
- Children's Club
- Bar/Bat Mitzvah Instruction
Learning
- Adult Education
- Library
- Communal Lectures
- One-on-One Study
- Jewish Learning Institute
- Regular Classes
Family & Life Cycle
- Chevrah Kadishah
- Circumcision
- Marriage Prep
- Funeral Services
- Women's Group
- Weddings
Community & Care
- Hospital Visitation
- Hospital Chaplaincy
- Seniors Visitation
Practical
- Mezuzah and Tefillin Checking
- Kitchen Koshering
- Mezuzah Loans/Service
The center
- Chabad House



