Anshe Sholom Bnai Israel Congregation

This used to be a better place.

A warm, welcoming congregation with a great rabbi. Services on shabbos morning (Sat.) are the best time to meet members. Friday and Saturday nights are also well-​attended and spiritually fulfilling. Prospective members can join members for shabbos meals after Friday night or Saturday morning services, often simply by showing up. Calling the shul office helps too. As Chaviva noted, every Jew is made to feel welcomed at ASBI. The rabbi and his wife are truly wonderful people who work hard to make the shul the community anchor it is.

This is most possibly the warmest, friendliest, most arms-​open synagogue I’ve ever been to. I came in on erev Pesach, just to feel the place out, and I was welcomed warmly and quickly set up with a first-​night seder location with some person I was just then meeting for the first time. After services, they asked me if I had anywhere to go for dinner, and I actually didn’t, so they invited me to stay and shmooze, which I did. I came back this evening, did my seder with several of the congregants and I’m happy to say that until I leave Chicago in the fall, I believe I’ve found a new home.
Did I mention it’s Orthodox and I’m theologically somewhere between Conservative and oblivion? Yes. It was glorious.
If you’re new to town, come here. Even if you’re not keen on the Hebrew, they have transliterated siddurim, so it’s all good. And there are plenty of people willing to keep you abreast of the situation (not to mention the rabbi actually calls out page numbers)!
Todah, Anshe Sholom. I just wish I’d have found you sooner.