Our Mission

• to provide unique top quality jewish and cultural learning that is meeting the needs of russian jewish families
• to participate in positive jewish experiences helping families discover and accept their jewish roots.
• to offer hands-on opportunities for learning about jewish traditions .
• to make a positive change in often felt negativity about being jewish due to many years of oppression
• to create an environment that speaks to the values and language russian jewish community identify with in order to foster their ability to sustain the jewish identity of their children.
• to prevent an increasing influence of the russian speaking messianic groups, leading to high assimilation, inter-marriage and possible conversion to other faiths.
• to open a venue for immigrant families to integrate into the jewish american community at large by teaching families the basics of main-stream jewish communal life with sensitivity and responsiveness to the special need of this community
• to create the meaningful context for jewish learning and living in order to form a sustaining jewish identity
• to teach the concept of tzedakah in order to increase involvement into community charitable projects

Heritage Educational Foundation serves as a family center for vibrant jewish life . It provides social activities, family celebrations and connection for our growing Russian Jewish Community in Chicago and Suburbs. We welcome your suggestions, input and involvement. Please step into being an active member of our Heritage Foundation when you are ready. We highly appreciate your participation, matching grants and tax-deductable donations that can help us make our programs even better.