ELI Talks's video: Zoe Russek: Listening with Empathy

In Fall 2017, ELI Talks partnered with the Silverstein Base Hillel in Chicago to produce the first-ever 'Voices by ELI' - a program that cultivates teen and young adult voices in Jewish communities.Ten speakers selected by Base Hillel worked with ELI Talks to find and hone their inspired Jewish idea. Charles Cohen, Executive Director of Metro Chicago Hillel, emceed the event where three undergraduate students and seven young adult Basers shared 5 minutes of wisdom, to over 60 attendees, on topics ranging from "Politics: It's a Mitzvah", Judaism and Magic: My Conflicting Passions, Good Grief: How the Jewish Mourning Process Can Heal the World and Class and Money in Jewish Spaces: My Story of Exclusion (and Eventual Inclusion). Silverstein Base Hillel is a project of Metro Chicago Hillel. A proud graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Zoe Russek moved to Chicago in 2016 to take her dream job at the University of Chicago Crime Lab. Since then, she has focused on projects related to reducing violent crime on the South and West sides of the city. Zoe is a loyal Packers fan, an avid book club member, and a proponent of meaningful conversation. Want to bring Voices to your community? Message us for more information: info (at) elitalks (dot) org.