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Great Midwest Region

About Us

About Great Midwest Region

Great Midwest Region spans across Illinois, primarily in and around the Chicagoland area; including Chicago, Buffalo Grove, Deerfield, Northbrook, Skokie, Wilmette, Naperville, and our newest communities in Oak Park and Hyde Park!

Through youth-led and staff-supported programs, BBYO Great Midwest Region gives our members opportunities to develop leadership skills and positively affect their communities, the world, and themselves. We constantly strive to provide more Jewish teens with more meaningful Jewish experiences each and every day, so that they may become the future Jewish leaders in their communities and in the Jewish world at large.

Community Partners:

  • Jewish Community Center Chicago together with BBYO GMR are two of Chicagoland’s largest providers of activities to the Jewish teen audience. We work closely together as we have found that collaboration will leverage the strengths of both organizations, applying BBYO’s time-tested approach to teen leadership and year-round engagement to JCC Chicago’s broad engagement with thousands of teens through camp, community service, employment, and an array of skill and leadership development activities.

Meet the Team

Regional Staff
  • Naomi Looper

    Community Director

  • Jami Goldberg

    Senior Regional Director

  • Max Smith

    Regional Director

  • Isabel Strauss

    Genesis Fellow- GMR

Regional Board
  • Jack S.

    Mazkir/Mazkirah

  • Elan M.

    Godol/N'siah

  • Aaron I.

    S'gan/S'ganit

  • Gavin M.

    Morah/Moreh/Mit mom

  • Seth P.

    Shaliach/Sh'licha

  • Ethan G.

    Gizbor/Gizborit

  • Ella M.

    Godol/N'siah

  • Samantha G.

    S'gan/S'ganit

  • Mimi S.

    Morah/Moreh/Mit mom

  • Hallie H.

    Shaliach/Sh'licha

  • Gaby S.

    Mazkir/Mazkirah

  • Emma G.

    Gizbor/Gizborit

Contact Us :

Chapters

Jane Beber Abramson BBG #2514

Northbrook/Highland Park/ Deerfield, IL, United States

Moreshet Ma'arav BBYO #5032

Naperville, IL, United States

Central Illinois BBYO

Champaign, Peoria, Illinois, Springfield, IL, United States

South Suburbs BBYO

Homewood/Flossmore, IL, United States

New Northshore BBG

Highland Park, United States

Shawn Gilley BBYO #5084

Oak Park, Illinois, United States

Darom BBYO #5073

Hyde Park, IL, United States

Ahavah BBG #2414

Buffalo Grove, IL, United States

Aviva BBG #2509

Buffalo Grove, IL, United States

Chai Tov BBG #2541

Chicago, IL, United States

Chaverim BBG #1828

Flossmoor, IL, United States

Haganah AZA #2379

Skokie/Evanston/Wilmette, IL, United States

Korczak BBG #849

Skokie/evanston/wilmette, IL, United States

Ometz AZA #2553

Buffalo Grove, IL, United States

Palmach AZA #2561

Chicago, IL, United States

Shabak AZA #2342

Northbrook, IL, United States

Barrington Area