Rabbi Binyomin Scheiman - Director
► Rabbi Scheiman was the 2013 recipient of the Hon. Gerald C. Bender Humanitarian Award of the Chicago Decalogue Society of Lawyers, and continues to be involved in larger conversations to improve the criminal justice system and enhance chances for successful re-entry – speaking up at the Illinois State Commission on Criminal Justice and Sentencing Reform Hearing in July 2016.
► In 2013 he also received the Senate Recognition, recognizing his important work in correctional institutions.
Rabbi Scheiman moved to Chicago under the direction of Rabbi Daniel Moscowitz ob"m on Shvat 30, 5740 (1980) in the role of Activity Director of Chabad of Illinois.
For 40 years, he has serviced Illinois as a chaplain in correctional institutes, retirement and senior living centers, the Illinois state police (ISP) and within his own community.
Rabbi Scheiman is also on call as a chaplain for the ISP Illinois State Police where he responds to emergency requests when required.
As a community rabbi, Rabbi Scheiman worked as the director of Gan Israel camps since 1980 in the Chicago area and currently participates as the executive director of the camps in the summer.
He is the Director of Lubavitch Chabad of Niles and has functioned as the Spiritual leader of the synagogue and community since 1987 leading services and offering rabbinic services within the community.
He is a member of the Chicago Rabbinical Council and the Associated Chabad Rabbis of Illinois.