Base LGSQ

Base Logan Square is located on the Westside of Chicago in Logan Square, and it is the home of Rav Moshe, Ariana, and their toddler, Toviah. We invite you, your friends, and family to come have lively discussions, laugh, learn Torah, creatively express yourself, eat delicious vegetarian food, have good drinks, and dive deep into the wonders of our shared Tradition through meaning making and community. We hope our home will be a place where we can create a pluralistic Jewish community together, deepen relationships, and feel at home with each other, within Judaism, and in our home!

Rabbi Moshe Webber

Whisk(e)y Connoisseur. Day-Trip Adventurer. Lover of Ideas.

Rav Moshe serves as the Rabbi for Base Logan Square. He wholeheartedly believes ideas and creativity build and shape relationships and that relationships build and shape creativity and ideas. Together these enrich community, Torah, and our Jewish lives.

Moshe grew up in the Pacific Northwest and began his Jewish journey during his undergrad while studying Hebrew and reading Jewish thought. Yet what really made him fall desperately in love with Judaism and decide to convert was his experience of Shabbat.

Since leaving the Northwest, Moshe has bounced around the East Coast for over a decade, sojourning for a good while in Boston where he attended Hebrew College and received Rabbinic Ordination. Moshe studied at Yeshivat Hadar in New York City and studied at the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem. Prior to that he graduated from Yale Divinity School with a Master of Arts in Religion. Before Base, Moshe taught Religious Studies and History at a boarding school in Northwest Connecticut–think Dead Poets Society, Oh Captain, My Captain! Moshe served as the Rabbinic Intern at Shir Tikvah and Temple Israel Boston.

Moshe is married to Ariana, who he met the day after he converted. It was b’shert, fate. Together they have a curious and energetic toddler named Toviah Tzvi, and they can be seen chasing him through local public libraries and parks. Moshe loves collecting and drinking whisk(e)y, loves being surrounded by books and reading them too! He particularly enjoys sampling Ariana’s good taste in music and attending live music concerts, and enjoys taking day trips up and down the New England coast. He is excited to explore Chicagoland and beyond

Ariana Webber

ariana@metrochicagohillel.org

Avid Reader. Great British Bake Off Hopeful. Aspiring Creative.

Ariana works at the Art Institute of Chicago and is the Base Educator at Base Logan Square. Prior to joining Base, Ariana worked at the List Visual Arts Center at MIT and the Yale University Art Gallery. She grew up in the Pacific Northwest, but lived on the East Coast for 16 years (with a stint in England in between).

Ariana earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Archaeology from Boston University, a Master’s of Arts in Bible, Archaeology, and Ancient Cultures from the University of Sheffield, and a Master’s of Arts in Museum Studies from New York University. She did her graduate internship at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ariana is married to Moshe and together they have an amazing toddler, Toviah Tzvi. In her spare time, she always has a book in hand (or in her coffee shop themed tote), whether she is going to shul, on the train, or going out to dinner. She loves farmer’s markets, cooking and cocktail creating, and exploring the outdoors.

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Base locations in Chicago are operated by Metro Chicago Hillel and the Jewish United Fund with generous support from:

Crown Family Philanthropies

Judy & Abel Friedman

Anonymous

JUF’s Breakthrough Fund