As the Israel ParaSport Center celebrates 65 years of empowering life without limits, we are bringing to Chicago an exciting Teaming with Israel event, featuring Jonah Platt – acclaimed performer, writer, Israel advocate, and host of the popular podcast Being Jewish.

Your sponsorship maximizes our impact, supporting Israelis with disabilities. Many sponsor levels include tickets to an exclusive VIP reception with Jonah Platt, followed by a strolling dinner, cocktail hour, and a meaningful program featuring athletes from the Israel ParaSport Center, and a conversation with Jonah. It promises to be a memorable night—and with your support, one that will fuel our mission to empower Israelis with disabilities through sport and community.

Individual tickets go on sale July 1, 2025.

Jonah Platt is a trusted voice in the modern conversation on Jewish identity, culture, and current events. He is the host of BEING JEWISH WITH JONAH PLATT, the hit weekly podcast that explores contemporary Jewish experience through conversations with a wide array of notable guests such as political analyst Van Jones, actors Josh Gad and Tiffany Haddish, Congressman Ritchie Torres, and business leader Sheryl Sandberg.

A true entertainment multi-hyphenate, Jonah has acted in prestige projects from Hollywood (Oscar-nominated BEING THE RICARDOS) to Broadway (smash hit WICKED), written for several TV comedies, and is currently producing his first feature film, THE MENSCH, in which he will co-star alongside Ginnifer Goodwin. He is also a sought after singer and musician, an award-winning vocal arranger, a director of improv and theater, and is currently co-writing the musical adaptation of Lois Lowry’s best-selling novel, THE GIVER.

His words on the Jewish experience have appeared in Variety, the New York Post, Times of Israel, LA Magazine, Jewish Journal, Kveller & The Wrap, and he’s been a featured expert on KTLA News, Fox News Digital, Atlanta News First, Israel’s i24 & News Nation. He is also the winner of California’s inaugural Community Excellence Award for Combatting Antisemitism, and is currently studying for his Masters in Antisemitism Studies at Gratz College.