New documentary series on Jewish role models spotlights 2 Chicagoans. ‘There’s so many great and interesting people to feature in Chicago,’ director says.

Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer is greeted by colleague and former student Alison Brown, left, as his wife Peggy Bagley assists the rabbi at home on Oct. 26, 2021, in Evanston. Rabbi Goldhamer is one of the subjects of a documentary series about Jewish role models. (John J. Kim / Chicago Tribune)