Mishkan Chicago
A spiritual community in Chicago, reclaiming Judaism's inspiration and progressive edge at sites all over the city.
Tuesday, 5/14/13: Get your ticket for Sha • Voo • Ote here now!
Read more about it here.
7:30 pm – midnight @ The Den – 1333 W. Milwaukee
Sunday, 5/19/13: Jewish MegaTrends
Read more about it here.
7:15 pm @ Beth Emet Synagogue – 1224 Dempster, Evanston
Friday, May 31st: Services
5th Fridays @ AES
6:45 pm - 3751 N. Broadway
1. Read up on what’s going on at Mishkan here (it’s our most recent e-blast).
2. Our first seder rocked! See a pic or two here.
Get in on Mishkan’s first-ever Passover Seder:
(read: the hot sandy place, not a truffle buffet, people. Although flourless chocolate cake is not out of the question).
Spiritual direction and seder leadership provided by our very own Rabbi Lizzi. Delicious and amazing kosher l’Pesah food prepared by the incomparable Mary Otts. RSVP before March 21st at midnight by paying up here ($45) and jotting a quick e-mail to Jaré to let her know who’s coming (jare@mishkanchicago.org).
After the Boogie, and some rousing Friday nights throughout January, February’s pretty low-key, continuing our Sex in the Talmud class with Moishe House on Wednesday nights, and some rocking Friday nights coming up. Here’s the deal:
• Mishkan Hits Hyde Park, Feb 8, 6:30 pm
1407 E. 60th St, Chicago
Followed by dinner and drinks, as usual. Suggested donation for dinner, $12, click here.
• 4th Fridays @ AES, Feb 22, 6:30 pm
3751 N. Broadway, Chicago
Followed by a pot-luck. Bring healthy vegetarian food if you can, bring brownies if you must.
Get your Boogie on- advanced tix here.
The Barefoot Boogie is back and better than ever. Join Mishkan, Mitziut, Moishe House and all the cool kids with their pumped up kicks for the best darn Jewish Christmas party in Chicago, bar none.
Rexx Rug Warehouse, 4150 N. Western Ave
Doors open 6:30 pm; A•zam•ra on at 7, DJ’d dancing the rest of the night. Food and drinks included, all ages invited.
$15 in advance (click here), $20 at the door.
Give a Hanukkah present (and end-of-year donation) to Mishkan! Click here and make as big a contribution as you can to our Human Capital Campaign- our drive to raise $54,000 by March 1, 2013 to hire an executive director. Donate now! To write and send a check, write to info@mishkanchicago.org and we’ll give you an address.
Happy Hanukkah, bless you and thank you!
Here’s what’s coming up for the end of November and December, 2012 (Kislev, Tevet 5773, in case you were wondering.)
• Friday 12/14 6:30 pm: Mishkan @ Bodhi. 2746 N. Magnolia. Inspired, down-to-earth services that combine both traditional davening/prayer and creative, musical and meditative approaches, followed by dinner and drinks. If you plan to stay for dinner, though, pay up here! $12 per person.
• Saturday 12/15 4:30 pm: Jay Stanton’s Bar Mitzvah @ Brent House in Hyde Park. 5540 S. Woodlawn.
• Monday, 12/24 (Christmas Eve), 6:30 pm. Return of the BAREFOOT BOOGIE. Jews, git down. We’ll begin with festive Jewish kirtan courtesy of A•zam•ra and then kick it into high gear with food, drinks and dancing the rest of the night away. $16 in advance, $20 at the door. Get tickets now and spread the word. Best party in Chicago on Xmas, bar none!
• Friday night, Dec. 28th we’re dark. See you for services January 12. Happy Gregorian new year, people!
It has taken almost the full month of Heshvan to recover from the high of the holidays. Ask anyone… they lived up to the Get Higher title. If you weren’t able to join us this year, just start coming to Shabbat and other stuff, and by next year you’ll be good to go. In the meantime, here’s what you have to look forward to…
• Mishkan @ Ravenswood: Election Recovery
11/9 6:30 pm, 1770 W. Berteau.
If you plan to join us for dinner/drinks, it’s $12 per person. Click here to pay.
• 5th Fridays @ AES
11/30, 6:30 pm, 3751 N. Broadway
If you plan to join us for dinner/drinks, it’s $12 per person. Click here to pay.
• We’re ON @ Bodhi December 14th
• Christmas Barefoot Boogie
X-mas Eve, just like last year, Jews git down on Christmas. Replace Chinese food and a movie with Chinese food and dancing. Done! Burns more calories and is more fun.
1. MishKards (High Holiday tix) are LIVE! Go to our Brown Paper Tickets site to get ‘em while they’re hot! This year bring your parents to YOUR shul.
2. After Rosh HaShannah we’ll be hosting a light, friendly bagel lunch, and after Yom Kippur we’ll throw a Disco Break Fast, Chicago’s first-ever! Get your tickets at the above address, but sign-in for the Disco Break Fast here on Facebook.
3. Get the Mishkan buzz going on YouTube and share it with friends! Check out our amazing new promo vid here!
4. Friday night August 10th we’ll be at Diversey Harbor for a picnic at 6:15 and services at 7:15. Low-key, relaxed goodness!
5. Friday night, August 24th, we’re on at Anshe Emet- 3751 N. Broadway, 7:30 pm services, followed by a light dinner and drinks. It will be our last Friday night service before High Holidays and it will be off the hook.
6. Rise @ Mishkan. Finally, we’re doing a Saturday morning: September 1, 9:15 am at 722 W. Aldine for a learners-style service, learning new tunes, discussing our way through the Shabbat morning service, including a Torah discussion. Bring pot-luck lunch to share- we’ll bring the challah and kiddush.
Have an amazing rest of the week, ya’ll.
The Torah describes each Israelite offering their unique gift to the effort of building the Mishkan, their traveling sacred home in the desert. They offered their skills as weavers and architects, metal-smiths and artists, leaders and supporters. At first people were reticent to give, but by the end of the project, Moses had to tell the people, “Enough already! We’ve got what we need!”
Turns out the Israelites realized what science is proving again now: it feels good to give. It makes us happier, more fulfilled people. Not to mention it makes possible great projects that require the combined resources of a community that cannot be attained with the work and gifts of only a few.
So far, Mishkan has been the gift of a few people- our rabbi, and our supporters who have been able from early on to see the unique and holy role that Mishkan plays on the Chicago Jewish landscape. But they can’t do all the heavy lifting themselves. For Mishkan to thrive and really take its place on the Jewish scene in Chicago, We need our community to contribute, too.
Your monthly or yearly contribution to Mishkan literally will give this spiritual community legs to stand on- and eventually run and fly. By becoming a Builder, you will be co-creating Mishkan. To be a Builder is to say, “I believe in the work this community is doing. I want to see it grow and flourish, and become a mainstay on the Chicago Jewish spiritual landscape.”
If this is you, please click here and become a Builder. Bless you and thank you!
Rabbi Lizzi
