Mishkan Calendar

There is a spiritual architecture the High Holidays that has the potential to unlock yearning, vulnerabilities and fears and well as aspirations for change and evolution in the year to come. Learn the "spiritual structure" with Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann and then integrate with writing, meditation and reflection with Rabbi Lauren Henderson. No experience necessary, and […]

As issues of social inequity and injustice, not to mention structural violence and dangers we read and hear about in the news become woven into the fabric of our daily lives, we risk numbing the very sensitivity that as Jews we try consciously to cultivate for the pain of the world so we can do […]

Unlock your creative energy (yes, we've all got some of that!) with this discussion centered workshop taught by the endlessly talented Lin Batsheva Kahn (ELI talks speaker and 2014 Jewish Chicagoan of the Year). The workshop integrates Psychology, Jewish Thought, and the Arts - exploring creativity and adversity from a Jewish perspective. Participants will study […]

There is a spiritual architecture the High Holidays that has the potential to unlock yearning, vulnerabilities and fears and well as aspirations for change and evolution in the year to come. Learn the "spiritual structure" with Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann and then integrate with writing, meditation and reflection with Rabbi Lauren Henderson. No experience necessary, and […]

As issues of social inequity and injustice, not to mention structural violence and dangers we read and hear about in the news become woven into the fabric of our daily lives, we risk numbing the very sensitivity that as Jews we try consciously to cultivate for the pain of the world so we can do […]

Can't commit to 6 weeks in the bet midrash? No problem! The folks at SVARA and Mishkan now bring you the same incredible S&M Bet Midrash experience in a single, one-night session. We'll learn a complete text, start to finish, in one night. Can you sound out your alef-bet? That's all you need! Really, we […]

There is a spiritual architecture the High Holidays that has the potential to unlock yearning, vulnerabilities and fears and well as aspirations for change and evolution in the year to come. Learn the "spiritual structure" with Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann and then integrate with writing, meditation and reflection with Rabbi Lauren Henderson. No experience necessary, and […]

As issues of social inequity and injustice, not to mention structural violence and dangers we read and hear about in the news become woven into the fabric of our daily lives, we risk numbing the very sensitivity that as Jews we try consciously to cultivate for the pain of the world so we can do […]

Join Mishkan as we celebrate Selichot with a close examination of being dishonest. We will be screening a new documentary film called (Dis)Honesty—The Truth About Lies. (Dis)Honesty explores the groundbreaking research of Israeli behavioral scientist and NY Times bestselling author Dan Ariely on the human tendency to lie. It’s human nature to lie—we all do […]