Mishkan, the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs & AVODAH team up to bring Chicago the second all-levels, open-to-everybody Social Justice Bet Midrash. In this space, we will examine Jewish sources on current social issues, facilitating deep thinking, constructive debate and greater facility with Jewish text. Many of us are revisiting and asking for the first time what […]
After a successful pilot series in the fall, OM: The Jewish Mindfulness Collective is back. Taught by seasoned meditation teachers from Mishkan Chicago and the Center for Jewish Mindfulness at Orot, the series includes weekly teachings, meditations and mindfulness practices inspired by the weekly Torah portion. No need to commit to all four sessions in a row – feel free to drop […]
Drop-in nights are a place to unwind, engage with others and just be you. Come hang out, read a book, play a board game, chat it up, and enjoy FREE dinner! We'd love to see you and check in or just chill with you..so come on by Maggie's Place. Drop-in nights are your space to be you – […]
PLEASE NOTE: We are at Second Unitarian Church tonight, NOT Anshe Emet, our usual Last Fridays location. Our signature services followed by the best darn vegetarian pot-luck anywhere (no nuts of any kind please- allergies abound). As part of the Safer Synagogues Series, serivces will include a discussion with Rachel Rubenstein, LCSW CSAT-S about how to understand unhealthy […]
Want to deepen your knowledge around racism and racial justice in order to better enact social change? Are you interested in talking about these issues through a Jewish lens while enjoying great company and delicious food? Base Hillel, Repair the World, JCUA, and Mishkan Chicago are teaming up to make this possible! Join us monthly […]
Mishkan, the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs & AVODAH team up to bring Chicago the second all-levels, open-to-everybody Social Justice Bet Midrash. In this space, we will examine Jewish sources on current social issues, facilitating deep thinking, constructive debate and greater facility with Jewish text. Many of us are revisiting and asking for the first time what […]
After a successful pilot series in the fall, OM: The Jewish Mindfulness Collective is back. Taught by seasoned meditation teachers from Mishkan Chicago and the Center for Jewish Mindfulness at Orot, the series includes weekly teachings, meditations and mindfulness practices inspired by the weekly Torah portion. No need to commit to all four sessions in a row – feel free to drop […]
Prepare your body for Passover and cleanse yourself of stress! In this workshop taught by yoga master AnnMerle Feldman, you'll learn how to invite relaxation consciously through breathing exercises, minimal movement, and Roll Model® Method self-massage. (PSA: This is not yoga, people). Curious? Join us! Massage balls will be provided, BYO mat. This is class […]
Our signature Shabbat morning experience- music, prayer, reflection, Torah reading and learning, followed by a light kiddush lunch. Mini-Mishkan, a prayer and music experience for little Jews and their parents starts at 11:15am
Join Mishkan for our 5th annual Second Night Seder.You’ll meet people, have your mind and soul opened, and connect with the heart of the Jewish liberation story. We can promise that this will be like no other seder you’ve been to before–even if you came to the Wilderness Banquet last year! More info & registration
Resist the forces of social divisiveness and build bridges across community as we share stories of resistance and hope, sharing the foods of our traditions (both Hallal and Kosher for passover). Meet new people, bring a friend or family member, sing and celebrate! Email Rabbi Lauren to RSVP.
Drop-in nights are a place to unwind, engage with others and just be you. Come hang out, read a book, play a board game, chat it up, and enjoy FREE dinner! We'd love to see you and check in or just chill with you..so come on by Maggie's Place. Drop-in nights are your space to be you – […]
Join us for joyful singing, laughter, and blessing Shabbat along with an early family dinner, Passover-style, with Rabbis Lizzi and Lauren BEFORE services. Dinner will be an opportunity to enjoy kosher for pesach food out of your house and with other families! After dinner, stick around for Mishkan Friday Night Services at 6:30 in the main […]
Our signature services followed by the best catered Kosher for Passover dinner this side of Jerusalem. Kids & Families, join us for Early Family Friday Night Dinner before services! Get a YumCard for dinner & drinks
We've created a place for people who identify as men, from all walks of life, to connect over good conversation, learning and dialogue about their experiences. ManKind will meet monthly at Maggie's Place and then carry on at a local bar or brewery. This group is open to all men without regard to race, sexual orientation, disability or experience and will be co-lead by […]
After a successful pilot series in the fall, OM: The Jewish Mindfulness Collective is back. Taught by seasoned meditation teachers from Mishkan Chicago and the Center for Jewish Mindfulness at Orot, the series includes weekly teachings, meditations and mindfulness practices inspired by the weekly Torah portion. No need to commit to all four sessions in a row – feel free to drop […]
Join us for a discussion on Resistance during the time of the sho'ah— what it can teach us about where we are and what we can do today? Organized by Mishkanite Daniel Riff, we are grateful to the Illinois Holocaust Museum for their help connecting us with the survivor community.
You can learn Talmud! Be a player and learn how to learn, using a traditional Hebrew/Aramaic book of the Talmud and a dictionary, not to mention a hevruta (study partner) and the award-winning guidance of Rabbi Benay Lappe, founder and rosh yeshiva of SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. SVARA and Mishkan partner in creating 3 sessions of these […]
After a successful pilot series in the fall, OM: The Jewish Mindfulness Collective is back. Taught by seasoned meditation teachers from Mishkan Chicago and the Center for Jewish Mindfulness at Orot, the series includes weekly teachings, meditations and mindfulness practices inspired by the weekly Torah portion. No need to commit to all four sessions in a row – feel free to drop […]
Join us for food, art and conversation around death and dying in an open and supportive space. Good Mourning Cafe is a traveling art installation, social experiment and community outreach program conceived by artist Connie Noyes. Come share your personal stories and process your experiences through drawing and spontaneous writing. Good Mourning Cafe will explore how grief affects one's […]
Our signature services followed by the best darn vegetarian pot-luck anywhere (no nuts of any kind please- allergies abound).
Disturbing the Peace is about people born into conflict, sworn to be enemies, who challenged their fate. The film follows everyday people who took extraordinary actions by standing for what they believe in, just like those who came before them – Martin Luther King jr., Rosa Parks, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and many others whose names […]
We've been thinking a lot about how grateful we are for our Builders, the people who help us make all that we do possible. To thank them for being the awesome group of community builders that they are, we decided to throw a little party. We're talkin' one awesome night of good company, craft brews & non alcoholic sparkling beverages, pizza […]