The things you love about Mishkan in the morning: music, stretching, learning, and inspiration. Programming Today, we will celebrate the BMitzvah of Marshall Allen. Irwin Lowenstein will give a guest drash. Rise & Shine at 10:00 am: Stories and songs for kids ages 0-4 Mah Tovu at 11:00 am: A fun service for kids Grades K-5. We […]
Join Mishkan for a screening of A Time to Yell: More Than a Statue, an award-winning documentary about the August 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville. Through the voices of the community members, this film explores the fight over the removal of a Confederate monument and the hundreds of torch-bearing white nationalists who sought […]
Shabbat is about hitting pause – but what if we really slowed things down? This service is for anyone who has wanted a little more explanation about what we’re doing at services. This Shabbat will be hands-on, questions encouraged, interruptions welcome, but still just as down-to-earth and inspired. Do you have clean recyclables lying around? […]
The Book of Bereshit (Genesis) portrays our founding mothers and fathers as imperfect people grappling with raw emotions—love, fear, greed, jealousy, rejection, sorrow— all unfolding within a Divine covenant that intensifies the drama. Modern scholars tell us these ancient tales were compiled after the exile to Babylon, incorporating many folk traditions. Over the millennia, Jews […]
Join us for an extended Saturday Morning Mishnah from 8:45am-9:45am during Shabbat Services. Are you someone who loves studying rabbinic texts? Or perhaps you are thinking about exploring them for the first time? Join Rabbi Steven on Shabbat mornings to dive into the world of the rabbis. Texts will be in Hebrew and English. Feel […]
The Book of Bereshit (Genesis) portrays our founding mothers and fathers as imperfect people grappling with raw emotions—love, fear, greed, jealousy, rejection, sorrow— all unfolding within a Divine covenant that intensifies the drama. Modern scholars tell us these ancient tales were compiled after the exile to Babylon, incorporating many folk traditions. Over the millennia, Jews […]
A down-to-Earth learning program for those who want to explore Judaism in an approachable and accessible way, open to all adult learners with a special track for those considering conversion. BluePrint is led by Rabbi Steven Philp with guest appearances by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann, and other movers and shakers in the Chicago Jewish scene. The […]
Alex Sinclair joins our minyan for a conversation with Rabbi Lizzi. We'll meet in our regular Zoom room. Register Alex Sinclair is a lecturer in the International MA in Jewish Education program at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and a consultant for educational and strategic initiatives in Jewish communities across the world. He has written […]
The Book of Bereshit (Genesis) portrays our founding mothers and fathers as imperfect people grappling with raw emotions—love, fear, greed, jealousy, rejection, sorrow— all unfolding within a Divine covenant that intensifies the drama. Modern scholars tell us these ancient tales were compiled after the exile to Babylon, incorporating many folk traditions. Over the millennia, Jews […]
Calling all poets, writers, word nerds, and former theater kids! Miss your high school English class? Love Shakespeare? Ever wondered where that guy pulled his biggest themes from? Join Rabbi Julie for a text study series that dives deep into the surprising and sometimes funny parallels between the world’s greatest plays and the stories of […]