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  • Adult BMitzvah Cohort

    Adult BMitzvah Cohort 2026
    Mishkan Chicago HQ 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #101, Chicago, IL

    Maybe you never celebrated becoming a b'mitvah. Maybe you did—and want a chance to return with new questions and a deeper sense of who you are today. Our Adult BMitzvah Cohort is an opportunity to dive deeper into your Judaism by embracing an important ritual of Jewish adulthood (no matter your age!) Together, we’ll explore […]

  • Practical Kabbalah – Virtual

    Virtual

    This spring, join Rabbi Lizzi to dive into the world of Kabbalah from a practical lens. This class will introduce participants to the sefirot (the divine energies– not dissimilar to Ayurvedic chakras). Over the course of the evening, we'll explore and experience their combinations as a tool for meditation and reflection. This class is discussion-based. […]

  • Your Prayer Life Can Be Better

    Sketchpad 4411 N Ravenswood, Chicago, IL, United States

    This class is the first in a series designed for young adults to dig into Jewish spirituality, created by Hebrew Seminary, co-sponsored by Silverstein Base Hillel of Lincoln Park, Anshe Emet Synagogue and Mishkan Chicago. According to Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, prayer should be an adventure of the soul– but that's not how the average […]

  • Raising Mensches: Drop In Parenting Zoom

    Zoom

    Join Rabbi Ari and Rachel Mylan for a monthly 45-minute drop-in Zoom where parents of kids of all ages can learn, share, vent, and support one another. Together, we’ll explore Jewish practices, holidays, and values that can anchor our families in the rhythms of Jewish time while building community and connection. This 45-minute session is […]

  • Saturday Morning Unplugged

    Mishkan Chicago HQ 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #101, Chicago, IL

    The things you love about Mishkan in the morning: music, stretching, learning, and inspiration. Programming Today, we will celebrate the baby naming of Jacob & Eliza Nadel's child and Rebecca Nathanson & Jonathan Williams' child. Build Your Village at 9:15 am: Build community with other parents of new babies. Rise & Shine at 10:00 am: Stories […]

  • Jewish Climate Trust — Interview With Nigel Savage

    Zoom

    Following Morning Minyan, Rabbi Lizzi will sit down with Nigel Savage to discuss Jewish Climate Trust, a new initiative to organize the resources of the Jewish community toward meeting the moment on climate change. Nigel is the founding CEO of Jewish Climate Trust, a "think-and-do tank" working to catalyze the Jewish community’s response to the climate […]

  • Shavuot with Scholar-in-Residence Rodger Kamenetz: Dreams, Revelation, and the Sacred Everyday

    Mishkan Chicago HQ 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #101, Chicago, IL

    On Shavuot, we celebrate revelation and the moment we received Torah at Sinai. But what if revelation isn’t only something that happened once, long ago? What if it’s still unfolding, in our dreams, our imagination, and the quiet moments of everyday life? Join award-winning author and poet Rodger Kamenetz (The Jew in the Lotus) for […]

  • Seeing Into The Life Of Things: A Workshop In Gratitude, Blessing, And Imagination

    Mishkan Chicago HQ 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #101, Chicago, IL

    What if imagination is not an escape from reality, but a doorway into deeper connection? Join Scholar-in-Residence Rodger Kamenetz (author of Jew in the Lotus) for an interactive Shavuot workshop inspired by his latest book, Seeing into the Life of Things. Together, we’ll explore how poetry, attention, and blessing can open us to moments of […]

  • Small Groups: Taste of Spiritual Direction

    Virtual

    Join us for a 90 minute contemplative and interactive introduction to Spiritual Direction, an ancient practice rooted in Hebrew Biblical and early Christian monasticism tradition and now reemerging within Jewish spiritual life. Together we will explore what this practice is and is not, and how meeting regularly in a sacred, confidential space can help us […]

  • Saturday Morning Shabbat

    CJDS 3730 N California Ave, Chicago, IL, Chicago, IL, United States

    The things you love about Mishkan in the morning: music, stretching, learning, and inspiration. Programming Today, we will celebrate the BMitzvah of Esther Rockwood Saturday Morning Mishnah Study at 8:45 am: […]