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  • How to Holiday: Passover Prep

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

    There's a lot that goes into prepping for Passover. Join R'Steven for this hands-on workshop as we learn the ins and outs of getting your home ready for the holiday. We'll practice by kashering (making suitable for kosher use) the Mishkan HQ kitchen for the holiday — as well as carbo-loading with some pizza to […]

  • Disability & Chronic Illness Support Group

    Virtual

    In this clinician led support group for adults (18+) experiencing disability or chronic illness can find a safe and supportive space to discuss their struggles and successes with like-minded peers who understand. This program is sponsored by Maggie’s Place. Register

  • Home Hosted Seders

    Join Mishkan for our second annual Home Hosted Seders! This year, we're doing it potluck style, so while the hosts will handle ritual items and a main course, please be prepared to bring a (Chametz-free) side, salad, or dessert. Read on for more info about what Seders are happening. Gold Coast (Second Dinner) - Hosted […]

  • BluePrint Learner’s Seder

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

    Join us for our fifth annual Learner's Seder! This Seder is designed as a space for our BluePrint students (and alumni) to experience Passover in a supportive learning environment. $72/ticket Current BluePrint students and a guest can attend for free! Program alumni receive a 50% discount. Register

  • DCI Omer Count

    DCI Omer Count 2026
    Virtual

    Let’s count the Omer together! Join the Disability and Chronic Illness Small Group for a weekly Omer counting and guided reflection. We will analyze the theme for the week through a disability and chronic illness lens and discuss and reflect together. Have a reading, art, music, or other media on one of the Sefirot themes […]

  • Small Groups: Vaguely Jewish Fiction Book Club

    Virtual

    Join our long-running Vaguely Jewish Fiction Book Club with Builder Debbie Kaltman on a quarterly system, where we'll be meeting virtually to discuss The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern by Lynda Cohen Loigman. Please come having read the book! Baby Maya special appearance not guaranteed. Register

  • Anti-Racism Book Club

    Anti-Racism Book Club

    External change starts from within. Join a group of people doing the work of anti-racism by fostering personal growth and an awareness of unconscious bias. Meets virtually every other week, discussing anti-racist non fiction books, novels, short stories, as well as viewing films, plays, and tv shows. Register

  • Small Groups: Edat Zemer

    Ellenwood Studios in Uptown Chicago

    Calling all music lovers! Whether you are new to Jewish music or a seasoned Davener, know that all skills and knowledge levels are welcome to this group led by our Pre-Rabbinic Fellow Emma Jacobson and our Musical Director Matthew Ellenwood. You will be amazed at how much you learn in a short time about Jewish […]

  • Concentration – Performance + Talkback

    Ruth Page Center for the Arts 1016 N Dearborn St, Chicago, United States

    In commemoration of Yom HaShoah, Mishkan invites you to attend a performance of Concentration, an adaptation of a book by Chicago poet Arne Weingart written as a dramatic monologue from inside a World War II death camp. Fifty short, spare poems, voiced by four actors and accompanied by live musical interludes and striking visual effects […]

  • Mensch Cafe: Mahjong!

    Mensch Cafe: Mahjong!
    Mishkan Chicago HQ 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #101, Chicago, IL

    Hey Mensch parents (and anyone else who’d like to drop by)! Join Builder Andi Friedman for a casual Mahjong game and vegetarian brunch potluck. No experience necessary- but if you have a set and/or a card please bring it, as well as food to share! Register