Join us for a low-key, down-to-earth celebration as we bring in a sweet new year at Welles Park. The morning will include singing featuring the Davening Team followed by Torah learning and break-out discussions. After, we invite you to bring your own picnic lunch and stay to hang and play games in the park. Register
Join Tani Prell from 18Doors, Jackie Maris from Keshet, and Rabbi Steven from Mishkan at Kathy Osterman Beach for an inclusive Rosh Hashanah ritual. In Hebrew, tashlich means “casting off” and saying goodbye to the parts of ourselves we want to leave behind, reflect on, apologize for and move past in the year ahead. It’s […]
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Join our Rabbi team for Sukkot Unplugged, an intimate and stripped-down version of festival services for Erev Sukkot. Whether you're tuning in from your living room or your very own sukkah, celebrate the beginning of fall and the abundance we find in community. Facebook
A community picnic in Winnemac Park! Stop by our sukkah, meet some new friends, and enjoy the start of fall together. The (BYO)picnic begins at 5:30 pm followed by blessings (kiddish and motzi) at 6:30 pm. Register
Join R’ Deena, Rachel Cohn and Rachel Mylan for a special singing and stories event focused on the holiday of Sukkot! In addition to the singing and schmoozing you love, we will read a special Sukkot story and play with building materials we find in the outdoors. BYOPicnic and blankets, playground provided. Meet us at […]
Join R' Deena and Rachel Cohn for a special Sukkot in the park program, where we will learn about the holiday of Sukkot through games, activities and stories. BYOPicnic and blanket. This program is geared towards families with children ages 6-10. Meet us at Winnemac Park (just east of the playground)! Register
Join Mishkan families to kick off our Simchat Torah celebration together with pizza and schmoozing. BYOPicnic and blanket - we will provide the pizza! Register Today
The last of the torrent of fall holidays, this is the crown, the top, the end, the last gasp, the finale – klezmer music by JRC's Heavy Shtetl, dancing through Welles Park, celebrating Torah followed by an ice cream truck. Co-sponsored by JRC, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation in Evanston. Register
Build community and connection while diving deep into Hanukkah learning, led by Rabbi Lizzi and Rabbi Steven. R'Lizzi will teach on the Bad-A** Women of Hanukkah (and why their stories are not included in the Jewish Bible), and R'Steven will teach on Fire and Blood: Resistance and Rebellion. We will begin with hanukkiah lighting, followed […]