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 […]
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 […]
With our partners at 18Doors starring R'Steven: Hanukkah and Christmas: two very different holidays that share an overlap of timing, food, some gifts, and anything else? What exactly is at the heart of both of these holidays? Let’s take Hanukkah and Christmas a little deeper and explore the theological differences between them with Rabbi Steven […]
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 […]
Being together still feels like a novelty, and we are here for it. Come together with Mishkanites for a Hanukkah celebration at Guild Row in Avondale. We're leaning into the Hanukkah miracle with havdalah and hanukkah lighting, outdoor bonfire + s’mores, and food trucks by Firecakes and 5411 Empanadas. Included in your ticket is beer, […]
Celebrate the new year of the trees with a sustainable TuBishvat seder, led by Rabbi Steven and our Sustainability Team! Whether attending a TuBishvat seder is in your Jewish practice or this is your first, we welcome you to Mishkan's first sustainable seder. During the seder, we eat different kinds of fruits, vegetables, and nuts […]