Join us for a Topsy Turvy Purim celebration featuring the Mishkan Purim Spielers at The Annoyance. With surprises at every turn, we're hosting an epic and wacky party - wear your wildest costumes, dive into improv games, and get ready to laugh out loud. 11:30am - food, arts & crafts, photo booth 12pm - Lil' Megillah, Purim songs with Rabbis (0 […]
The Cubs win the World Series. A reality star wins the Presidency. Your synagogue hosts its Purim event in a pork shop. Yeah, right. Oh wait... Join us at Chop Shop in Wicker Park for Purim 5780: When Pigs Fly. Expect Purim antics all night, including (but not limited to) a full Megillah reading, a […]
The original seder experience was every household doing their own thing in their own home during a time of national crisis, sharing resources with their neighbors, following a basic liturgy, holding both the ambiguity of the moment and persistent hope for the future, all in a high-stakes one-night dinner party. Since that's basically what we'll […]
At the original Passover, people huddled in their homes preparing for a miracle. Four thousand years later, not much has changed. Or has it? Join us over Zoom for a virtual seder, led by Mishkan rabbis and community members. Our seder will include all of the music, tastes, smells, and words of a traditional seder […]
Get ready to pull out your blankets and candles for Tisha B'Av, the most solemn day on the Jewish calendar. This year, as we dwell in uncertainty, we will do our […]
We are living through a global pandemic, we have seen our cities destroyed, and our Black community members killed by people hired to enforce "safety." We are deeply alone and […]
Mish Mosh (Yiddish for a unique blend) brings people of all-ages together over Zoom to spiritually and socially prepare for the New Year. Led by volunteer facilitators, each group will […]
Mish Mosh (Yiddish for a unique blend) brings people of all-ages together over Zoom to spiritually and socially prepare for the New Year. Led by volunteer facilitators, each group will […]
On the Saturday night before High Holidays it’s an ancient (or at least pretty old) custom to enter the week of High Holidays with the music of the season. Ordinarily, […]
Mish Mosh (Yiddish for a unique blend) brings people of all-ages together over Zoom to spiritually and socially prepare for the New Year. Led by volunteer facilitators, each group will […]