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Small Groups: Shavuot Queer Tasting Dinner

Builder's Home in Uptown

To celebrate Shavuot, join Builders Rodrigo Diaz and Anna Wertheim for a six-course, homemade meal and brief discussion. It is customary on Shavuot to eat dairy to celebrate receiving the Ten Commandments, with the promise of going to the "land of milk and honey." So, bring your Lactaid and appetite for a delicious meal with […]

Lakeview Tikkun Leil Shavuot

Anshe Emet Synagogue 3751 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL

Celebrate Shavuot with the Lakeview synagogues, where we'll ponder the question: What is the Meaning of Life? led by Rabbi Shoshanah Conover, Cantor Shelly Friedman, Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann, Rabbi Sarah […]

Shavuot Picnic and Revelation Celebration

Welles Park 2333 W Sunnyside Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

Shavuot is a celebration of Torah - revelation, enlightenment, growth, creativity, wisdom, knowledge, and yes...dairy?! We are celebrating the revelation with a two-part Torah reading at Welles Park. Register Schedule: […]

Tisha B’Av (Eicha) at Anshe Emet

Anshe Emet Synagogue 3751 N. Broadway, Chicago, IL

Together with our friends at Anshe Emet, join us for a traditional reading of Lamentations, read by Mishkan community members and rabbis. We will begin at 8:45 pm with Maariv […]

Reflection and Renewal: Exploring the Jewish and Black histories of Lawndale on Tisha b’Av

Lawndale Community Church 3827 W Ogden Ave, Chicago, United States

On this Tisha B’Av, the most solemn day on the Jewish calendar, we are heading to church at Lawndale Community Church, led by Rabbi Lizzi’s friend Pastah J (co-pastor Jonathan Brooks). Together Pastah J and R’ Lizzi will co-lead a service on the themes of Tisha B’av, helping us reflect on what it meant that […]

Selichot: Live and Outside! 2022

Northcenter Town Square 4100 N Damen Ave, Chicago, IL, United States

On the Saturday night before Rosh Hashanah it’s an ancient (or at least pretty old) custom to sing and listen to music of the season. Think of it like a […]