Volunteer with fellow Builders and serve meals in a restaurant-style setting at the JUF Uptown Cafe. The cafe is one of Chicago's first kosher anti-hunger programs for the needy, providing hot meals along with other community programs for Jews & non-Jews alike. We are so excited to be partnering with them and hope you'll join […]
Join JUF TOV and Chicago Repair on Monday, January 15 from 1:00-3:00 PM in Ravenswood for an afternoon of service and racial justice learning in celebration of MLK Day. Volunteers will be making T-shirt bags for the Love Fridge and tea kits for The Ark. Registration has closed.
Are you curious about how the new Bring Chicago Home resolution will affect you buying your first home? Or are you excited to learn how you can help get out the vote? Or do you not know what Bring Chicago Home is, and now are too afraid to ask? Come for a low-key board game […]
Celebrate Tu B'shevat, Jewish Earth Day, by cleaning up Montrose Beach. Bundle up for the weather including snow or hiking boots, a bag or bucket, and shovel. Following the clean up, we’ll gather at Everybody’s Coffee for hot chocolate (on Mishkan!) and learn more about the holiday. This program is geared toward 6th and 7th […]
Mishkan's Migrant Response Team is co-organizing with Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) to host a Refugee Shabbat in honor of our new neighbors. In its sixth year now, HIAS empowers congregations, organizations, and individuals to bring awareness for refugee protection and welcome during this event. Accessibility Note: Home is around the corner from a Pink […]
Kick off reproductive Shabbat weekend by taking action! According to Planned Parenthood "Crisis pregnancy centers (also called CPCs or "fake clinics") are clinics or mobile vans that look like real health centers, but they're run by anti-abortion activists who have a shady, harmful agenda: to scare, shame, or pressure you out of getting an abortion, […]
Please join us on February 8th from 7:30 - 8:30 at Anshe Emet Synagogue for a night of service and learning with the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs in partnership with Anshe Emet YAD and Mishkan. We will be packing meal bags for the Night Ministry and engaging in discussions about housing justice and the […]
Join members of Mishkan's Local Action Team, JCUA and reps from Bring Chicago Home and the Chicago Housing Coalition to learn more about the initiative and ask questions. All viewpoints welcome! Register
Are you a Mishkanite in your 20s or 30s? Join Builders Abigail Gardener and Brandon Less in their Lakeview home for a Shabbat potluck for the ages! Bring your favorite dish, dessert, or drink and celebrate the sabbath with a potential new best friend. Feel free to bring a pal — the more the merrier! […]
Volunteer with fellow Builders and serve meals in a restaurant-style setting at the JUF Uptown Cafe. The cafe is one of Chicago’s first kosher anti-hunger programs for the needy, providing hot meals along with other community programs for Jews & non-Jews alike. We are so excited to be partnering with them and hope you’ll join […]