Build your Chicago community with our newly launched queer shabbat potluck group! Meeting each month at rotating homes and lay-led, we'll celebrate Shabbat together over delicious food, joyful company, and conversation. All participants are expected to be vaccinated, as this is an indoor event where masks will not be required. Register
On this weekend, we will bring you the Parsha kedoshim which includes the infamous verses of Leviticus that have been used to justify discrimination against LGBTQ+ folks. Let's come together and reclaim our tradition for the good as folks offer their own stories of Torah, family, coming out, queerness, and wresting with tradition. LGBTQ folks […]
Join Builders Josh Schwartz and Eliot Colin as they host our May Queer Shabbat Potluck. Open to all members of the Mishkan LGBTQIA+ community, bring your favorite dish, dessert or drink to celebrate together. A great opportunity to mark Shabbat, meet someone new, and celebrate identity. This will be hosted at a Josh's home in […]
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 […]
This is a safe space for anyone over the age of 18 who has a Trans or Non-binary loved one and would like support. This group will be co-facilitated by Seth Torres and R’Steven Philp MSW. We will explore questions such as: how can I educate myself on Trans and Non-binary issues? How can I […]
Join the Queer small group for Havdalah at a Builder's home. Pride month means getting to spend time together as queer folk, and what better way than by celebrating the end of Shabbat together. Come and enjoy being in space with other queer folks and maybe make a new friend. We'll enjoy a potluck dinner […]
It's about damn time... to celebrate in community! Join us for a pre-Shabbat Pride Happy Hour by and for Queer Mishkanites. Come hang OUT with us in a park near our Shabbat location (Francis W Parker School) and celebrate before we head over to services. We'll provide some beverages, but BYO favorite B and whatever […]
Mishkan is going to Pride! Together with Keshet, we will be marching in this year's annual Chicago Pride Parade. You can learn more about the parade with this handy FAQ. If you would like to march with us, register here.