Small Groups: Craft-ernoon (Pride Weekend edition)
Join Builder Kathryn Zamiela to take a break after Pride festivities and bring your favorite craft to hang out with Mishkanites! Tea and gluten-free snacks provided. Register
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POSTPONED: Small Groups: Yoga in the Park, Mishkan Style!
Lincoln Park Conservatory 2391 N Stockton Dr, Chicago, United StatesDue to extreme weather, Yoga in the Park will start on July 8. We hope to see you there! Come join Builder Melanee Cooper, yoga and meditation teacher (17 years) for our second annual yoga series in the park! This year we’ll have a light focus on how the Sefirot of Kabbalah relate to the Chakras […]
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Anti-Racism Book Club
External change starts from within. Join a group of people doing the work of anti-racism by fostering personal growth and an awareness of unconscious bias. Meets virtually every other week, discussing anti-racist non fiction books, novels, short stories, as well as viewing films, plays, and tv shows. Register
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Small Groups: Vaguely Jewish Fiction Book Club (In-person!)
Winnemac Park 5100 N Leavitt St, Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin Builder Debbie Kaltman for the annual in-person meeting of Vaguely Jewish Fiction Book Club. Please come having read Porcupines by Fran Fabriczki! BYO chair/blanket and picnic supplies for a cozy summer evening in the park. Register
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Small Groups: Yoga in the Park, Mishkan Style!
Lincoln Park Conservatory 2391 N Stockton Dr, Chicago, United StatesCome join Builder Melanee Cooper, yoga and meditation teacher (17 years) for our second annual yoga series in the park! This year we’ll have a light focus on how the Sefirot of Kabbalah relate to the Chakras and yoga practice. Register
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Small Groups: MishFeds Shabbat Potluck
Builder Home in Lincoln SquareJoin Builders Gail Stern and Ari Frede with fellow Mishkan federal workers past and present to share experiences working for the Federal Death Star that no one else can completely grasp. Bring your favorite memos, policies, and a vegetarian dish to share. Bonus points if it's also gluten-free. There will be wine (alcoholic and non-alcoholic), […]
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Small Groups: 20s/30s Beach Day
Montrose Beach 601 West Montrose Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesBeat the heat with Builder Arielle Smith and other 20s/30s Mishkanites at a day at the beach! We'll meet at Montrose at 1:00 PM for a casual hang and dip in the lake. Bring some games, snacks, or beers to share! Register
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Small Groups: Rosh Chodesh Av x Repair the World
Mishkan Chicago HQ 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #101, Chicago, ILRosh Chodesh Av holds a unique tension — it marks the beginning of a month shadowed by grief and destruction, and yet our tradition also calls it the month of love. Join Repair the World and Mishkan Chicago to sit with that complexity through text study and honest conversation, then channel it into action by […]
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North Suburban Goes to Independence Grove
Independence Grove 16400 West Buckley Road, Libertyville, United StatesJoin North Suburban Mishkanites (and anyone else who wants to make the trek!) for American English (a Beatles tribute band) at Independence Grove! Music starts at 7, but we'll be picnicking before. Bring a chair or blanket to sit on and something for the picnic! Let us know if you'd like to carpool together; there's […]
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Small Groups: Yoga in the Park, Mishkan Style!
Lincoln Park Conservatory 2391 N Stockton Dr, Chicago, United StatesCome join Builder Melanee Cooper, yoga and meditation teacher (17 years) for our second annual yoga series in the park! This year we’ll have a light focus on how the Sefirot of Kabbalah relate to the Chakras and yoga practice. Register
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Anti-Racism Book Club
External change starts from within. Join a group of people doing the work of anti-racism by fostering personal growth and an awareness of unconscious bias. Meets virtually every other week, discussing anti-racist non fiction books, novels, short stories, as well as viewing films, plays, and tv shows. Register
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Small Groups: Beginner Conversational Hebrew
FIYA 5419 N Clark St, Chicago, United StatesMeet us for Hebrew conversation (and dinner, if you'd like!) at FIYA, food of the Levant. Builder David Goldberg is putting together a beginner conversational Hebrew group for casual conversation in parks and cafes around town! Come if you took a couple classes in college and want to shake the rust off, or have been […]
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Small Groups: Yoga in the Park, Mishkan Style!
Lincoln Park Conservatory 2391 N Stockton Dr, Chicago, United StatesCome join Builder Melanee Cooper, yoga and meditation teacher (17 years) for our second annual yoga series in the park! This year we’ll have a light focus on how the Sefirot of Kabbalah relate to the Chakras and yoga practice. Register
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Small Groups: Mahjong in the Park
Welles Park 2333 W Sunnyside Ave, Chicago, IL, United StatesJoin Builder Andi Friedman after Learning in the Park for some casual games of Mahjong! Bring a set if you have one, but come join us even if you don't know how to play, we'd love to teach you. If you'd like, bring food to share for a potluck lunch! Register
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Small Groups: Parents of Teens Intro Hang
Builder Home Chicago, IL, United StatesCome join Builder Morgan Vance and other parents of Mishkan teens for a hang meant to welcome new people into the group! This group typically meets every six weeks at someone's home, but this is a great time to come check us out if you are looking for community as a parent. Register
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Small Groups: 50+ Social Hang: Randolph Street Vintage Market!
Come join Builder Monica Ginsburg and other 50+ Mishkanites for the Randolph Street Vintage Market! We'll meet at a nearby coffee shop and then wander the market, listening to live music and maybe grabbing something to eat along the way. This is a great opportunity to get out in the city and hang with old […]
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Anti-Racism Book Club
External change starts from within. Join a group of people doing the work of anti-racism by fostering personal growth and an awareness of unconscious bias. Meets virtually every other week, discussing anti-racist non fiction books, novels, short stories, as well as viewing films, plays, and tv shows. Register
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Anti-Racism Book Club
External change starts from within. Join a group of people doing the work of anti-racism by fostering personal growth and an awareness of unconscious bias. Meets virtually every other week, discussing anti-racist non fiction books, novels, short stories, as well as viewing films, plays, and tv shows. Register
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Small Groups: 20s/30s Elul Forest Bathing in West Ridge Nature Park
West Ridge Nature Preserve 5801 N Western Ave, Chicago, ILJoin other 20s/30s Mishkanites to touch grass and engage in reflective journaling for the month of Elul. Those who prefer to can meet Builder Sara Cohen at Mishkan’s office at 10:30 AM to gather journaling supplies and transit over to West Ridge Park together, leaving the office by 10:45 AM. Once there, or for those […]
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Small Groups: Rosh Chodesh August 2026
Rosh Chodesh circle is a restorative and regenerative space for women* to reflect, connect, and learn. Drawing upon the beautiful curriculum from At The Well, this circle is entirely community-led and follow a rotating leader model, with oversight by Builders Judy Yacker & Hannah Podhorzer. *This is a trans-inclusive space for all women. Register
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Small Groups: New Dads
Hopleaf Bar 5148 N Clark St, ChicagoJoin other Mishkan dads for a casual space to talk about the early stages of fatherhood. Register This program is sponsored by Maggie's Place, Mishkan's holistic wellness center which provides support groups, resources, and pastoral counseling free of charge.
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Small Groups: Letters for Democracy
Builder Home in Bucktown Chicago, IL, United StatesAnd just like that.... the midterms are less than 3 months away. There's work to be done! Come write postcards to swing state voters with Builder Debbie Lessin and help turn out the vote for key elections. Debbie is hosting for windows, so if you need to come late or leave early that's ok, just […]
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Anti-Racism Book Club
External change starts from within. Join a group of people doing the work of anti-racism by fostering personal growth and an awareness of unconscious bias. Meets virtually every other week, discussing anti-racist non fiction books, novels, short stories, as well as viewing films, plays, and tv shows. Register
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Small Groups: 50+ Social Group Does Pickleball Drills!
St Philip School Gym 2500 West Bryn Mawr Ave., Chicago, United StatesCome join us Sunday, August 30th, for pickleball drills! Pickleball is more fun with friends and when your game is on point. Drills help you build muscle memory and improve your shot technique. We will be coached by Pickleball Johnny and his team for a one-hour session. Cost is $25 paid directly to the instructor, […]
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Small Groups: Jewish Movie Night – Hester Street
Builder Home in Irving ParkGet together with the Shamgars for another lazy Sunday afternoon watching another classic of Jewish cinema: Hester Street. Joan Micklin Silver’s remarkable feature debut is a vivid, lovingly detailed evocation of the late-nineteenth-century Jewish Lower East Side built around a luminous, Academy Award–nominated performance from Carol Kane as Gitl, a young woman from Eastern Europe who […]
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MLAT: Help Shape the ICIRR Platform!
ZoomJoin JCUA and the Mishkan Local Action Team for an engagement session to give feedback on campaign options for the next Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights state platform on Thursday, September 3rd from 6-7:30pm. We need you to help shape the next year of immigration justice advocacy in our state! Register
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Small Groups: Letters for Democracy
Builder Home in Bucktown Chicago, IL, United StatesAnd just like that.... the midterms are less than 3 months away. There's work to be done! Come write postcards to swing state voters with Builder Debbie Lessin and help turn out the vote for key elections. Debbie is hosting for windows, so if you need to come late or leave early that's ok, just […]
