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Small Groups: Stress Reduction: Embodied Dance

Mishkan Chicago HQ 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #101, Chicago, IL

Join Builder Leigh Goldsmith for the second part of our movement-based Stress Reduction series: Embodied Dance! This is for adults with any level of dance experience, giving you a chance to get your body moving and connecting it with the ideas of Nisan: dancing free from what has made us feel enslaved. Register

Event Series Morning Minyan

Morning Minyan

Start your day with a spiritual check-in! Morning Minyan is a virtual minyan held every weekday morning at 8:00 am. Mondays and Fridays are lay-led, Rabbi Steven leads us on Tuesdays, Rabbi Lizzi leads an especially musical minyan on Wednesdays, and Rabbi Steven leads us in Torah Study on Thursdays. You can also listen to our […]

The 20th Israeli-Palestinian Joint Memorial Day Ceremony

From the American Friends of Combatants for Peace: The Joint Memorial Day Ceremony, organized by Combatants for Peace and The Parents Circle Families Forum, is one of the largest Israeli-Palestinian jointly organized peace events in history. The Joint Memorial Ceremony provides a unique opportunity for Israelis and Palestinians to grieve together and stand strong in […]

Event Series Morning Minyan

Morning Minyan

Start your day with a spiritual check-in! Morning Minyan is a virtual minyan held every weekday morning at 8:00 am. Mondays and Fridays are lay-led, Rabbi Steven leads us on Tuesdays, Rabbi Lizzi leads an especially musical minyan on Wednesdays, and Rabbi Steven leads us in Torah Study on Thursdays. You can also listen to our […]

Standing Together: A Conversation With Israeli and Palestinian Grassroots Leaders

Virtual

After Minyan on Wednesday, April 30th, we'll be joined by leaders in the Standing Together movement, whose mission is to bring equality, political and climate justice to all citizens of Israel, and peaceful coexistence with Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. On the Eve of Yom HaAtzma'ut, which celebrates 77 years of Israeli independence, […]

Creative Writing Workshop: Creating Your Own Midrash

Mishkan Chicago HQ 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #101, Chicago, IL

Interested in writing a short story or novel but don’t quite know where to start? Midrash is the rabbinic method of filling gaps in our received texts. Why did Eve eat the apple? What was Abraham up to before leaving home? How did Moses feel before splitting the sea? In this creative writing workshop, we […]

Small Groups: Vaguely Jewish Book Club

A Builder's Office in Bucktown

No matter how scary the world gets, books are the best escape! Join Builder Debbie Kaltman for a fiction book club that is "vaguely" Jewish. Each book will have Jewish themes or characters or authors, and you can rest assured that they will always be lighthearted and fun reads. This month's book will be I […]

Event Series Morning Minyan

Morning Minyan

Start your day with a spiritual check-in! Morning Minyan is a virtual minyan held every weekday morning at 8:00 am. Mondays and Fridays are lay-led, Rabbi Steven leads us on Tuesdays, Rabbi Lizzi leads an especially musical minyan on Wednesdays, and Rabbi Steven leads us in Torah Study on Thursdays. You can also listen to our […]

Event Series Morning Minyan

Morning Minyan

Start your day with a spiritual check-in! Morning Minyan is a virtual minyan held every weekday morning at 8:00 am. Mondays and Fridays are lay-led, Rabbi Steven leads us on Tuesdays, Rabbi Lizzi leads an especially musical minyan on Wednesdays, and Rabbi Steven leads us in Torah Study on Thursdays. You can also listen to our […]

Torah Based Activism: An Evening of Learning w/ Rabbi Mike Moskowitz

Mishkan Chicago HQ 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #101, Chicago, IL

Join us for a special evening of learning with R’Mike, Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation Beit Simchat Torah, the largest LGBTQ+ synagogue in the world. With roots in the Orthodox community, R’Mike brings deep knowledge and love of our tradition to his work on allyship, activism, gender, and sexuality. He is a nationally renowned scholar — and […]