We've created a place for people who identify as men, from all walks of life, to connect over good conversation, learning and dialogue about their experiences. ManKind will meet monthly at Maggie's Place and then carry on at a local bar or brewery. This group is open to all men without regard to race, sexual orientation, disability or experience and will be co-lead by […]
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After a successful pilot series in the fall, OM: The Jewish Mindfulness Collective is back. Taught by seasoned meditation teachers from Mishkan Chicago and the Center for Jewish Mindfulness at Orot, the series includes weekly teachings, meditations and mindfulness practices inspired by the weekly Torah portion. No need to commit to all four sessions in a row – feel free to drop […]
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Join us for a discussion on Resistance during the time of the sho'ah— what it can teach us about where we are and what we can do today? Organized by Mishkanite Daniel Riff, we are grateful to the Illinois Holocaust Museum for their help connecting us with the survivor community.
You can learn Talmud! Be a player and learn how to learn, using a traditional Hebrew/Aramaic book of the Talmud and a dictionary, not to mention a hevruta (study partner) and the award-winning guidance of Rabbi Benay Lappe, founder and rosh yeshiva of SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. SVARA and Mishkan partner in creating 3 sessions of these […]
Read more about Mensch Academy.
After a successful pilot series in the fall, OM: The Jewish Mindfulness Collective is back. Taught by seasoned meditation teachers from Mishkan Chicago and the Center for Jewish Mindfulness at Orot, the series includes weekly teachings, meditations and mindfulness practices inspired by the weekly Torah portion. No need to commit to all four sessions in a row – feel free to drop […]
Join us for food, art and conversation around death and dying in an open and supportive space. Good Mourning Cafe is a traveling art installation, social experiment and community outreach program conceived by artist Connie Noyes. Come share your personal stories and process your experiences through drawing and spontaneous writing. Good Mourning Cafe will explore how grief affects one's […]
Our signature services followed by the best darn vegetarian pot-luck anywhere (no nuts of any kind please- allergies abound).
Disturbing the Peace is about people born into conflict, sworn to be enemies, who challenged their fate. The film follows everyday people who took extraordinary actions by standing for what they believe in, just like those who came before them – Martin Luther King jr., Rosa Parks, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela and many others whose names […]