Our monthly new-moon circle, for those who identify as female, is a restorative and regenerative space to reflect and connect in sisterhood through ritual prayer, singing, and candle-lighting as well as light-hearted socializing over dinner and music.
Hungry for learning? Community? Transformation? Back by popular demand, Mishkan is offering a conversion class! Whether you have been considering conversion for years or are just dipping your toe in, come learn with us. Led by Mishkan Rabbi Jeff Stombaugh and veteran conversion educator Rabbi Allison Tick Brill, with guest appearances from Rabbis Lizzi and Lauren and […]
Join our 40s+ social group for a special trip to the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center. We will mingle over refreshments, followed by a docent-led tour of the new special exhibition "Purchased Lives: The American Slave Trade from 1808-1865." Originally curated by the Historic New Orleans Collections, this exhibit showcases more than 75 original items, including […]
Hungry for learning? Community? Transformation? Back by popular demand, Mishkan is offering a conversion class! Whether you have been considering conversion for years or are just dipping your toe in, come learn with us. Led by Mishkan Rabbi Jeff Stombaugh and veteran conversion educator Rabbi Allison Tick Brill, with guest appearances from Rabbis Lizzi and Lauren and […]
Hungry for learning? Community? Transformation? Back by popular demand, Mishkan is offering a conversion class! Whether you have been considering conversion for years or are just dipping your toe in, come learn with us. Led by Mishkan Rabbi Jeff Stombaugh and veteran conversion educator Rabbi Allison Tick Brill, with guest appearances from Rabbis Lizzi and Lauren and […]
Join Avodah, Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, Mishkan Chicago, Repair the World and Silverstein Base Hillel for our third annual Chicago Justice series. This year we will focus on themes of safety and security through a Jewish lens: examining our relationships as Jews to law enforcement historically and today, exploring local work on police accountability, […]
Wind down your week in joyful prayer. We'll be joined by two guest speakers from the Institute for Nonviolence. In addition to trading out our usual challah for matzah, please note that we won't offer our usual pot-luck dinner due to Passover.
Break your Matzoh diet at Mishkanites' homes across Chicago. Sign up for the dinner that best matches your family - either neighborhood or age! Ages 0-2 at Amy and David Nathan's in Albany Park | RSVP Ages 3-5 at R' Jessica and Rob Lott's in Ravenswood Manor | RSVP Ages 6-8 at Jane Charney and Max Averbukh's in […]
How are Chicagoans utilizing principles of nonviolence to reduce shootings, transform relationships between law enforcement and the neighborhoods they serve, and heal their communities? Join Mishkanites at the Institute for Nonviolence's community center in the Austin neighborhood to learn from their staff and volunteers about the impact of their work and how they're reducing gun […]
Drop-in nights are a place to unwind, engage with others, and just be you. We are thrilled to partner with No Shame On U to bring drop-in nights to Maggie's Place.
Hungry for learning? Community? Transformation? Back by popular demand, Mishkan is offering a conversion class! Whether you have been considering conversion for years or are just dipping your toe in, come learn with us. Led by Mishkan Rabbi Jeff Stombaugh and veteran conversion educator Rabbi Allison Tick Brill, with guest appearances from Rabbis Lizzi and Lauren and […]