Nechama is for grievers and their loved ones who have experienced a death over the past six months. This workshop will provide information on the grieving process and coping skills as well as how Judaism helps the bereaved. Participants will learn about the grief process, coping mechanisms, different grieving styles and how to gain and receive […]
"If you didn't have to do it perfectly, what would you try?" Experience your own creative restoration and learn techniques to enhance self-confidence in harnessing your right-brain-skills guided by Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path To Higher Creativity. Learn more about this book's program to help unlock your inner artist. Once a week, a "creative cluster" facilitated by Mishkanite Dana […]
Study to leyn (read Torah) like a pro, guided by the awesome Torah-reader extraordinaire Revuen Solomon. The cost of this 3 class workshop is $30 and free for Builders. (Builders, Email Rachel Gray for the code). Register
Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids. At Mensch Academy, 1st – 3rd graders explore Jewish themes through text study, music, art, and conversation. They develop their your own big questions and ideas that they will express through designing and creating their own projects. More about Mensch Academy
S stands for SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. M stands for Mishkan. Together, the S & M Bet Midrash has been the most exciting space to do serious, sophisticated Talmud learning in an egalitarian setting in Chicago, that invites everyone to the table to learn. We focus on skill-building, the radical nature of the Jewish […]
Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids. At Mensch Academy, 4th – 6th graders explore Jewish themes through text study, music, art, and conversation. They develop their own big questions and ideas that they will express through designing and creating their own projects. More About Mensch Academy
Calling all musicians and the musically inclined! If you're a singer or just love to sing, play an unusual (or usual) Middle Eastern instrument, the mandolin or the oud, keys, clarinet, WHATEVER, then join us to get together pre-super bowel to, teach each other and just jam. RSVP
Study to leyn (read Torah) like a pro, guided by the awesome Torah-reader extraordinaire Revuen Solomon. The cost of this 3 class workshop is $30 and free for Builders. (Builders, Email Rachel Gray for the code). Register
Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids. At Mensch Academy, 1st – 3rd graders explore Jewish themes through text study, music, art, and conversation. They develop their your own big questions and ideas that they will express through designing and creating their own projects. More about Mensch Academy
S stands for SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. M stands for Mishkan. Together, the S & M Bet Midrash has been the most exciting space to do serious, sophisticated Talmud learning in an egalitarian setting in Chicago, that invites everyone to the table to learn. We focus on skill-building, the radical nature of the Jewish […]
Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids. At Mensch Academy, 4th – 6th graders explore Jewish themes through text study, music, art, and conversation. They develop their own big questions and ideas that they will express through designing and creating their own projects. More About Mensch Academy
Drop-in nights are a place to unwind, engage with others and just be you. Come hang out, read a book, play a board game, chat it up, and enjoy FREE dinner! We'd love to see you and check in or just chill with you..so come on by Maggie's Place. Drop-in nights are your space to be you – […]
Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids. At Mensch Academy, Pre-K, Kindergarteners (4-5 year olds) & Parents explore Jewish holidays and prayers through text study, music, art, and conversation. Parents will have the opportunity to learn alongside their children, and also get to cultivate their own Jewish ideas with other parents. More About Mensch […]
Last year, Mishkan underwent a strategic planning process where we took some time to think, dream, explore, and plan for the next phase of what our community will grow into. We're so thankful to have had the voices and input from the community to guide us as we re-imagined the future at Mishkan. Now, we'd like to show you […]
"If you didn't have to do it perfectly, what would you try?" Experience your own creative restoration and learn techniques to enhance self-confidence in harnessing your right-brain-skills guided by Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path To Higher Creativity. Learn more about this book's program to help unlock your inner artist. Once a week, a "creative cluster" facilitated by Mishkanite Dana […]
Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids. At Mensch Academy, 1st – 3rd graders explore Jewish themes through text study, music, art, and conversation. They develop their your own big questions and ideas that they will express through designing and creating their own projects. More about Mensch Academy
S stands for SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. M stands for Mishkan. Together, the S & M Bet Midrash has been the most exciting space to do serious, sophisticated Talmud learning in an egalitarian setting in Chicago, that invites everyone to the table to learn. We focus on skill-building, the radical nature of the Jewish […]
Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids. At Mensch Academy, 4th – 6th graders explore Jewish themes through text study, music, art, and conversation. They develop their own big questions and ideas that they will express through designing and creating their own projects. More About Mensch Academy
We're getting together AGAIN this Friday night at the Mishkan Office space in honor of a special guest! We're pleased to welcome Rabbi Jeff Stombaugh (soon-to-be HUC grad and current Hillel rabbi at USC) as one of our finalists for cohort 2 of our Jewish Emergent Network Rabbinic Fellowship— he'll be leading services so come […]
"If you didn't have to do it perfectly, what would you try?" Experience your own creative restoration and learn techniques to enhance self-confidence in harnessing your right-brain-skills guided by Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path To Higher Creativity. Learn more about this book's program to help unlock your inner artist. Once a week, a "creative cluster" facilitated by Mishkanite Dana […]
Rosh Chodesh is minor holiday that occurs on the first day of each month in the Jewish calendar (aka the new moon). Our monthly Rosh Chodesh circle is a restorative and regenerative space to reflect and connect in sisterhood through ritual prayer, singing, candle lighting as well as light hearted socializing over dinner and music. […]
Dive in and develop an intellectually honest experience of Jewish learning while building personal relationships with text, with Rabbi Lizzi and with others in the program. REGISTER
Have you been praying for a while now but still feel like you don't know how to "Jewish pray"? Wonder what's happening during all the mumbling? Ready to take the next step in your Jewish prayer life? In this class you'll learn both theory and practice for how to create successful prayer experiences (how does the Tradition define […]
Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids. At Mensch Academy, 1st – 3rd graders explore Jewish themes through text study, music, art, and conversation. They develop their your own big questions and ideas that they will express through designing and creating their own projects. More about Mensch Academy
S stands for SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. M stands for Mishkan. Together, the S & M Bet Midrash has been the most exciting space to do serious, sophisticated Talmud learning in an egalitarian setting in Chicago, that invites everyone to the table to learn. We focus on skill-building, the radical nature of the Jewish […]
Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids. At Mensch Academy, 4th – 6th graders explore Jewish themes through text study, music, art, and conversation. They develop their own big questions and ideas that they will express through designing and creating their own projects. More About Mensch Academy
Join the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs, Mishkan Chicago, Repair the World, and Silverstein Base Hillel to explore "The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration," by Isabel Wilkenson. Delicious and hearty snacks will be served. We'll be discussing the sections of the book that follow the story of Ida Mae […]
Join Reboot for the annual National Day of Unplugging celebrating Reboot's launch in Chicago! Disconnect from your digital devices to reconnect while enjoying drinks, nosh, interactive arts, workshops from puppetry to beatbox 101, yoga, tarot card reading, massage chairs, a photobooth, live music and more! $10 advance through 2/23 $15/door Tickets
"If you didn't have to do it perfectly, what would you try?" Experience your own creative restoration and learn techniques to enhance self-confidence in harnessing your right-brain-skills guided by Julia Cameron's The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path To Higher Creativity. Learn more about this book's program to help unlock your inner artist. Once a week, a "creative cluster" facilitated by Mishkanite Dana […]
Dive in and develop an intellectually honest experience of Jewish learning while building personal relationships with text, with Rabbi Lizzi and with others in the program. REGISTER
Have you been praying for a while now but still feel like you don't know how to "Jewish pray"? Wonder what's happening during all the mumbling? Ready to take the next step in your Jewish prayer life? In this class you'll learn both theory and practice for how to create successful prayer experiences (how does the Tradition define […]
Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids. At Mensch Academy, 1st – 3rd graders explore Jewish themes through text study, music, art, and conversation. They develop their your own big questions and ideas that they will express through designing and creating their own projects. More about Mensch Academy
S stands for SVARA: A Traditionally Radical Yeshiva. M stands for Mishkan. Together, the S & M Bet Midrash has been the most exciting space to do serious, sophisticated Talmud learning in an egalitarian setting in Chicago, that invites everyone to the table to learn. We focus on skill-building, the radical nature of the Jewish […]
Mensch Academy is inspired, down-to-earth Judaism for kids. At Mensch Academy, 4th – 6th graders explore Jewish themes through text study, music, art, and conversation. They develop their own big questions […]
Purim is the holiday when all bets are off, things aren't what they seem, and you need to turn things on their heads to understand what the hell is going […]
Want to meet other couples to hang with and expand your social circle? WhirlyBall combines lacrosse, hockey, basketball, and bumper cars in a game of skill and totally silly fun. Grab your partner and get registered! $30 per couple includes the game and free appetizers! Register