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The Artist’s Way
The Artist’s Way
"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 […]
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Conversion Cohort
Conversion Cohort
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
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The Artist’s Way
The Artist’s Way
"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 […]
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Conversion Cohort
Conversion Cohort
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
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Mensch Academy 1st-3rd Grade
Mensch Academy 1st-3rd Grade
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&M Bet Midrash Spring Session
S&M Bet Midrash Spring Session
SVARA & Mishkan’s signature weeknight Bet Midrash is open to absolute beginners and experienced learners alike. The learning is rigorous in a warm and supportive environment. We’ll get you all tied up in hardcore, traditionally radical Talmud. Send in your applications now — the bet midrash fills up quickly! And if you're new to S&M learning, also […]
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Mensch Academy 4th-6th Grade
Mensch Academy 4th-6th Grade
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
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Complicity: Yom HaShoah 2018
Complicity: Yom HaShoah 2018
Most individuals during the Holocaust weren't absolute victims or perpetrators. Rather, the vast majority were complicit bystanders - people who knew there was some degree of evil happening around them, but did not take action. Join Mishkanite Daniel Riff on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) for an exploration of complicity during the Holocaust, and how […]
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Drop-in Night @ Maggie’s Place
Drop-in Night @ Maggie’s Place
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 – […]
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Mensch Academy Pre K-K
Mensch Academy Pre K-K
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 […]
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Learn Your Alef-Bet
Learn Your Alef-Bet
Get going and learn your alef-bet! Taught by the awesome David Kaplinsky, this class is for our conversion cohort and anyone else who wants in. Whether you're a total beginner or are looking for a refresher, you're welcome to join. $25 for general registration and $15 for Builders (includes yummy snacks). Builders, email Rachel Gray for the code. Register
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Good Deeds Day
Good Deeds Day
Come and create affirmation cards for those struggling with depression or low self-esteem with No Shame on U, an organization dedicated to eliminating the stigma of those suffering with mental illness in the Jewish community and beyond. These cards will be distributed at Jewish Child & Family Services and EZRA Multi-Service Center. RSVP
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Conversion Cohort
Conversion Cohort
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
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Mensch Academy 1st-3rd Grade
Mensch Academy 1st-3rd Grade
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&M Bet Midrash Spring Session
S&M Bet Midrash Spring Session
SVARA & Mishkan’s signature weeknight Bet Midrash is open to absolute beginners and experienced learners alike. The learning is rigorous in a warm and supportive environment. We’ll get you all tied up in hardcore, traditionally radical Talmud. Send in your applications now — the bet midrash fills up quickly! And if you're new to S&M learning, also […]
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Mensch Academy 4th-6th Grade
Mensch Academy 4th-6th Grade
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
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Yom Ha’atzmaut Israel@70 Concert & Celebration
Yom Ha’atzmaut Israel@70 Concert & Celebration
Check out the Jewish United Fund’s Yom Ha’atzmaut concert and celebration featuring the soulful David Broza & Friends. Tickets
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REPARATIONS: Social Justice Bet Midrash
REPARATIONS: Social Justice Bet Midrash
Mishkan Chicago, in partnership with the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and Avodah, bring you our all-levels, open-to-everybody Social Justice Beit Midrash. Taught by Aryeh Bernstein, this bet midrash will examine Reparations. No prior experience is necessary, but commitment to the material and to building a cohesive group requires presence at every class. The class is 100% free & registration is required. Register
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SoulCollage®
SoulCollage®
SoulCollage® is a creativity workshop that can help you discover your creativity and tap into your inner wisdom – your strengths, your beauty, your complexity, your dreams and your accomplishments. Trust us, this class is amazing and there is absolutely no artistic talent required to participate. Taught by the endlessly talented Kathy Bresler. Register
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Seudat Shlisheet
Seudat Shlisheet
Join the Hyde Park Moishe House for a musical Seudat Shlisheet (light dinner and communal singing) led by Mishkan's own Rabbi Lizzi, in her native habitat of the South Side. Come eat, sing, share the final moments of Shabbat together, and conclude the evening with musical Havdallah. Shabbat vibes and plenty of food provided. RSVP
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The Artist’s Way
The Artist’s Way
"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 […]
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Listen & Talk: MishkanX Podcast Club
Listen & Talk: MishkanX Podcast Club
In a world where new media is always around us, podcasts have made a boom, and there are many Jewish podcasts (some great, some, not so much…)! Join Leadership Fellow Rachel Brustein in Mishkan’s inaugural Jewish Podcast Club to discuss episodes from popular Jewish podcasts. This month: Should we still be singing famed Reb. Shlomo Carlebach's […]
Conversion Cohort
Conversion Cohort
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
2 events,
Mensch Academy 1st-3rd Grade
Mensch Academy 1st-3rd Grade
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&M Bet Midrash Spring Session
S&M Bet Midrash Spring Session
SVARA & Mishkan’s signature weeknight Bet Midrash is open to absolute beginners and experienced learners alike. The learning is rigorous in a warm and supportive environment. We’ll get you all tied up in hardcore, traditionally radical Talmud. Send in your applications now — the bet midrash fills up quickly! And if you're new to S&M learning, also […]
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Mensch Academy 4th-6th Grade
Mensch Academy 4th-6th Grade
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
1 event,
REPARATIONS: Social Justice Bet Midrash
REPARATIONS: Social Justice Bet Midrash
Mishkan Chicago, in partnership with the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and Avodah, bring you our all-levels, open-to-everybody Social Justice Beit Midrash. Taught by Aryeh Bernstein, this bet midrash will examine Reparations. No prior experience is necessary, but commitment to the material and to building a cohesive group requires presence at every class. The class is 100% free & registration is required. Register
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Last Fridays @ Second Unitarian with Josh Warshawsky
Last Fridays @ Second Unitarian with Josh Warshawsky
**Please note the location change for this Shabbat. We will NOT be at Anshe Emet.** Inspirational singer, song writer, and song leader Josh Warshawsky will be kicking off his weekend in residence with us at Last Fridays, this month at Second Unitarian. Services followed by yummy potluck.
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Melavah Melkah: Havdallah & Concert with Josh Warshawsky
Melavah Melkah: Havdallah & Concert with Josh Warshawsky
Join us for an intimate evening of music and havdallah in Mishkan's NEW office space (same building and floor, new unit!). We're excited to welcome Josh Warshawsky in concert with Rabbi Lizzi, Cantors David Berger and Rachel Rosenberg, and the Mishkan Davening Team for this special night of song and melodies to soothe and inspire the soul. […]
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Master Music Jam with Josh Warshawsky
Master Music Jam with Josh Warshawsky
Calling all musicians and the musically inclined! If you're a singer or just love to sing, including if you play an instrument, join us to play, learn and jam with inspirational singer, song writer, and song leader Josh Warshawsky. Register
The Artist’s Way
The Artist’s Way
"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 […]
1 event,
Conversion Cohort
Conversion Cohort
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
2 events,
Mensch Academy 1st-3rd Grade
Mensch Academy 1st-3rd Grade
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&M Bet Midrash Spring Session
S&M Bet Midrash Spring Session
SVARA & Mishkan’s signature weeknight Bet Midrash is open to absolute beginners and experienced learners alike. The learning is rigorous in a warm and supportive environment. We’ll get you all tied up in hardcore, traditionally radical Talmud. Send in your applications now — the bet midrash fills up quickly! And if you're new to S&M learning, also […]
1 event,
Mensch Academy 4th-6th Grade
Mensch Academy 4th-6th Grade
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
1 event,
REPARATIONS: Social Justice Bet Midrash
REPARATIONS: Social Justice Bet Midrash
Mishkan Chicago, in partnership with the Jewish Council on Urban Affairs and Avodah, bring you our all-levels, open-to-everybody Social Justice Beit Midrash. Taught by Aryeh Bernstein, this bet midrash will examine Reparations. No prior experience is necessary, but commitment to the material and to building a cohesive group requires presence at every class. The class is 100% free & registration is required. Register