Accessibility at Shabbat and Programs

Located at 3730 N California Ave, Chicago, IL 60618

Accessibility:
Entrance is fully ADA compliant and there is an elevator on premises.

Parking:
Parking is available in the CJDS visitor parking lot north of the building. There is also ample free street parking on California Ave. 

Security:
Our partners at CJDS require ID from all attendees. Please bring a valid form of photo ID.

Located at 656 W Barry Ave, Chicago, IL 60657

Accessibility:
6 steps up into the main lobby & sanctuary space. 1 full flight of stairs up into loft space. 

Parking:

• Illinois Masonic Parking Garage on Halsted and Wellington
• Imperial Parking and Sparkling Parking on North Broadway
• Standard Parking on N. Clark Street. 
• Parking on any of the streets around the church that are labeled with the 383 permit sign is residential, but you may park free without a permit until 6 pm: Barry Ave, Briar Ave (one block north of Barry), Wellington (south of Barry).

Located at 330 W Webster Ave, Chicago, IL 60614

Accessibility:
There are no steps to the venue. Accessibility to the service location is accessed by rolling or walking.

Parking:

• Blocks from the Fullerton Brown, Purple, and Red El stops. Accessible by several bus routes. Divvy stations nearby, as well.
• There are a few public parking garages close to the venue, as well as paid street parking.
• Note: Limited parking can be reserved for those with accessibility needs. Please email Rachel Cort.

Located at 4001 N Ravenswood Ave #101, Chicago, IL 60613

Accessibility:

• There are two steps at the front entrance.
• A step-free entrance can be arranged through the back of the building. Please call the main office – 773.893.0613

Parking:

• Street parking is available around the office. Meter parking is available on Irving Park Rd.

We aim to provide ASL interpretation at all in-person Shabbat services and major holidays. ASL interpretation will be noted in the event description on the website calendar. We also can provide a written version of the Rabbis’ sermons.

If you know of someone who is qualified to perform ASL services and would be interested in working with us, please contact [email protected].

Whenever possible, we prioritize the use of live closed captioning for signature holidays. During livestreams of Shabbat services, we use YouTube’s AI generated live captioning.

For real time captioning of break-out rooms in our virtual programs, we recommend using a service called Ava. You may want to use this service if you are deaf, or hard of hearing, if you speak English as a second language, or if you find that reading captions helps increase your comprehension of what is being said. To access AVA, please visit their website to download the app.

If you’d like some additional assistance to figure out how to utilize these captioning services, please be in touch with [email protected]. If you know of someone who is qualified to perform closed captioning services and would be interested in working with us, please contact [email protected].

Many people in our community have experienced hearing loss. We want you to have the best listening experience and not miss any spoken words during our Shabbat services. We are happy to be able to offer the use of hearing assistive devices, funded by a generous community member, to people at our Shabbat services, The system broadcasts sound to a small FM system receiver that you wear around your neck. This broadcasts what is being said or sung into body and stage mics to telecoils contained in most modern hearing aids and all cochlear implants. If you do not use hearing aids with telecoils, we also have headphones available. To access these, please check in with a volunteer or Mishkan staffer at services.