Our next Shabbat Group dinner will be held Friday, June 6 at 6:00 pm. The dinner will be at Antepli Mediterranean Grill at 4849 N Kedzie in Chicago

Members and non-members are welcome to join us.

Antepli's Turkish menu includes many different kabobs, felafel, saksuka, kofte, and desserts like baklava and Turkish kunefe,

RSVP to Ruth Kaan chicagomakom@gmail.com

Join us Sunday evening, June 1, for our annual Shavuot evening of meditation, study and ice cream. We'll have three teachers. Together we'll enjoy the spiritual light that comes with the receiving of the Torah. We'll gather and build our sundaes, as it's customary to consume dairy on Shavuot. Our program will be for all levels of knowledge and experience.

The ice cream social will take place from 6 to 9 pm at Beit Yichud, 6932 N Glenwood, Chicago. Glenwood is divided by CTA tracks. Beit Yichud is on the western side of the tracks. There are several nearby El stops and bus stops. There is also metered street parking.

RSVP to Ascher Levy, chicagomakom@gmail.com

We'll all gather around the bonfire at the Lighthouse Park Fire Pit at Lighthouse Beach in Evanston

Bonfires are a Lag B'Omer tradition. So bring your marshmallows and weiners to roast, if you like. Or a picnic dinner. We'll provide enticing carob treats.

Bring your musical instruments and also bring kiddie bows and arrows if you have them. Archery is another tradition of the day. And since we don't want to put holes in anyone, we will shoot boffer or suction cup arrows. Maybe there will be other Lag B'Omer activities. Who knows?

As the sun goes down we'll start our Shabbat service. We'll provide grape juice and challah for the kiddush.

The Lighthouse Park Fire Pit at Lighthouse Beach is at 2611 North Sheridan Road in Evanston. The parking lot is just north of Central St. and the fire pit is just east of the parking lot. There's plenty of free parking and the Purple Line stops about a half mile away. The 20l Old Orchard bus stops about a third of a mile away.

Seder 2nd night of Passover, with Rabbi Menacham. At BUMC.

Please RSVP (click here) to Marla Brodsky, and indicate if you might be bringing a pot luck.

The meal will be meatless: vegetarian, fish, eggs are OK. And of course must be pesach-dich.

Shabbat service at 7:30 with Rabbi Menachem Cohen and cantorial soloist Leah Shoshana

Come for the communal Shabbat dinner beforehand at 6:00.

Please RSVP by e-mail if coming to the dinner.

At BUMC, 3338 N Broadway in Chicago.

Purim party at Beit Yichud, 6932 N Glenwood in Chicago. Featuring drag performer Manny Schevitz!
Cross-dressing is very traditional at Purim parties

See Facebook event for more

Our next book club will read Kantika, by Elizabeth Graver.

A Jewish family is displaced from their home in Istanbul, and in the next generation they move to Barcelona, then Havana, then New York. A saga, where the tone is set by the title “Kantika” = “song” in Ladino.

We will meet at a member’s home in Edgewater. Send e-mail to chicagomakom@gmail.com by Friday, Jan 31.

Join us for a warm inclusive Renewal style Shabbat evening service, with Rabbi Menachem Cohen and the vocal stylings of Layni Katz Myers.
Services will be preceded by a Shabbat dinner at 6:00 PM. Please RSVP by e-mail for attending dinner: chicagomakom@gmail.com

At Broadway United Methodist Church, 3338 N. Broadway, Chicago.

Our next Shabbat Dinner Group will meet at Manny's Deli on Friday, January 10. Manny's is known for its terrific classic Jewish cuisine that's reasonably priced.

We'll start at 5:00 (Manny's closes at 7:30). But we know that not everyone can get there that early. So get there whenever you can and if you RSVP we'll save you a spot.

Manny's is at 1141 S. Jefferson, Chicago, IL. There's a parking lot behind the restaurant. RSVP to Ruth Kaan, ruthkaan@ameritech.net.

Manny’s has vegetarian and gluten-free options (including GF bread).

Lunch and learn program by Keshet, a Jewish organization thhat works for the full equality of LGBTQ Jews and their families in Jewish life. 

The talk will be on Gender in Jewish texts, what the Torah and other Jewish texts have to say regarding gender identity and sexuality.

The organization Keshet, which works for inclusiveness for all, is providing this programming to us after we recently participated in and completed the year-long Shivyon Equality Project to develop Makom Shalom Mitziut's inclusive organizational policies, programming, and cultural practices. 

It is imperative that everyone attending RSVP to Ascher at ascher1@ameritech.net by January 2 so we have enough food for everyone. 

Saturday, January 4 at Broadway United Methodist Church (3338 N. Broadway) from 11:30am-1:30pm.

Illuminate the darkness: Come join Makom Shalom Mitziut for our Chanukkah celebration.

Lighting the candles and being with community is the way to brighten this dark time.

Bring an appetizer or latkes to share (there is only a small microwave so nothing that needs cooking), your menorah and candles, and whatever libation you want to drink.

There will be music, dreidel and other games, and camaraderie.

At Beit Yichud Jewish event space: 6932 N Glenwood Ave Chicago.

Close to Red line Morse stop, many busses, ample parking (metered),
and not far from Metra UP-N Rogers Park stop.

Join us for a warm inclusive Renewal style Shabbat evening service, with Rabbi Menachem Cohen and the vocal stylings of Layni Katz Myers.
Services will be preceded by a Shabbat dinner at 6:00 PM. Please RSVP by e-mail for attending dinner: chicagomakom@gmail.com

At Broadway United Methodist Church, 3338 N. Broadway, Chicago.

A bi-cultural story and murder mystery, set in a lower class Pittsburgh neighborhood which in the 1920s was mixed Jewish and African-American. It was discovered fifty years later when a mysterious skeleton was dug up at a construction site, with a mezuzah.

We will meet at the home of Joan Minsky, in the Peterson/Hollywood park neighborhood of Chicago. Please RSVP to Joan, or to chicagagomakom@gmail.com.

Join us for a warm inclusive Renewal style Shabbat evening service, with Rabbi Menachem Cohen and the vocal stylings of Layni Katz Myers. A small oneg shabbat will follow.

At Broadway United Methodist Church, 3338 N. Broadway, Chicago.

In honor of 𝙎𝙞𝙢𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙏𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙝 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗮

Join us in the first Torah reading of the yearly cycle as Reva Freedman helps you to get close. You (yes, you) can read a few words from the story of creation out of an actual Torah. Reva will show us how text in the scrolls is formatted, how it is written and put together.

Saturday, October 26, 10:30 AM - Noon, at Broadway United Methodist Church. 3338 N. Broadway.

Join us for Yom Kippur Yizkor Neilah closing service, with Rabbi Menacham and Layni Katz Myers. The fast ends at 6:54 PM.

Join us for Yom Kippur afternoon Mincha services, with Rabbi Menacham and Layni Katz Myers

Join us for Yom Kippur Yizkor services, with Rabbi Menacham and Layni Katz Myers

Join us for Yom Kippur morning services, with Rabbi Menacham and Anita Silvert

Join us for Rosh Hashana services, with Rabbi Menacham and Cantor Layni Katz Myers.

Join us for Rosh Hashana morning services, with Rabbi Menacham and Anita Silvert

Join us for Rosh Hashana services, with Rabbi Menacham and Cantor Layni Katz Myers.

Shabbat Services at BUMC, led by Menachem Cohen and Rhonda Levy Wehner.

Join us for a convivial community Shabbat dinner, Friday evening before services. At Broadway United Methodist Church.

No charge for dinner! But please RSVP to Ascher Levy: ascher1@ameritech.net

Book Club: Hope Valley by Haviva Ner-David

Rabbi Ner-David is an Israeli pioneer in religious feminism.

Hope Valley is a story of two struggling artists in Israel, Jewish and Palestinian daughters, who become friends and learn to understand each other's family historical narratives, as well as their own current struggles.

Hosted by Joan Minsky, in the Peterson Park neighborhood in Chicago. (Just north of Northeastern IL University)

Write to her at minsky@aol.com for directions.

Continental breakfast and conversation. And a very involving story!

We welcome the arrival of Shabbat at Loyola Beach. Rabbi Menachem will lead us in an amazing prayer service with meaningful and insightful prayers. Rhonda Levy-Wehner will provide her usual lively and uplifting cantorial services.

Loyola Beach/Park is at the end of Greenleaf in Rogers Park. There is metered parking. The Red Line and #147 bus have stops nearby.

A vegetarian oneg/kiddush will be served after services. Please feel free to bring a dish. Fish will be OK to bring. Paper plates and tableware will be provided.

It's best to bring your own chairs. There are some seats where we'll be meeting but they might already be in use when we get there.

Come picnic with your fellow Makom Shalom Mitziut people in Millenium park, followed by the Grant Park Orchestra. Bring your own picnic food and a blanket or chairs.

Organized by Roberta Cohen.
RSVP to Roberta so you can arrange to meet up with us in the park: cohen.roberta.d@gmail.com

Shabbat Services at the Beach!

MOVED TO ASCHER & MARLA’S HOUSE DUE TO RAIN.

We welcome the arrival of Shabbat at Loyola Beach. Rabbi Menachem will lead us in an amazing prayer service with meaningful and insightful prayers. Adam Gottlieb will serve as our cantor.

Loyola Beach/Park is at the end of Greenleaf in Rogers Park. There is metered parking. The Red Line and #147 bus have stops nearby.

A vegetarian oneg/kiddush will be served after services. Please feel free to bring a dish. Fish will be OK to bring. Paper plates and tableware will be provided.

It's best to bring your own chairs. There are some seats where we'll be meeting but they might already be in use when we get there.

Book Club: Davita's Harp by Chaim Potok.
Hosted by Joan Minsky, in Peterson Park neighborhood in Chicago.

Write to her at minsky@aol.com for directions.

Continental breakfast and conversation. And a very involving story!

Join us for late at night Torah meditation. During that time when tradition teaches us that the path to heaven at its most receptive.

This is a zoom event.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88641542795?pwd=LzdOalZsaEJoL2NTb1VKS2xOL1JwUT09

Meeting ID: 886 4154 2795 Passcode: 950181 By phone: 312-626-6799