About Mitziut
Pronounced "mits-ee-oot," the name Mitziut comes from the Hebrew word for "reality." Comprised not only of people from the neighborhood, participants come from from Evanston, Skokie, Wilmette, Oak Park, Lakeview, Edgewater, Ravenswood, Albany Park, and the Gold Coast as well as Hyde Park, Indiana and Dekalb. People from all Jewish backgrounds and friends from different spiritual paths are coming and finding a welcoming, participatory community.
The non-denominational services are inclusive, participatory, joyous, relaxed and feature wonderful music, sacred Hebrew chant, prayerful experience, meaningful Torah teachings and are infused with traditional kavanah ("intention") and ancient spirituality. Various activities such as a meditation drop-in group and a Jewish drum circle allow individuals to deepen their individual Jewish spiritual explorations within a group experience.
Mitziut was founded by Rabbi Menachem Cohen in 2003. To reach Reb Menachem, you e-mail him directly at[email protected] The Mitziut Jewish Community: Seeking Significance and Renewal in our Tradition
The non-denominational services are inclusive, participatory, joyous, relaxed and feature wonderful music, sacred Hebrew chant, prayerful experience, meaningful Torah teachings and are infused with traditional kavanah ("intention") and ancient spirituality. Various activities such as a meditation drop-in group and a Jewish drum circle allow individuals to deepen their individual Jewish spiritual explorations within a group experience.
Mitziut was founded by Rabbi Menachem Cohen in 2003. To reach Reb Menachem, you e-mail him directly at[email protected] The Mitziut Jewish Community: Seeking Significance and Renewal in our Tradition
Rabbi Menachem
Menachem Cohen is the founding Rabbi of the Mitziut Jewish Community in Chicago and of Congregation B'nai haMidbar and the Black Rock JCC at Burning Man. He is also a certified spiritual director. Since 1996 he has studied and practiced Jewish mystical healing prayer with Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer, founder of Hebrew Seminary of the Deaf, where Menachem received ordination. He has also studied Jewish Shamanic Healing with Rabbi Gershon Winkler at the Walkingstick foundation and at Elat Chayyim. He has facilitated meditation groups across the country. His other interests include halacha and the paradigm shift and how our text, liturgy and calendar lead us through our psycho-spiritual journeys.
Much of his work now is in the design and use of roleplaying games, like Dungeons & Dragons, for spiritual growth, exploration, and healing.
After graduating from Beloit College with a degree in English and a minor in Women's Studies he worked for Little Brothers/Friends of the Elderly in Minneapolis and the Center on Deafness in Northbrook, IL. He then earned an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before pursuing the rabbinate.
He can be reached directly via e-mail and his website www.whatmakesyoucomealive.net.
Much of his work now is in the design and use of roleplaying games, like Dungeons & Dragons, for spiritual growth, exploration, and healing.
After graduating from Beloit College with a degree in English and a minor in Women's Studies he worked for Little Brothers/Friends of the Elderly in Minneapolis and the Center on Deafness in Northbrook, IL. He then earned an MFA in Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before pursuing the rabbinate.
He can be reached directly via e-mail and his website www.whatmakesyoucomealive.net.
Shalom and Welcome
Something positive and incredible is happening in Rogers Park, Chicago.
Mitziut is an independent, non-denominational Jewish spiritual community. We are a safe, non-judgmental, take-off-your-shoes-if-you-like community with a diverse group of good people, where all are welcomed and accepted regardless of knowledge and experience of Judaism. The comfortable atmosphere allows and encourages members to get involved in building and shaping the community, leading people to have a feeling of being at home at Mitziut.
Please feel free to tour our website (which will be getting a complete overhaul soon) or come to any of our upcoming events sometime soon! If you have a question,check out our FAQ or contact us.
Shalom v'ahava,
Reb Menachem
Mitziut is an independent, non-denominational Jewish spiritual community. We are a safe, non-judgmental, take-off-your-shoes-if-you-like community with a diverse group of good people, where all are welcomed and accepted regardless of knowledge and experience of Judaism. The comfortable atmosphere allows and encourages members to get involved in building and shaping the community, leading people to have a feeling of being at home at Mitziut.
Please feel free to tour our website (which will be getting a complete overhaul soon) or come to any of our upcoming events sometime soon! If you have a question,check out our FAQ or contact us.
Shalom v'ahava,
Reb Menachem