Nichols Park Minyan

09/05/2025

Join us for High Holidays 5786 at the Promontory Point Field House!
Full schedule and RSVP link: bit.ly/NPMHH5786
(RSVPs not required but very helpful! Attendance is free. Donate if you can: nicholsparkminyan.org/donate )

06/30/2025

We are gearing up for High Holidays (already?! yes!). Promontory Point Field House is currently available for all of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, but we can't reserve it without the full rental funds. We are hoping to raise the money to book it by the end of July. Please consider a donation. If you usually donate around High Holidays, please consider making your donation earlier:

Help Nichols Park Minyan raise $6,500 to rent Promontory Point Field House for both Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur! Our community treasures the opportunity to daven in such a beautiful, meaningful location. The building is currently available for both holidays, but we must pay soon to reserve a spot!A...

09/11/2024

We're so excited to ring in 5785 together at Promontory Point Field House!

RSVPs are not required to attend NPM services, but please let us know when you hope to attend by filling out this RSVP form. The form also contains information about accessibility, childcare, and the Rosh Hashanah potluck.

RSVPs are very helpful for our planning purposes, but are not required. - Main services will be in or near the fieldhouse at Promontory Point (5491 S. DuSable Lake Shore Drive). Promontory Point Fieldhouse is ADA-accessible. The water’s edge at the Point is not ADA-accessible. Each location, with ...

08/18/2023

Join us for this year’s High Holidays! Weather permitting, all services will be held outdoors, with larger services at Akiba-Schechter and smaller gatherings at Nichols Park and the Point. Covid tests will be required and provided to all attendees. For more details and to RSVP, visit this form: https://forms.gle/CqNd5ztmKaig8WHC8

And while attendance is free, we welcome donations to our fundraiser here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/fundraising/2aea3921-ef6f-4619-9412-727097837666

NPM is an independent, volunteer-run, egalitarian minyan – check out www.nicholsparkminyan.org to learn more about us!

Draft of full schedule here (details subject to change, but the broad strokes are there!) We’ll be based at Akiba, our davening home for the past 10 months ❤️ Each davening location is ADA-accessible and will have chairs. The water’s edge at the Point is not ADA-accessible. Each location, wi...

05/23/2023

Join us for Shavuot, this Thursday night through Saturday, around the neighborhood! we've got:
📚 Community Tikkun Leil Shavuot
🌅 Sunrise davening
📜 Shabbat Yom Tov davening (incl. Megillat Rut, Yizkor)
🍰 kiddushes & picnics & potlucks aplenty!
all details here:

Nichols Park Minyan Shavuot 5783 RSVP here. Contact: [email protected] Erev Shavuot – Thursday, May 25 Tikkun Leil Shavuot, co-hosted with KAM-II @ Akiba (5235 S Cornell Ave) Masks available & encouraged. Dress warmly! In case of inclement weather, some courtyard sessions may move ...

05/11/2023

NPM officially has a website – our new home for regulars and newcomers alike to stay in the loop. Check us out at nicholsparkminyan.org!

Nichols Park Minyan is an independent, traditional egalitarian Jewish congregation in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago

05/09/2023