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Heaven Is A Place On Earth

Heaven Is A Place On Earth

by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann | Jun 4, 2024 | Rabbinic, Sermons | 0 comments

This sermon was delivered at our Saturday Morning Shabbat service on June 1st. You can watch now on Mishkan’s YouTube channel or listen on the Contact Chai podcast. … The […]

Standing Together 

Standing Together 

by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann | May 22, 2024 | Israel and Palestine, Israel and Palestine, News, Rabbinic, Sermons, Social Justice + Action | 0 comments

This speech was delivered at the Standing Together Israeli-Palestinian Unity Rally in Evanston on May 19th. You can learn more about Standing Together on their website and about their Illinois […]

Born This Way: The Torah and Disability Justice

Born This Way: The Torah and Disability Justice

by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann | May 20, 2024 | Rabbinic, Sermons, Social Justice + Action | 2 comments

This sermon was delivered at our Saturday Morning Shabbat service on May 18th. You can listen to a prior recording of this drash on the Contact Chai podcast or watch […]

Building A Heart of Many Rooms: Toward A More Complete Pursuit Of Liberation

Building A Heart of Many Rooms: Toward A More Complete Pursuit Of Liberation

by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann | May 6, 2024 | Israel and Palestine, Israel and Palestine, Rabbinic, Sermons | 0 comments

This sermon was delivered at our Saturday morning service May 4th. … Today is the 11th day of the Omer, a 49-day counting practice which comes right out of the […]

How to Avoid Retelling the Same Old Story

How to Avoid Retelling the Same Old Story

by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann | Apr 1, 2024 | Israel and Palestine, Israel and Palestine, Rabbinic, Sermons | 0 comments

This sermon was delivered at Mishkan’s Friday Night Shabbat service on March 29th. You can watch it on Mishkan’s YouTube channel or listen on the latest episode of the Contact […]

After Catastrophe, Come Together (of Golden Calves and Making Mishkan)

After Catastrophe, Come Together (of Golden Calves and Making Mishkan)

by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann | Mar 11, 2024 | Israel and Palestine, Israel and Palestine, Rabbinic, Sermons | 0 comments

This sermon was delivered at our Friday Night Shabbat service on March 8th, 2024. You can watch on Mishkan’s YouTube channel or listen on the Contact Chai podcast. … וַיַּקְהֵ֣ל […]

Rabbi Lizzi’s Reflections On Four Days In Israel

Rabbi Lizzi’s Reflections On Four Days In Israel

by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann | Feb 27, 2024 | Israel and Palestine, Israel and Palestine, Rabbinic, Sermons | 3 comments

I’ve been to Israel 20 times in the last 20 years, never for no reason, always for some purpose, whether to study Torah, visit a boyfriend, visit family, learn Hebrew, […]

Rabbi Lizzi’s First Sermon Post-Sabbatical

Rabbi Lizzi’s First Sermon Post-Sabbatical

by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann | Feb 12, 2024 | Israel and Palestine, Israel and Palestine, Rabbinic, Sermons | 1 comment

After a well-deserved sabbatical, Mishkan’s founding rabbi took to the bimah at our February 9th Friday Night Shabbat service. In a wide-ranging sermon, Rabbi Lizzi addressed the ongoing Israel-Hamas war […]

Be More Like Abraham, Be More Human — Combatting Dehumanization

Be More Like Abraham, Be More Human — Combatting Dehumanization

by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann | Oct 30, 2023 | Israel and Palestine, Rabbinic, Sermons | 1 comment

Our October 27th Friday Night Shabbat was R’Lizzi’s last service before her well-earned sabbatical. She took this moment to reflect on what it means to be human, and what it […]

Tap Into The Angel You Could Be

Tap Into The Angel You Could Be

by Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann | Oct 23, 2023 | Israel and Palestine, Rabbinic, Sermons | 1 comment

At our October 20th Virtual Friday Night Shabbat service, Rabbi Lizzi shared poetry and Torah to try to make sense of the destruction ongoing in Israel and Gaza. You can […]

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