The Oldest Trick in Pharaoh’s Book
This sermon was delivered at our Saturday morning service on January 18th, 2025. You can listen to this drash on Contact Chai podcast or watch on our YouTube channel. **** […]
Overcoming Vengeance: Esau and the Maccabees
This sermon was delivered at our Friday service on December 13th. You can watch it on Mishkan’s YouTube channel or listen on Contact Chai podcast. **** Every week, when rabbis […]
Saving Ourselves From Being Like Sodom
This sermon was delivered at our services on November 15th and 16th. You can listen to this sermon on Contact Chai podcast or watch it on Mishkan’s YouTube channel. **** […]
Sabbatical and Sustainability — R’Lizzi Kol Nidre Sermon
This sermon was delivered at Mishkan’s 5785 Kol Nidre service. You can listen to this sermon on Contact Chai podcast or watch the sermon on Mishkan Chicago’s YouTube channel. **** […]
We Cannot Let Our Grief Tear Us Apart — R’Lizzi Rosh Hashanah Sermon
This sermon was delivered at Mishkan Chicago’s 5785 Rosh Hashanah service. You can listen on Contact Chai podcast or watch on Mishkan’s YouTube channel. **** About a week after October […]
Reflections From My First Week In Israel
Pictured: R’Lizzi with Karmit Arbel (our tour guide from 2022), and Tina Khatib, an Acco-based Muslim peace builder and chef at Beit Elfarasha. … Shalom! It’s Rabbi Lizzi, writing from […]
Heaven Is A Place On Earth
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
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
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
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 […]