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“…The verses in this parsha let me down.” — Parashat Emor and Disability Justice

“…The verses in this parsha let me down.” — Parashat Emor and Disability Justice

by Rabbi Deena Cowans | May 8, 2023 | Rabbinic, Sermons, Social Justice + Action | 0 comments

At our May 6th Saturday Morning Shabbat service, Rabbi Deena reflected on the difficult verses in Parashat Emor which ban people with certain physical disabilities from serving as priests. In […]

Sharing Some News…

Sharing Some News…

by Rabbi Deena Cowans | May 1, 2023 | Rabbinic | 0 comments

With much appreciation, I wanted to let you know that I’ll be leaving Mishkan at the end of May 2023. I feel so blessed to have built relationships with so […]

Keeping Kosher: Ancient Mindful Eating?

Keeping Kosher: Ancient Mindful Eating?

by Rabbi Deena Cowans | Apr 17, 2023 | Rabbinic, Sermons | 2 comments

At our Saturday morning service on April 15th, Rabbi Deena argued that keeping kosher is more than just an all-or-nothing, take-it-or-leave-it obligation — kashrut is also an ancient mindful eating […]

From Haman To Huwara

From Haman To Huwara

by Rabbi Deena Cowans | Mar 6, 2023 | News, Rabbinic, Sermons, Social Justice + Action | 1 comment

The Shabbat before Purim is known as Shabbat Zachor, when we unpack the story of a blood feud between Israel and Amalek which stretches from the time of Moses through […]

What If We Are The Egyptians In The Exodus Story?

What If We Are The Egyptians In The Exodus Story?

by Rabbi Deena Cowans | Jan 30, 2023 | News, Rabbinic, Sermons, Uncategorized | 0 comments

At our Friday Night service on January 27th, following a painful week of mass shootings, Rabbi Deena delivered a drash on this week’s parsha from Exodus comparing its plagues of […]

Where It Began…

Where It Began…

by Rabbi Deena Cowans | Oct 19, 2022 | Rabbinic, Sermons | 0 comments

At Mishkan’s 5783 Yom Kippur service, Rabbi Deena Cowans delivered a sermon inviting us to bravely begin new things, even (especially!) if we aren’t very good at them at first. […]

How Do I Console Someone Who Is Suffering?

How Do I Console Someone Who Is Suffering?

by Rabbi Deena Cowans | Aug 24, 2022 | Rabbinic, Sermons | 0 comments

The seven weeks leading up to the High Holidays are all about consolation. In Rabbi Deena’s drash from our August 19th service, we learned how to model G-d’s method of […]

Passover: What Does Freedom Even Mean?

Passover: What Does Freedom Even Mean?

by Rabbi Deena Cowans | Apr 13, 2022 | News, Rabbinic, Sermons, Social Justice + Action | 0 comments

Passover is a story about freedom. But what even is freedom? Rabbi Deena breaks it down ahead of Mishkan’s virtual Passover seder. This sermon was originally delivered at the Saturday […]

The Great Pesach Bake Off: The Joys of Spiritual Spring Cleaning

The Great Pesach Bake Off: The Joys of Spiritual Spring Cleaning

by Rabbi Deena Cowans | Apr 5, 2022 | Rabbinic, Sermons | 0 comments

As many Jews around the world get ready to prepare their kitchens for Passover, Rabbi Deena explores the spiritual wisdom of Judaism’s baking and spring cleaning traditions. This sermon was […]

To Life, to Life, L’chayim?

by Rabbi Deena Cowans | Sep 10, 2021 | Rabbinic, Sermons | 0 comments

Rabbi Deena’s sermon from Erev Rosh Hashanah 5782 In her book “The Art of Dying Well”, journalist and motivational speaker Katy Butler writes that Western medicine has become focused on […]

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