Mishkan Blog
A Prayer for Inauguration Day
For the past four years, I’ve taken great comfort in the many reminders in Jewish liturgy that we don’t worship any human king or person – we answer to G!d, the Royalty above royalty, Melekh Malkhei ha’Melakhim, the king of kings, the Sabbath Queen, the Source of...
When We Are Powered By Courage
When we at Mishkan come across unusual and meaningful opportunities to learn and talk about Israel, we find that our community wants to take part. It's for this reason that we're inviting you to join me, and Mishkan, for a special opportunity to meet influential...
Announcing Mishkan Chicago and Edot Partnership
Mishkan Chicago is proud to announce our partnership with Edot HaMidwest: The Midwest Regional Jewish Diversity Collaborative. Mishkan is the inaugural member of the newly formed Edot Synagogue Partnership, a Program that focuses on training and coaching synagogues to...
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5781: There Can Be Miracles When You Believe
In the winter of 2018, I was sitting with my weekly “spirituality and recovery group” at the Exodus Transitional Community, a center for people recently released from prison. As their chaplain, I was tasked with caring for the spiritual needs of these people who were...
The Best Way Forward is Through
We want to bring you up to speed on the work we've been doing in the realm of race, diversity, equity and inclusion, over the past few years. We've been thinking about these issues at Mishkan from the beginning, but in the last year and a half we have begun...
Complicity + Our Imperfect History: A Pride-Inspired Drash
From Ash Levine When I first read this portion, I was deeply uncomfortable with the portrait it painted. Korach and his collaborators were living in a difficult moment. The Israelites had just learned that they wouldn’t be permitted to enter the promised land in their...