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 […]
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 […]
A More Honest Story: Yom Ha’Zikaron and Yom Ha’Atzmaut
This sermon was delivered at our May 10th Friday Night Shabbat service. You can listen to it on the Contact Chai podcast or watch now on YouTube. … There is […]
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 […]
How to Avoid Retelling the Same Old Story
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 […]
(Jewish) Power: Fantasy, Reality, and Responsibility
This sermon was originally delivered at our Saturday morning service on March 16th. … For us Jews, the classic holiday formula goes: they tried to kill us, we survived, let’s […]
After Catastrophe, Come Together (of Golden Calves and Making Mishkan)
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
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
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 […]
Stories That Make Me Cry
This sermon was delivered at our virtual service on January 12th, 2024. You can watch it on YouTube or listen on the Contact Chai podcast. … The Talmud (TB Chagigah […]