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 […]
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 […]
At our December 8th service, Rabbi Steven connected the ancient themes of Hanukkah to the present-day realities of antisemitism and hatred which we must overcome together. … Hanukkah is one […]
This sermon was delivered at our November 11th, 2023 Friday Night Shabbat service. You can watch it on the Mishkan YouTube channel or listen on our podcast, Contact Chai. … […]
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 […]
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 […]
At our October 13th service, our first service since the High Holidays and our first in-person space for grieving following the October 7th terrorist attack on Israeli civilians, Rabbi Steven […]
יְ-ה-וָ-ה עֹז, לְעַמּוֹ יִתֵּן; יְהוָה, יְבָרֵךְ אֶת-עַמּוֹ בַשָּׁלוֹם. Adonai Oz l’Amo yiten Adonai y’varekh et Amo va’shalom May the Source give strength to Your people, may You bless all of […]
At our 5784 Rosh Hashanah service, Rabbi Lizzi delivered a sermon about how about how acting out of fear has led to seemingly endless cycle of violence in Israel. You can […]
Standing Together organizers protest for “Minimum 40,” a minimum wage campaign in Israel. **** I don’t write or say much about what’s happening in Israel because frankly, there’s plenty of […]