We had a blast spending Purim with you! While our celebration was one wild night of laughter and release (relive it with this YouTube playlist), it was the culmination of months of work — our festivities were only possible with the help of an incredible team of volunteers both onstage and behind-the-scenes.
Thank you to…
Our hilarious Spiel Team: Cassie Angley, Henry Bernstein, Abra Chusid, Bex Ehrmann, Benji Feldheim, Lori Feldman, Emma Jacobson, Debbie Kaltman, Richard Kallus, Carter Koen, Avery Komlofske, Melanie Koss, Caroline Miller, Jon Quinn, Heather Marie Vitale, Benjie Weiss
Our talented Megillah readers: Ilana Abusch, Ben Cedarquist, Talia Canter, Evan Goldstein, Eli Newell, Cantor Riki Lippitz, Rabbi Michelle Stern, Reuven Solomon
Tim Graves, for leading our pre-Purim edition of Ometz: Jews in Recovery.
Debbie Sharpe, aka. The Goddess, for sponsoring gifts for our staff to Goddess and Grocer
Sam Zeitlin, for teaching our hamantaschen baking class at Zeitlin’s Delicatessen.
Repair the World, for packing hygiene kits for Chi-Care.
MishTeen Family Purim volunteers: Marshall Allen, Elliot Allen, Lincoln Allen, Ron Averbukh, Eliana Brennan, Ben Cederquist, Julia Cederquist, Taylor Clopton, John Conway, Anna Cynamon, Cora Bass Ehler, Noa Bass Ehler, Lucia Gillett, Elliott Ginsburg, Maddy Goldstein, Dahlia Goodman, Ben Hirschberg, Oliver Jacover, Zora Kraft, Stella Levitan, Jordan Lyons, Eliana Many, Eva Michelson, Sasha Michelson, Lila Nazemgoff, Emmy Nazemgoff, Maddy Oppenheimer, Violet Rassner, Roman Rittenberg, Mira Rothfeder, Audrey Saltzman, Julian Seidler, Sam Shaw-Furman, Henry Taustein, Elise Thomas, Lincoln Wolfson Trussell
Eli Newell and Reuven Solomon for teaching and gabbai’ing our teen Megillah reader.
Team Mishkan for putting their hearts and souls into everything… but especially Purim!
Everyone who donated during our Matanot L’evyonim fundraiser. In one night, we raised $7,260 for The Chicago Food Depository, Illinois Coalition for Immigrants and Refugee Rights, and the Yesod Fund! Please consider giving to these worthy causes if you are able.
Mishloach Manot Sponsors
Thank you to all the folks whose generosity allowed us to send 250 expressions of love and delight to Mishkan households.
$360 Esther Level
The Heydemann-Bernstein Family
$180 Mordechai Level
Dorlee & Jonathan Michaeli
Keidan-Levin Family
Lesa Ukman
Loughran Melnick Family
Jonathan & Dorlee Michaeli
Ronald Lizcano and Matthew Wald
Anita & Stephanie Cohen
Rabbi Steven’s mom
$90 Vashti Level
Abby Shure and Walden Nelson
Barb & Kirk Dornbush
Bob Cohn
Cort Frankel Family
Debbie Kaltman, Benji Feldheim & Maya Feldheim
Elana Kahn and Rick Ceschin
Evie and Larry Plofsky
Gail and Larry Volk
Gali Cooks and Keren Rosenbaum-Cooks and family
Jessica & Sam Bernstein
Judith Caplan
Kluk-Orbach Family
Lauri Alpern and Family
Lydia, Ed & John Conway
Rachel and Devin Gross
Reva Freedman and Michael Glass
Susan Nerlove and Joe Naccache
$54 Hadassah Level
Avery-Gross Family
Debbie Lessin
Elesheva
Jodi Eisenstadt
Judy Vashtiwannabe Yacker
Judy Yacker
Kay Ariel
Kimchi-Stern Family
Marlene Rotstein
NOT HAMAN
Rachel Hillman
Rachel Winokur
Richard, Dori, Maya, Gavi and Ziva Kallus/Moscowitz
Shari Giddens
Sharon Wolfson & Jake Trussell
Sima Kirsch
Wendy and Danny Schuman
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Esther 8:16 says, “And the Jews enjoyed delight, gladness, and joy.” Thank you to everyone whose generosity brought delight, gladness, and joy to our community.