Dear Fellow Congregants, 

It has been seven weeks since our two temples merged into one dynamic Congregation Mishkan Or ("dwelling place of light") and we are enthusiastic about our new direction! 

We hope you will join us on Sunday, August 25, 4:00pm-6:00pm, for a Congregation Mishkan Or Garden Party and Activity Fair. This is a great opportunity to meet fellow members, learn more about getting involved in different groups, and enjoy some delicious treats! At 5:30pm, we will have a special ceremony to install a mezuzah on the door of the Sanctuary and bless our spiritual home! 

Before the party, our Limmud Learning program will hold an Open House beginning at 3:00pm, for students pre-K to 12th grade and their families to explore school offerings, get acquainted with our building, and meet our amazing Limmud Learning staff. 

Need fast info on Mishkan Or? These links will help: 

• Here is our High Holy Day Schedule + Q&A for 2024 (5785).
• Here is the registration Link for Limmud Learning, pre-K to12th grades. 
• Checking on membership or to help connect a potential member? Reach out to Allison Shippy of our membership and engagement team. 
• Interested in learning more about our Mishkan Or groups, click on our website Social Connection tab. 
• How is Mishkan Or responding to the Israel/Hamas war? See our museum exhibit “Very Sad" in its final days, and our message from Rabbis Yael Dadoun and Josh Caruso about Mishkan Or's project for Kibbutz Sufa near the Gaza border.

We look forward to seeing you on Sunday, August 25. Please contact us at anytime at president@mishkanor.org! 

Beth Dery and Michele Krantz

Co-Presidents - Board of Directors

More details here about Mishkan Or Garden Party and Activity Fair.

To RSVP and join us, click here.

SHABBAT WORSHIP and LIFELONG LEARNING

More info on offerings below at "What's New?" on Mishkanor.org.

Friday, August 16, 6:00pm

Erev Shabbat Worship led by Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum and Cantor Vladimir Lapin, in person or virtually on livestream or Facebook.

Perpetual Yahrzeit Names all honored in Shabbat Handout:

• August 16 and 17: Perpetual Yahrtzeits
• August 23 and 24: Perpetual Yahrzeits

If you wish clergy to read aloud the name of a loved one for yahrtzeit or recent death, contact Cyndi Wilson here in advance or ask ushers assistance in getting your request to clergy.

Saturday, August 17, 9:00am

Shabbat Morning Adult Learning Options:

• Join Rabbi Roger Klein in the Hartzmark Room or by livestream.
• Join Rabbi Elle Muhlbaum for Torah Study in the Library.

Saturday, August 17, 10:30am

NEW Shabbat B'yachad ("together")

Join us at a pilot program, Shabbat B'yachad, a multigenerational Shabbat service held most weeks, including the mitzvah of hearing readings from the Torah. Cantor Kathy Sebo and Rabbi Roger Klein will lead Shabbat B'yachad this week in Chapel (and livestream), not to go beyond 11:30am.

Saturday, August 17, 11:00am Splashy Shabbat

Kids ages 0-5 and their loved ones are welcome to enjoy a splashy, joyful Shabbat! RSVP required to Holly Green.

Tuesday, August 20, 10:00am Tuesday Morning Minyan

Connect with others offering daily morning Jewish prayers in our chapel or virtually, led by Cantor Vladimir Lapin.

Thursday, August 15, 22 and 29, 4:00pm-5:30pm Poetry Thursday

Led weekly by Rabbi Roger Klein on Zoom. Contact Cyndi Wilson for the link.

PRAYERS FOR ISRAEL IN PERILOUS TIMES

Congregation Mishkan Or continues to pray and advocate for the release of hostages held by Hamas since a devastating attack on Israel - on October 7, 2023; we hope for the negotiations underway to halt war, bloodshed, and growing crises in Israel and Gaza. We offer solidarity and manifold blessings for the State of Israel. and the safety of all in the region. As fears rise worldwide of potential Iranian attacks, we yearn for the violence to end, for enduring peace and for all hostages to come home!

Explore Congregation Mishkan Or at Mishkanor.org or call (216) 831-3233 or visit.

Recent E-News:

August 8 E-News from our Limmud Learning co-directors listing educational offerings

August 6 E-News with a High Holy Day Schedule and a Q&A.

If you experience a pastoral emergency requiring the urgent attention of the clergy, contact Rabbi Rob Nosanchuk here or call/text him directly at (216) 645-1860. He or another clergy team member on call will respond right away.

We are a proud member of the Union for Reform Judaism. Learn core values of Reform Judaism here or visit and explore Congregation Mishkan Or's vibrant expression of Reform Judaism!