Rabbi Lizzi spoke with representatives of the Standing Together movement, whose mission is to bring equality, political, and climate justice to all citizens of Israel, and peaceful coexistence with Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza. On the Eve of Yom HaAtzma’ut, which celebrates 77 years of Israeli independence, Itamar Avneri and Angela Mattar — a Jewish and Palestinian leader — spoke about the challenges and bright spots they’re seeing, and how we here in Chicago can push for the Israel we know is possible.

Website of Standing Together
https://www.standing-together.org/en

May 4 Chicago Rally for Peace
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1h3R7LkJGURB7J3Q9y0K2BnZD5rEJGFigcb1okZyHze4/viewform?edit_requested=true

Illinois Friends of Standing Together Mailing List Sign-Up
https://gmail.us22.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=86cc164369e740a2f35e05e8a&id=e9f465b26b

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Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss.

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Every weekday at 8:00 am, Mishkan Chicago holds a virtual Morning Minyan. You can join in yourself, or listen to all the prayer, music, and inspiration right here on Contact Chai.

https://mishkan.shulcloud.com/form/reg-morning-minyan-evergreen

Links referenced in today's episode:

Rabbi Ariel Root Wolpe's Omer song:
https://soundcloud.com/ariel-root-wolpe/hineni-muchan-umzuman-i-am-ready?

Velveteen Rabbi Omer explanation and image of Kabbalistic Sefirot: https://velveteenrabbi.blogs.com/blog/2018/07/seven.html

Taffy Brodesser-Akner's NYT Piece, "The Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn't Write": https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/06/magazine/holocaust-story-education.html

Aish Omer Meditation:
https://aish.com/daily-omer-meditation/

Kululam: 600 Survivors and their descendants sing Chai - I'm Alive! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vuh1-jDi7Qw

Become A Builder!
https://www.mishkanchicago.org/support/be-a-builder/

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Today’s episode is a Shabbat Replay of our service on April 19th when Rabbi Steven drashed on the power and danger of anger. We can get pretty uncomfortable with this emotion these days, with good reason, and it can be awkward how present righteous anger is in the haggadah. How can we harness this potent feeling in a healthy way in pursuit of justice?

This Sunday, April 27th, at 10:00 am, Mishkan is thrilled to once again join our friends at Lawndale Christian Community Church for an interfaith service. Lawndale once held a thriving Jewish community, but racism, predatory contract lending, and white flight left the neighborhood under-resourced and highly segregated. We are honored to participate in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the Dr. Dennis Deer Community Justice Center, a new facility providing holistic justice through legal services, career support, and housing for clients of the Lawndale Christian Legal Center.

https://www.mishkanchicago.org/event/interfaith-service-and-celebration-with-lawndale-christian-legal-center/

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For upcoming Shabbat services and programs, check our event calendar, and see our Accessibility & Inclusion page for information about our venues. Follow us on Instagram and like us on Facebook for more updates. To support Mishkan's important work of creating radically inclusive, down-to-earth, inspired Judaism, we invite you to join as a Builder or donate today.

https://www.mishkanchicago.org/support/be-a-builder/

https://www.mishkanchicago.org/support/makeyourgift/

Produced by Mishkan Chicago. Music composed, produced, and performed by Kalman Strauss.

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