Arts and Music
Arts and Music
When Mishkan Bat Mitzvah student Sara Charme-Zane created the beautiful mosaic wall hanging which graces our Kehillah (Community) Room, she noted her teacher and mentor, Isaiah Zagar, taught: "Art is the center of the real world."
Mishkan Shalom is a community rich in artists and artisans, musicians and writers, and our community life routinely features music, performances, book readings and special exhibitions in addition to our standing installations.
Arts
Exhibitions
Works in many media are exhibited throughout the year in the Heschel-King Room on the third floor of Mishkan Shalom, near the sanctuary, chapel and library. Most exhibitions explore issues of social justice or other areas of concern; they represent another dimension of our community's work toward tikkun olam (repair of the world). All exhibitions are free, open to the public and usually remain for several months.
Installations
A number of works of art, permanently installed throughout the building, enhance the beauty and sanctity of our surroundings. Our sanctuary furnishings and our original ark, now in the chapel, and our Ner Tamidim (eternal lights in the sanctuary and chapel), each have wonderful stories connected to them. The Yahrzeit Memorial, suspended from the third floor atrium of the main stairwell, and the Holocaust Memorial in our garden, above the ampitheater, were both significant projects which each took several years to be realized.
Music
Makhelat Micha'el: Mishkan Community Choir
Includes members and nonmembers who perform throughout the region, under the direction of Miriam Davidson.
Rabbi Shawn Zevit
An accomplished singer, songwriter, guitarist, actor and liturgist, and a founding member of the popular Jewish musical group Shabbat Unplugged, Rabbi Shawn has performed concerts, interactive music and theater, and woven song into a variety of performance, teaching and consulting events across the U.S. and Canada, and around the world, for over 25 years. He is also an author, playwright and poet.
His CDs include:
Fri, April 18 2025
20 Nisan 5785
Upcoming Events
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Saturday ,
AprApril 19 , 2025
Shabbat, Apr 19th 10:00a to 12:00p
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Saturday ,
AprApril 19 , 2025
Shabbat, Apr 19th 10:00a to 10:30a
An alternative morning prayer gathering incorporating midfulness and contemplative practices. Offerings include meditation, embodiment, and breath work. -
Saturday ,
AprApril 19 , 2025
Shabbat, Apr 19th 7:00p to 9:00p
The Sacred Witness trip to support activists on the ground took place February 2025, during the brief and fragile ceasefire in Gaza. Others in the community who have experience with past witness trips, and current support of Palestinian students from Gaza may share briefly as well. There will be an opportunity for dyad, havrutah time to continue to build our connections through deep listening and sharing. We will end with havdallah with Rabbi Shawn and Rabbi Simcha as the eighth day of Passover begins. There will be light Passover dessert. RSVP Moon Smith moonesmith@gmail.com, 215-260-2637 address: 512 W Allens Lane,19119- entrance on McCallum st kitty corner from Arts Center -
Sunday ,
AprApril 20 , 2025
Sunday, Apr 20th 5:00p to 7:00p
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Monday ,
AprApril 21 , 2025
Monday, Apr 21st 8:00a to 9:00a
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Monday ,
AprApril 21 , 2025
Monday, Apr 21st 7:00p to 9:00p
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Monday ,
AprApril 21 , 2025
Monday, Apr 21st 7:00p to 9:00p
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Tuesday ,
AprApril 22 , 2025
Tuesday, Apr 22nd 4:30p to 5:30p
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Tuesday ,
AprApril 22 , 2025
Tuesday, Apr 22nd 7:30p to 9:00p
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AprApril 23 , 2025
Wednesday, Apr 23rd 8:00a to 9:00a
CONTACT US
Mishkan Shalom, 4101 Freeland Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19128 | 215-508-0226
OFFICE HOURS
Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday, by appointment.
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