Mishkan-at-a-Glance
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Mishkan is a vibrant community offering a wide range of activities. We invite you to get to know us and see where you'd like to get involved.
You'll find links to learn more about our committees, programs, interest & working groups along with links for all Staff, Board & group contacts, Listserv sign-ups & social media.
GET CONNECTED . . . GET INVOLVED . . . BRING YOUR GIFTS TO OUR MISHKAN!
WE WELCOME COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION!
MISHKAN SHALOM STATEMENT OF PRINCIPLES
Many groups are open to the larger community, including Spiritual Life gatherings, Tikkun Olam/Social Justice working groups and Lifelong Learning classes. Our Library is open to the public whenever the building is open.
STAFF
Shawn Zevit: Lead Rabbi
Rebecca Phillips: Director of Synagogue Operations
Maria Paranzino: Office Administrator
Lynn Edelman: Communications & Membership Manager
Holli Goldenberg: Hebrew School Director, Tot Shabbat & Teen Coordinator
Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer: Hebrew School Curriculum Development
2022-2023: Rabbinic Interns: Alana Krivo-Kaufman and Noah Dor Lind
Brian Walt: Founding Rabbi, Rabbi Emeritus
Yael Levy: Rabbi Emerita; Director, A Way In: Jewish Mindfulness Program
BOARD MEMBERS & PORTFOLIOS (5783: 2022-2023)
The Board of Directors guides our community in accordance with:
Our Statement of Principles, Our By-Laws & Our Strategic Plan
President: Jean Brody
Immediate Past- President: Steve Jones
Secretary/Board Representative for Communications: Elissa Goldberg
Treasurer: John Palmer
Building & Site: Jeff Block
Development: Robert Prischak
Education: Rivka Jarosh
Membership- Sharon Gorenstein
Tikkun Olam: David Love
Spiritual Life: TBD
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Communications:
Staff: Lynn Edelman, Maralin Blistein
Website Content Coordinator: Lynn Edelman, Writer/Editor
Kol Shalom (monthly newsletter): Eilen Levinson, Editor Graphic Designer: Maralin Blistein
Ma Hadash (weekly e-update): Lynn Edelman, Maralin Blistein
Facebook
Members-only Listserve: Seth Horwitz, Moderator
Membership & Community Engagement:
Staff: Lynn Edelman, Rabbi Shawn Zevit, Maria Paranzino, Sharon Gornstein (Board) Roz Spigel (Lay Chair)
Brit Mishkan: Coordinator: Marc Jacobs
Acts of Caring: Stephanie Shell and Susan Schewel, Coordinators
Hineini: Lisa Mervis, Chris Taranta,Coordinators [Request/provide short-term support.]
Education Committee: Odamis Fernandez, Committee Chair, Rivka Jarosh, Board Rep
Spiritual Life Council: Chair: TBD and Rabbi Shawn Zevit
Leyning Coordinator: Rod MacNeil & Torah Study Coordinator: Eugene Sotirescu
Library Committee/One Book Mishkan: Andrea Nunez, Committee Chair
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Mishkan Shalom Collaborative Initiatives and Engagement Programs:
- New Sanctuary/Immigration Refugee Working Group: Rabbi Michael Ramberg, Judi Bernstein-Baker, Coordinator
- Anti-racism Working Group- contact Sharon Weinman
- Romero Interfaith Center/Interfaith Community Building Group/Urban Resource Development Group: Lance Laver, Contact
- 63rd Street Shelter/: Rivka Jarosh, Coordinator
- Israel Programs: Rabbi Shawn Zevit, Marcy Boroff, Coordinator
- Village Shabbat: Rachel Baltusch,coordinator
- Ma Jong: Susan Schewel, coordinator
- Men of Mishkan: Marc Jacobs, Mark Heller, Facilitators
- Weekend in the Woods Weekend Retreat: Lisagail Zeitlin, Lisa Moss, Co-chairs
- POWER: Sharon Weinman, Coordinator
- Philadelphia Interfaith Hospitality Network- tbd
- Interfaith Peace Walk: Lance Laver, Contact
- J. Proud Jewish Philly LGBTQ Consortium: Bob Prischak, Representative
- Spiritual Direction Circle (Hashpa'ah): Meredith Barber
- Rosh Hodesh Monthly Service: Wendy Galson, Susan Windle, Shoshanah Bricklin: Coordinators
- Makhelat Micha’el: Mishkan Community Choir: Community Contact: Nancy Post Conductor: Miriam Davidson
- Celebrations! & Mitzvah Menshes: Program Coordinator: Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer
- Aesthetics & Building Committee/Yahrzeit Memorial: Lance Laver Committee Chair
- Site Stewards, Bob Prischak, Community Contact
- Sustainable Mishkan | Mishkan Shalom contact Rabbi Shawn Zevit
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We have provided fertile ground for the growth of pathbreaking programs, each now serving the wider community:
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Celebrations! & Mitzvah Menshes Gabrielle Kaplan-Mayer, Program Coordinator Sensory-friendly Shabbat & holiday programs for children (with their families) and young adults (18–30) with special needs.