Generated by All in One SEO v5.0.1, this is an llms.txt file, used by LLMs to index the site. # Mishkan Ha'am A Reconstructionist Community ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [All Posts](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/all-posts/) - [Upcoming Events](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/upcoming-events/) - UPCOMING EVENTS FREE INCLUSIVE HIGH HOLIDAY SERVICES EVERYONE IS WELCOME Under the tent at the Park Hill Racquet Club 2 Glenbrook Avenue, Yonkers, NY zoom streaming available Rosh Hashanah Friday - Sunday September 11 - 13 Erev 7:30pm Day One* 9:45am Day Two Family Service 10:00am Yom Kippur Sunday - Monday September 20 - - [Welcome!](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/welcome/) - Mishkan Ha’am welcomes everyone who wants to share in what we offer, including people of any age, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity, as individuals or in families of all configurations. Full participation is open to members of interfaith households, those with longstanding Jewish practice or no previous Jewish affiliation, and those certain of, - [High Holy Days With Mishkan Ha'am](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/high-holy-days-with-mishkan-haam/) - [Rosh Hashanah](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/rosh-hashanah/) - Rosh HaShana, the Jewish New Year, focuses on God’s judgment and ultimately on a new beginning for humanity: hayom harat olam—the day the world is born anew. The major themes of Rosh Hashana are the creation of the world, the sovereignty of God, divine judgment and remembrance. These themes present an opportunity to identify the - [About Rabbinic Leader Jesse Weil](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/about-rabbinic-leader-jesse-weil/) - Mishkan Ha'am Rabbinic Leader Jesse Weil is currently a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC), in Wyncote, Pa. A graduate of Brown University, Jesse is an artist, writer, and educator. He has performed widely on stage and television, and has facilitated storytelling programs for students of different ages and backgrounds in schools, synagogues, and non-profit - [High Holiday Machzor and Yom Kippur Break-Fast Details](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/yom-kippur-break-fast-details/) - Download the Mishkan Ha'am High Holiday Machzor (PDF) The Mishkan Ha'am communal Break-Fast follows immediately after Neilah on Yom Kippur at the Park Hill Racquet Club. The dairy menu includes bagels, lox, cream cheese, whitefish, kugel, cheeses, nuts, gefilte fish, herring as well as cakes and sweet treats, fresh fruit, flavored yogurts, coffee, tea, juice, lemonade, - [Intergenerational Programming](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/sukkot/) - Building relationships at Mishkan Ha’am Would you like to get to know MH’ers of different generations better? This year we hope to do just that with a new initiative to bring people of different ages together in small groups in members’ homes. First up is a program leading into Simchat Torah. We will match up - [The Gifts of Failure: Mishkan Ha’am High Holidays 5784](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/resilience-and-return-mishkan-haam-rosh-hashanah-5780/) - This is a time full of new beginnings. A New Year, 5784. And a new chapter in the life of Mishkan Ha’am. We’ve begun our congregation’s 2nd quarter-century and this is my first holiday season serving as your rabbi. What an exciting threshold we stand upon. For those whose lives revolve around an academic calendar, - [She’arim/Gateways: Mishkan Ha’am’s Innovative Approach to Jewish Education](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/shearim-gateways-mishkan-haams-innovative-approach-to-jewish-education/) - She’arim/Gateways is a fun, community-based Jewish School experience for learners in grades K-7. Forms Curriculum Special Programs Shabbatapalooza More than a traditional “Hebrew School,” it is community-building for young people and their families. She’arim is the Jewish education that feels like summer camp all year long. Our “Hebrew School” is so different we don’t even - [Book Group: Dear Zealots, by Amos Oz](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/book-group-dear-zealots-by-amos-oz/) - Book group discussion on Dear Zealots, by Amos Oz was held on Sunday, November 3rd. The book is about the Israeli / Palestinian conflict. Both the Riverdale and Westchester libraries have copies and it also can be obtained through amazon. Oz begins by describing Judaism as a culture rather than a religion or nationality. He - [Teshuvah and Resilience: Rosh Hashanah 5780](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/teshuvah-and-resilience-rosh-hashanah-5780/) - By Joyce Bressler When Solomon asked me to write a reflection for the High Holy days I thought I was too busy and not up to the challenge. But after awhile I realized what an honor it is. I have been connected to Mishkan Ha’am for the past few years. Although I live in Stony - [Members](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/members/) - [Trying to Make the Mark](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/message-from-rabbi-david/) - Baruch ata Adonai, eloheinu melech ha'olam borei p'ri ha'eitz. Baruch ata Adonai eloheinu melech ha'olam borei p'ri ha'adamah. Blessed are you, Adonai, our God, Encompasser of the World who has created the fruit of the tree. Worthy are you, Source Of Life, this thing I call our God, that created the produce of the land. - [The Hebrew month of Elul begins on August 6-7](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/the-hebrew-month-of-elul-begins-on-august-6-7/) - Elul is the month that proceeds Rosh HaShanah, and has thus been given special, important significance in Jewish tradition. We are asked to account for our souls in a process of cheshbon nefesh (taking account for our soul). The goal being that on Yom Kippur, 40 days from the first day of Elul, we will be complete ## Pages - [Welcome to Mishkan Ha'am](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/) - Our mission at Mishkan Ha’am is to create a warm, joyful, collaborative community within a framework of Reconstructionist Judaism. We welcome diversity and encourage engagement with our evolving tradition, the exploration of varied ideas and beliefs, and the creative expression of Jewish identity. At Mishkan Ha'am, children and adults gather for education and discussion, celebration and life cycle events, and spiritual - [Leadership & Staff](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/about/leadership/) - Rabbi Lori Feldstein-Gardner, Education Director Rabbi Lori Feldstein-Gardner was born and raised in New York. She was very active in her home congregation, Riverdale Temple. It was there at age 16 that she decided that she wanted to be a rabbi. She found Reconstructionist Judaism at age 18 while attending Mount Holyoke College. She - [She'arim/Gateways: Mishkan Ha’am’s Innovative Approach to Jewish Education](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/shearim-jewish-jewish-school/) - She’arim/Gateways is a fun, community-based experience. More than “Hebrew School,” it is community building for young people and their families, it is immersion in Jewish space and time. It is ownership of Torah and Jewish tradition – not by wrote, but by wrestle – allowing our students to challenge the material. - [Membership](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/contact-us/membership/) - Yearly Membership Dues: Multi-member household $1,600 Individual $1,100 Mishkan Ha’am will never deny membership to anyone due to inability to pay our dues. If you cannot afford our dues, please contact our Treasurer, Joey Parnes, at (914) 222-5518, and we will work something out with you. Membership and She'arim Tuition form 2024-2025 - [Rabbi Jonathan's Blog](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/rabbi-jonathans-blog/) - [Officers](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/about/leadership/officers/) - Tobie Stanger, President: mishkanhaam@gmail.com Sam Simmons, Vice President Joey Parnes, Treasurer David Saphra, Secretary - [She'arim/Gateways: Curriculum](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/shearim-jewish-jewish-school/curriculum-shearim-jewish-school/) - She'arim, School Calendar 2023-2024 School Mission She’arim is a community of multi-aged learners with a mission of engaging Judaism as a portal: for creativity, for meaning-making, and for personal agency. Our name means “gateways,” and we offer transformative Jewish life experiences that allow our children to access a gateway to a connection to Judaism. We - [Congregational Learning](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/jewish-education/) - At Mishkan Ha'am we have Jewish education opportunities for all ages and we strive to create a learning community where all are welcome under our tent, our Mishkan. Mishkan Ha’am is Hebrew for Tent of the People or Sacred Tent of the People. When we form tight knit, mutually respectful groups, we can explore our - [History](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/about/our-history-jewish-community-westchester/) - In the spring of 1997, we looked at our kids and realized they were getting to a certain age, and we knew that we wanted to impart to them a sense of Jewish identity within a community. We were seeking a way to have meaning, and not just form; a place where our kids — and we — could ask questions, challenge assumptions, and where religion would not be a rote thing. We couldn’t find it. - [Support Us](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/giving/) - Celebrating a birthday, anniversary, or other life milestone? Know anyone getting married, having a Bar/Bat Mitzvah, publishing a book, playing in a concert? Observing a yahrzeit? These are just a few of the many occasions you might want to mark with a tax-deductible donation to Mishkan Ha’am. We very much appreciate anything you can give. - [Holidays](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/get-active/high-holidays/) - We usually celebrate holidays together, generally at the First Reformed Church of Hastings, 18 Farragut Ave., Hastings-on-Hudson, 18 Farragut Ave., Hastings-on-Hudson, NY. We build a sukkah, we dance together on Simchat Torah to the beat of our own in-house teen-powered klezmer band as we wrap our children in the Torah, we light Hanukkah candles together, - [Contact Us](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/contact-us/) - Regular Services take place at: First Reformed Church of Hastings, 18 Farragut Ave., Hastings-On-Hudson, NY 10706 Click here to get in touch with She'arim/Gateways Hebrew School. - [Mishkan Ha'am Blog](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/mishkan-haam-latest-posts/) - [What Is Reconstructionism?](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/about/what-is-reconstructionist-judaism/) - Based on the teachings of Rabbi Mordecai M. Kaplan (1881-1983) and his followers, Reconstructionist Judaism understands Judaism as the "evolving religious civilization of the Jewish people." For Reconstructionist Jews, a sense of belonging to the Jewish people and tradition is equally, if not more important than personal religious belief. - [Bnei Mitzvah](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/bnei-mitzvah/) - Bar and bat mitzvahs in the Mishkan Ha’am community are beautiful events, each reflecting the strengths and growth of the young person at the bima that day. A boy who never spoke above a whisper faces the gathered congregation and poses questions that spark a lively discussion. A girl who wrestles with the meaning of God participates - [Directions](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/contact-us/directions/) - First Reformed Church of Hastings 18 Farragut Ave, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY 10706 (Services, Hebrew School, Events) From the South - Saw Mill Parkway (N): to Exit 12 (Farragut Parkway/Hastings-on-Hudson). Exit 12 is a left hand exit at a light (make left off the Parkway onto Farragut Parkway) **After you pass the gas station on left, the name of the - [Activities & Events](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/get-active/) - Activities and events for Mishkan Ha'am Reconstructionist Congregation - [Calendar of Events](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/get-active/calendar-of-events/) - [She'arim/Gateways: Special Programs](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/shearim-special-jewish-programs/) - Our year is filled with special programs. Whenever a holiday falls on a Thursday, we are afforded the chance to observe that holiday together. This has included Sukkot, Chanukah, Purim, Yom Ha’Atzmaut, and Lag B’Omer. Each year we celebrate Thanksgiving together with a program called Thanksgiving Seder, which is held in the home of one - [Rabbi and Education Director](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/about/leadership/rabbieducation-director/) - David Basior, who serves both as Mishkan Ha’am’s Rabbinic Leader and our Education Director, is a student at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, PA where he currently focuses his studies on mindfulness, education, and the Jewish relationship to the Land of Israel. - [Shabbatapalooza](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/shabbat-kids/) - Shabbatapalooza is Mishkan Ha’am’s Shabbat program for 1 ½ -5 year olds and their adults. We meet once a month on Shabbat mornings (Saturdays) from 11-12. Our space is broken up into stations which include: Shabbat songs and stories, games, sensory activities, toys, and crafts. Each month we focus on a Jewish value or an - [Spiritual Life](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/spiritual-life/) - Shabbat Services at Mishkan Ha’am are a spiritual opportunity to come together as a community in order to connect with Judaism in a meaningful way. We create a comfortable space that allows us to take a break from the stresses of the work week. Several times a month, we offer Friday evening and Shabbat morning - [Tikkun Olam: Social Action](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/get-active/tikkun-olam-social-action/) - Tikkun Olam, a Jewish take on social action, stems from the belief that we are here to join together in repairing the world. Our Tikkun Olam Committee operates within a Reconstuctionist framework and offers opportunities for social action, political and environmental activism as well as the giving of tzdekah, the obligation to help those with - [Members](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/members/) - member list list serve? members blog? - [Members Area](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/members-area/) - [User](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/user/) - [Login](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/login/) - [Register](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/register/) - [Members](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/members-2/) - [Logout](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/logout/) - [Account](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/account/) - [Password Reset](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/password-reset/) - [Committees](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/about/leadership/committees/) - Have a great idea for a program? Interested in shaping a holiday observance? Willing to schlep chairs? The active committees below would welcome your participation in helping to create Mishkan Ha’am’s community! Contact us at mishkanhaam.org if you’d like to get involved or want more information. Mishkan Ha’am Committees Congregational Education Plan and coordinate adult - [Our Values](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/about/) - A Reconstructionist Jewish congregation, located in Hastings-on-Hudson, lower Westchester, NY. We integrate a deep respect for traditional Judaism with the insights, ideas, and innovations growing from contemporary life. Jewish religion, spirituality, culture, history and philosophy, whether you are a senior citizen or a child, single or married, LGBT, part of an interfaith household, one with longstanding Jewish practice, or no previous Jewish affiliation. - [About the School](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/shearim-jewish-jewish-school/about-the-school/) - One moment please... If you are not automatically redirected, please click here. - [Steering Committee](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/about/leadership/steering-committee/) - Mishkan Ha’am’s policy, financial, and programming decisions are guided by a Steering Committee, comprised of officers and any member who chooses to participate. Steering Committee meetings take place monthly, generally on the first Monday of the month. Please join us! Check the Calendar for meeting dates and locations. ## Categories - [Uncategorized](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/category/uncategorized/) - [Holidays](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/category/holidays/) - [Hebrew School](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/category/hebrew-school/) - [Adult Study](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/category/adult-study/) - [Blog](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/category/blog/) - [Members](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/category/members/) - [Slide](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/category/slide/) - [Leadership](http://www.mishkanhaam.org/category/leadership/)