Mishkon Tephilo

Thank you for joining Mishkon and The Braid for last week's story telling workshop! We are thrilled about this partnership and thankful for everyone in attendance for sharing your vulnerable and beautiful stories. We were so impressed by your talent and strength.

Mishkon will be hosting a screening the 2009 documentary film Dressing America followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker!

Date: Sunday, June 14
Time: 3 - 5 p.m.
Location: Mishkon Tephilo in Venice
Tickets: Tickets are $5 for non-members and FREE for Mishkon members
RSVP here https://www.mishkon.org/event/Dressing-America.html

Rich in storytelling and sumptuous visual detail, Dressing America encompasses one-hundred-fifty years of fashion history, populated by pioneering, larger-than-life characters. It’s also the story of individuals, like 84-year old Holocaust survivor, Charles Edelstein, who still travels from his home in Oceanside, Long Island, to peddle fabrics to a new generation of foreign-born garment center businessmen. In short, the film is a tribute to a vibrant, colorful and creative industry that has grown up and been nurtured by a Jewish presence for over a century and a half.

🏖️ We are so excited Shabbat on the Beach is returning THIS FRIDAY! 🐚

Learn more and RSVP here https://www.mishkon.org/shabbat-on-the-beach.html

Thank you to everyone who helped Mishkon's Social Action Committee make 60 lunches for the unhoused and food-insecure. They were delivered to a Hang Out Do Good [HODG] drop-off site in Santa Monica, then transported to the Hollywood Food Coalition. HODG was so thankful for our contribution, especially because during three-day weekends, people donate fewer lunches.

Mishkon members spent Lag Ba'Omer at the Rabbi's home, singing, schmoozing, and noshing around the camp fire. We are so lucky to have such a close-knit community!

☀️It’s summer time, and that means Shabbat on the Beach is back! Bring a friend or the whole family! Warm your toes in the sand, and join your community in singing and celebrating the joys of a magical Shabbat experience. Feel free to bring your own instruments and a picnic.

⛱️Learn more about this FREE event and RSVP here https://www.mishkon.org/shabbat-on-the-beach.html

🐚Upcoming Shabbat on the Beach dates:
Friday, May 29
Friday, June 12
Friday, July 10
Friday, August 7
Friday, August 28

The Braid is the leading non-profit organization creating, curating, producing, and preserving stories grounded in Jewish culture and experience. Join The Braid’s Literary Manager and storytelling expert Lisa Kenner Grissom for a dynamic, 2-hour interactive storytelling/writing workshop. You’ll get an inside look at The Braid’s creative process, while discovering how to shape and share your own personal story.

Date: Thursday, May 28
Time: 6 - 8 p.m.
Location: Mishkon Tephilo in Venice

This event is limited to 20 people. Learn more and get your tickets here https://www.mishkon.org/event/the-braid.html

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making last weekend's Gala so special! Nearly 120 people schmoozed, ate fabulous food, danced, bid on silent auction items, and heard from our honorees.

Messages for our honorees came from all across the country to congratulate them and to thank them for their years of support for this community.

Read some of those messages, in this year's tribute book here
https://tinyurl.com/yc2vherm

Thank you, Ann and Barry Steinberg and Shiri and Yoni Sassoon, for all you do for Mishkon.

🫧Tot Shabbat and Kiddush!🫧

Join us for a joyful and interactive Tot Shabbat service with music and storytelling, followed by grape juice and challah on the bimah with Rabbi Katzan, and a kiddush lunch with the congregation. Tot Shabbat will be led by Mishkon member Jeffrey Prince, who has a special talent for engaging our preschoolers through his interactive songs and exciting Jewish stories.

Saturday, April 18 at 11 am in Venice. RSVP here https://www.mishkon.org/event/community-tot-shabbat.html

Tot Shabbat is hosted once a month and is tailored to children 6 and younger. Tot Shabbat is free and open to members and non-members — please sign up below if you’ll be joining us!

Schedule:
11 a.m. Free play
11:15 a.m. Tot Shabbat service
12 p.m. Join Rabbi Katzan on the bimah
12:15 p.m. Kiddush lunch (bagels, fruit, and more)