Message from
Co-Presidents Lyn Schmeidler and Gregg Ury
Dear Mishkan Ha'am
family and friends,
We are honored to be your new co-presidents and to be working alongside so many caring, thoughtful, fellow spiritual searchers. Mishkan Ha'am continues to be an inspiring and caring community, and we look forward to an exciting year together.
As many of you know, mishkan ha'am means, loosely, "tent of the people," and ours is truly an open tent made of the many gifts of its members: the wisdom, the songs, the stories, the faith, the doubts, the questions, the compassion, the generosity, the energy and the creativity of people of all ages.
This coming year we have much to look forward to. With pride we anticipate the b'nei mitzvah of five of our students and we look forward to a strong She'arim/Gateways religious school program under the leadership of an energetic education committee and the directorship of Reb Ezra with the addition of two new, excellent and experienced teachers.
Our congregation is run by a number of vibrant committees offering exciting ways to connect with the community and express members' creative input. Programs for the coming year will include creative havdallahs, chanting services, tot Shabbats, meditation retreats, meaningful holiday observances, adult education seminars, and a number of tikkun olam opportunities for the whole family.
We appreciate the welcoming, stable home we have found with the First Reformed Church, and look forward to an exciting year together. It is a pleasure to help lead this participatory Jewish congregation to further express the best of who we are as an authentic, inclusive and ever-evolving spiritual community.
We are honored to be your new co-presidents and to be working alongside so many caring, thoughtful, fellow spiritual searchers. Mishkan Ha'am continues to be an inspiring and caring community, and we look forward to an exciting year together.
As many of you know, mishkan ha'am means, loosely, "tent of the people," and ours is truly an open tent made of the many gifts of its members: the wisdom, the songs, the stories, the faith, the doubts, the questions, the compassion, the generosity, the energy and the creativity of people of all ages.
This coming year we have much to look forward to. With pride we anticipate the b'nei mitzvah of five of our students and we look forward to a strong She'arim/Gateways religious school program under the leadership of an energetic education committee and the directorship of Reb Ezra with the addition of two new, excellent and experienced teachers.
Our congregation is run by a number of vibrant committees offering exciting ways to connect with the community and express members' creative input. Programs for the coming year will include creative havdallahs, chanting services, tot Shabbats, meditation retreats, meaningful holiday observances, adult education seminars, and a number of tikkun olam opportunities for the whole family.
We appreciate the welcoming, stable home we have found with the First Reformed Church, and look forward to an exciting year together. It is a pleasure to help lead this participatory Jewish congregation to further express the best of who we are as an authentic, inclusive and ever-evolving spiritual community.
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Please Note:
All services/programs, including Hebrew School, are held at the Reformed Church of Hastings, 18 Farragut Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, unless otherwise specified. Click for directions.
All services/programs, including Hebrew School, are held at the Reformed Church of Hastings, 18 Farragut Avenue, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, unless otherwise specified. Click for directions.