Rabbi Lizzi Heydemann catalyzed the founding of Mishkan Chicago in September of 2011. Since her adolescence she has been interested in how to create religious and spiritual experiences that integrate intellect with heart, personal spiritual quest with social responsibility, and help individuals find their own unique path in the context of building a community. She graduated with Honors from Stanford University, and was ordained by the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2010. Rabbi Lizzi lives in Chicago with her husband Henry, and their two adorable children, Judah Lev and Adira.

A former lawyer raised in the UK, Jonathan Bloom moved to Israel and became a photographer. He has photographed hundreds of cover stories for the weekend magazines of Israel’s largest-selling newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, alongside several other major Israeli publications such as The Jerusalem Post and the financial daily, Globes. Overseas, he’s photographed for publications including The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times, FT Weekend, New Scientist, Forbes and Wallpaper. He is represented by Getty on their global network. In the commercial arena, Bloom shoots corporate portraits & reportage for a wide range of Israeli companies, and he also shoots design and architectural work. His ongoing Street Studio project was exhibited in the Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art. He teaches portrait photography at the Minshar School of Art and “Zilumbaam” in Tel Aviv and lecture on the subject of editorial portraiture. Bloom lives in Givatayim, next to Tel Aviv, with his wife Lilach, a handicrafts teacher. They have three daughters – Meitar and two absolutely non-identical twins, Evie and Miriam. His work can be found at www.jonbloomphotographer.com.