We continue a period on the Jewish calendar called the Omer — the 49 days between Passover and Shavuot that our tradition observes through a practice of counting, day by day, week by week. We imbue these days with meaning by assigning a different theme to each week that encourages self-reflection and self-improvement for the betterment of the whole community. In that spirit, we’re doing a series of interviews featuring people who have made their life’s work an extension of their lives’ purpose.

This week, we dive into the sixth theme of the Omer, yesod, or foundation, with Sandra Lawson.

Rabbi Sandra Lawson is a spiritual leader whose work spans multi-media platforms, state lines, and denominations. Known as The TiKTok Rabbi (formerly the Snapchat Rabbi), R'Sandra has spent years building a following through social and digital media like Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, Facebook and Youtube. She’s been featured on various podcasts including Judaism Unbound and Tablet Magazine’s Unorthodox, as well as being a host for her own show Minutes of Torah. Rabbi Sandra’s writing has been featured in Times of Israel, Jewish Journal, The Forward, CNN, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, and many other. She is Reconstructing Judaism’s Director of Racial Diversity Equity and Inclusion, and the recent founder of Kol HaPanim, an inclusive Jewish community that is relevant, accessible, rooted in Jewish tradition and centers the leadership of Jews of Color.

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Mishkan is a spiritual community in Chicago reclaiming Judaism’s inspiration and transformative essence. Not bound by a particular location, we create radically inclusive spaces for Jewish spiritual practice and community, engaging, educating, and empowering people across the spectrum of identity, background, age, and belief.