Subscribe by RSS
Rabbi Mordecai Miller Congregation Beth Ami January, 2014 The Nature of Dignity or What it means to become an Adult On the surface, we know that they still have many years to go before they can really speak about being an adult, but how...
Lack of Ethics a sermon by Rabbi Marx I have a confession to make. I read the newspaper Jewish-style. I look for those articles that are about Jews and things that affect Jews. All events can be interpreted by the question, “Is it good...
Yiskor Sermon 2010 Shemini Atzeret September 30th, 2010 How To Be Grateful, Even When Successful (sermon influenced by Rabbi Hayyim Kieval) One of the most famous preachers in Eastern Europe in the eighteenth century was Rabbi Jacob Krantz,...
Friday, October 7, 2011 Kol Nidre 5772 Rabbi Stephen S. Pearce, PhD Congregation Emanu-El In James A. Mitchener’s The Source (1965), fictional archaeologist, Dr. John Cullinane, worked with Israeli Ilan Eliav, modeled after famed...
Parashat Ki Tavo September 24, 2005 Rabbi Francine Roston Recently I sat on an interfaith panel and noticed once again the differences between Judaism and Christianity. In particular I am thinking about the role of religious leaders...
Rabbi Francine Roston, Congregation Beth El, South Orange, NJ Delivered on Shabbat Shemot in honor of the Inauguration of our 44th President January 17, 2009 / 21 Tevet 5769 On this Shabbat, we begin a new book of the Torah, a new story of...
Yom Kippur Morning Rabbi Stephen Wise October 9, 2008 Tishrei 10, 5769 Unetneh tokef, kedushat hayom – let us proclaim the sacred power of this day. Yom Kippur, it is awesome and full of dread. On Rosh Hashana it is written, on...
Sermon by Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie at the San Diego Biennial , December 15, 2007 In our Torah portion this morning, we read of the first known example of centralized economic planning. Joseph used the seven years of plenty to prepare for...
Selichot – Dallas – September 2008 a talk by Alan Morinis It is my pleasure to be able to thank Rabbi Stern, Rabbi Hayon and Nancy Rivin for having me here to share some holy time with you this Shabbat. Friday evening is not the time...
2011 1ST OCTOBER 2011 “Return O Israel unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast stumbled in thine iniquity.” The opening words in this week’s Haftarah spoken by the prophet Hosea commence with the word Shuva, meaning “return”. Hence...