Posted by in Uncategorized This week we are celebrating the wonderful and joyous holiday of Sukkot. I personally love Sukkot. It is a chance to enjoy meals with friends while dining al fresco in the Sukkah! Could there be anything more glorious than dining outdoors? The themes of this holy week are the abundance of the fall harvest and…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized This is my Yom Kippur Morning Sermon delivered at Congregation Kol Ami 5773 I wish you a Gmar Chatima Tovah—a good inscription in the Book of Life. One of the images of the High Holy Days is God’s heavenly throne. In fact the Ark of the Covenant… that was held in the Holy of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Here is this year’s (5773) Kol Nidre Sermon delivered at Congregation Kol Ami. Happy New Year. Shana Tova. As we begin this Kol Nidre evening our thoughts turn to the contemplation of our lives. For the last ten days since Rosh Hashanah we should have been engaged in a conversation with God to…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized This is m y Yizkor sermon from Yom Kippur Afternoon 5773 Yizkor 5773 -This is the time to remember Death is ever present in our lives. Even when we would rather not face it. Death is always there. Hovering just beyond and we pray hopefully far away. Sadly, death snatches our friends and family members…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized May the One who blessed our Ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, Sarah Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, bless us as we enter the New Year. As we gather to come before You, Holy Majesty, help us bring a whole heart to our prayers. May we bring all that was good forward with us into the New…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Parshat Nitzavim Deuteronomy 29:9-30:20 This week we read the Torah portion right before Rosh Hashanah, Nitzavim. Shabbat Nitzavim comes literally a day before the New Year. As we read the words, we are literally standing at the edge of the New Year. The Israelites too are standing at the edge of the Promised Land. …Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized The time for apples and honey is soon here with the arrival of Rosh Hashanah. There is nothing better than dipping that crunchy sweet-tart apple in honey! Just in time for Rosh Hashanh I came across some HoneyFacts to help you appreciate the liquid gold that is symbol for our New Year! -Honeybees must tap…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Gun violence is all around. Today another shooting in front of the Empire State building. And last night a particularly bloody night in Chicago. This against the backdrop of The Aurora shooting and the murders at the Sikh Temple in Wisconsin. Everyone says you can’t fight the NRA, The giant lobby of the gun owners…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Jewish plaintiffs win Hotel Shangri-La discrimination lawsuit | The Non-Prophet | Jewish Journal. No room for Anti-Semitism ever.
Posted by in Uncategorized Parshat Ekev Deuteronomy 7:12-11:15 This week’s Torah portion Ekev, continues Moses’ farewell address to the Children of Israel. Moses is trying to prepare the Israelites for entering the Promised Land. Moses reminds them that despite their errors and sins along the journey from Egypt (The Golden Calf, the lies of the spies, the lack of…Read more »
Walking Humbly. Seeking Justice. Living with Hope. 