tikkun olam
11/01/2021 05:15:50 PM
Did you ever want to know how I came to care so much about Tikkun Olam? It all started on a spring day in 1996 at Temple Israel in Columbus, Ohio at a car wash. Back then, the idea of Mitzvah Day was something fairly new...Read more...
If abraham & sarah could take that first step, we can too
10/01/2021 05:08:27 PM
This year, I focused my preparation for the Days of Awe by focusing on how we might begin our lives. And it became the focus of our Yom Kippur Panel Discussion, led by our deep and thoughtful participants, Nathaniel...Read more...
how we live right now
09/15/2021 10:10:51 PM
Sermon - Kol Nidre 5782
In the coming years, I can only imagine how many studies and books that will be published trying to make sense of this era. What will sociologists make of this epoch and how will it be regarded decades from now for its impact on society? And how will it...Read more...
living in an age of uncertainty
09/07/2021 01:00:00 PM
Sermon - Rosh Hashanah 5782
After the destruction of the ancient Temple in Jerusalem and the exile of the Jewish people to Babylon, Jeremiah shared these powerful words: “There may yet be hope—Ulai yeish tikvah.”[1] In the most uncertain times, the ancient prophet made space for...Read more...
riding the waves of the moment
09/06/2021 08:00:00 PM
Sermon - Erev Rosh Hashanah 5782
There once was a story about two rabbis who were traveling the high seas at the same time but on different boats. Rabban Gamliel saw from a distance that another boat had capsized and sank. He immediately tore his clothes in mourning...Read more...
