Kadima: Forward
This Rosh Hashanah is my last as the Senior Rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami as I will retire next July 2023. Here is my sermon… Read More »Kadima: Forward
This Rosh Hashanah is my last as the Senior Rabbi of Congregation Kol Ami as I will retire next July 2023. Here is my sermon… Read More »Kadima: Forward
Shanah Tovah u’metukah. I wish you each a happy and sweet New Year. Do you like creamy peanut butter or crunchy? That was always the… Read More »Choosy Mothers Choose… a sermon for Erev Rosh Hashanah 5776
Shana Tovah Wow! Wasn’t this something. Thank you Cantor and Jeremy and the Kol Ami New Year’s Band for such an uplifting beginning to our… Read More »Awaken My Soul: A sermon for Erev Rosh Hashanah
How are you using this week? The days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are a solemn time in our tradition. The days of this… Read More »Self-reflection and Self-awareness
We are entering the last hours of 5771. And soon the Jewish New Year will be here. I am fascinated by the number of posts… Read More »No Status Apologies
Saturday night is Selichot. It is the way we really make sure that we have done some of the initial preparations of our spirit and… Read More »Selichot
Parshat Nitzavim-Vayelech Deuteronomy 29:9-31:30 We always read Parshat Nitzavim on the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. This short double Torah portion echoes… Read More »Return-Nitazvim
Today the Jewish month of Elul begins. This is the end and the beginning. It is the last month of 5771. The end of the… Read More »Chodesh Tov
Below is my Kol Nidre Sermon for 5771. Tonight-I want to tell you a story. A midrash. Midrash is a form of Jewish story that… Read More »A gift of tears: Kol Nidre 5771