Some of our recent teachings and sermons are reprinted here as a service to the community.
The carnage of Saturday, October 27, at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, was the most fatal assault on a Jewish institution in United States history. And the deep irony is that the Pittsburgh synagogue – where 11 lost their lives, thousands lost relatives and friends, and maybe America …
By Rabbi David Gmar chatimah tovah. It is so good to see each and every one of you on this holy vision-quest day of Yom Kippur. Vision is this year’s spiritual theme. On Rosh Hashanah we explored Judaism’s core truth that what’s invisible often is more real than what’s visible, …
By Rabbi Shohama Good Yuntif, everyone. It’s so good to see you. And seeing – you, me, God, and how we live, is our spiritual theme this year, and what I’m going to talk about. But first, a little background. In December of 1986, shortly after I was ordained as …
By Rabbi Shohama Shanah Tovah, everyone. How do we see our lives and how are we seen by others and by God? …
By Rabbi David Shanah tovah. It’s so good to see each and every one of you. In 1952, Ben Gurion, Israel’s first …
By Rabbi David Evan Markus Gmar chatimah tovah. May you be sealed in the Book of Life for joy, creativity, belonging and …
Rabbi Shohama Wiener When I was a child I think I learned most about spirituality from Rodgers and Hammerstein, The King and …
Rabbi David Evan Markus “I beg of you: do not walk by without pausing, to attend to this rather ridiculous performance – …
By Rabbi Shohama A long, long time ago there was a man named Yankel who was aggravated beyond belief—and so he went …
By Rabbi David Shanah tovah. Welcome to 5778 and to renewing our holy journey together as we “return to the land of …
