Rosh Hashana October 1, 2008 I am of the generation that remembers the shock of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy 45 years ago. I still recall the initial shock, horror, and tremendous sadness felt by the entire nation. That Friday night I went to synagogue with my father. The shul was packed, …
Rosh Hashana Morning September 30, 2008 There are several versions of a story about merchants carrying their wares with them to a far away land. While on the boat they bragged to each other about how well they would do. But before they landed the ship capsized, and although the passengers were saved, …
Rosh Hashana Evening September 29, 2008 There was a scandal in New York a few months ago that you may or may not have heard about. No, not the one with the governor, and not the one on Wall Street – I’m talking about the “great sushi scandal”. A couple of high school …
Heksher Tzedek, Kashrut and Workers’ Rights’: A Sermon for Parashat Re’eh and Labor Day August 30, 2008 I am not sure when I started keeping kosher. It depends on how you define “keeping kosher.” I grew up in a kosher home – meaning that meat and milk, as well as milkichk and fleishik products …
June 14, 2007 First and foremost, I would like to say how humbled and appreciative I am to receive this recognition from an organization that epitomizes so many of the values that are important to me. What an honor it is to share this award and this evening, with my namesake, Stuart Kurlander. Stuart …
June 7, 2008 A front page article in the Washington Post this past Wednesday presented an analysis of the strategy employed by presidential candidate Senator Barak Obama to win the Democratic party’s nomination. That same day, the Wall Street Journal offered a fascinating article about Senator Hilary Clinton’s campaign’s missteps and the mistakes made …
May 31, 2008 Those of you who are regulars may notice something different this week, something that changed from last week. Yes, it’s true. I got a haircut. I don’t usually speak about something this personal, but there is a mayseh, a story behind the haircut. I was in New York the …
Many people tell me they like to visit synagogues when they are out of town or on vacation. I encourage you to do so. It is a great way to meet people and to see how much Jews have in common with each other, regardless of where we live. While on vacation in Puerto …
Sitting in a restaurant having lunch with my son recently, near a Metro stop, I noticed that most people walked by and ignored the Green Peace activists who were attempting to hand out their literature. I told my son that after we finished eating lunch, I was going to go and speak with them since …
May 3, 2008 The Torah says that people should make their way by foot to Jerusalem for the three festivals: Pesah, Sukkot and Shavuot. Several centuries later, the Mishnah and then subsequently, the Talmud reiterate and expand upon the mitzvah requiring people to make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the holidays. In fact, those …
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