Kol Nidre October 1, 2006 The three major branches of American Judaism have been described as “crazy, hazy, and lazy.” I will let you sort it out and guess which is which. In a stinging attack on the conservative movement, outgoing Jewish Theological Seminary Rabbi Ismar Schorsch addressed the newly ordained rabbis, cantors and …
Rosh Hashana September 24, 2006 Fueled by a media that more often than not portrays Israel in a negative light, efforts to delegitimize the state of Israel occur regularly in the halls of the United Nations, as evidenced by this past week’s proceedings. Humorist Jake Novak speculated what news headlines would be like …
Rosh Hashana September 23, 2006 The following sermon comes with a warning. I am about to do something which, to the best of my knowledge, has never before been attempted in an American synagogue. You are going to hear a sermon which will include citations from the Bible, the Talmud, the midrash, Maimonides, the …
Erev Rosh Hashana September 22, 2006 From time to time, and especially at this time of year, we may wonder why we are here, what life is about, and why life is as it is. Religion offers a means of making sense of these existential questions. It provides a framework to help understand things …
May 10, 2008 If ever there were a people who deserve to be bitter, based on how it has been treated, it is the Jewish people. If ever there were a people who have the right to feel that the world owed it compensation and grace, by any measure of objectivity, it is …
Yizkor October 13, 2005 It was clear that it wasn’t meant to be. It just wasn’t in the cards that the Boston Red Sox could pull off a miracle a second year in a row. Last week the Red Sox’s chances of repeating their World Series victory of last year were nixed when …
Yom Kippur October 13, 2005 Last summer the national body of the Presbyterian Church at its biennial convention passed several resolutions of concern to Jews which have had an adverse impact on our relationship. One endorsed the outreach work of a “Jews for Jesus” evangelical church, masquerading in Philadelphia as a synagogue under the …
Yom Kippur October 12, 2005 If Jeffrey Zaslow, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal is not a rabbi, he should be. He recently wrote a column entitled, “It’s All Your Fault: Why Americans can’t stop playing the Blame Game” which reads like a High Holiday Yom Kippur sermon. He wrote insightfully about …
Rosh Hashana October 5, 2005 A story is told about a man who makes an appointment to see his rabbi to ask him to make him a Levi. Tactfully, the rabbi says much as he would like to accommodate the request, this is one thing he cannot possibly do. So the guy, offers the …
Rosh Hashana October 4, 2005 A story is told about a man who makes an appointment to see his rabbi to ask him to make him a Levi. Tactfully, the rabbi says much as he would like to accommodate the request, this is one thing he cannot possibly do. So the guy, offers …
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