Yom Kippur 5780 Words that Hurt, Words That Heal
Yom Kippur 5780 Words That Hurt, Words That Heal I recently heard about an usher for the high holy days. He greeted an older elderly woman who was visiting. He gave her a prayer book and walked her into the sanctuary. He asked her very politely, “Where would you like to sit?” She answered: “The […]
Erev Yom Kippur Sermon 5780 – How To Build a Community that will Beat the Odds
How To Build a Community that will Beat the Odds Sermon for Erev Yom Kippur – 5780 On Rosh HaShanah, I spoke about truth, memory, and the process of teshuvah to help each of us make the most of these Holy Days; and I challenged us to look at our perceptions and actions through the […]
Rosh Hashanah 5780 – How to Fight Anti-Semitism
Rosh Hashanah 5780 – How to Fight Anti-Semitism Shana Tova! Tonight, we begin the year 5780. This past month has been filled with new beginnings—the start of the new school year, new personal endeavors, and new goal setting. Last Tuesday night, Rabbi Pokras and I met with our 30 new confirmation students. One of the […]
Rosh HaShanah I 5780 Sermon – Truth in Teshuvah
Truth and Teshuvah – Rosh HaShanah 1 – 5780 Good yuntif! It’s so wonderful to be together to welcome in the New Year. No matter how good or how difficult the past year has been, I pray that the year 5780 will be a better year … for all of us. This past summer, I […]
Twinning – B’nei Mitzvah
Twinningupdated September 2019 Through Yad Vashem in Israel. https://www.yadvashem.org/remembrance/bar-bat-mitzvah-twinning-program.html From the website: For those not planning to visit Israel in the near future you can still participate in the twinning program.The Bar Mitzvah boy or Bat Mitzvah girl will be twinned with a child who did not have a chance to mark his or her […]