To select the sermons of an individual rabbi, click on the box and then on his name.
Rosh Hashanah 5779
There are people, explains the Talmud, who koneh olamo b’sha·ah ehat (Avodah Zarah 10b), who “acquire eternity in a moment,” and for Joseph Welch, that moment occurred on June 9, 1954. The context was a post-war America unnerved by fears of Communist influence and...
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5779
Truth be told, Alaska was never on my bucket list of places to visit. I would have been just fine picking up the kids from summer camp on the West Coast, spending a few days with my family in LA, and returning to New York without ever leaving the “Lower 48.” But Debbie had other plans. This...
Reprinted from
The Jewish Week | jewishweek.timesofisrael.com
Jerusalem — Sitting in the dedication ceremonies for the American embassy here on Monday, I was reminded of the Talmudic account of ancient Israel’s liberation from Egypt bondage. When the Israelites had crossed the sea to dry shore as the Egyptian...
