Sermons and Rabbinic Texts

Two-Way Street for Hanukkah 5783 | A Holiday with Two Narratives – Where Light and Miracles Prevail

"Why was the Second Temple destroyed? Because of Sinat Chinam, senseless hatred of one for another." (Bavli Yoma 9b)

Two-Way Street for Sukkot 5783 | We Too Are Needed to Build a Sukkat Shalom

While there are times when peace may seem unachievable, our tradition reminds us that this is only temporary. When we...

Two-Way Street for Yom Kippur 5783 | The Other Tourists

In passing, I admired the figs strung like beads on heavy cords and kept moving forward, thinking about the complexity...

Two-Way Street for Rosh Hashanah 5783 | Two Jewish New Years

"Why was the Second Temple destroyed? Because of Sinat Chinam, senseless hatred of one for another." (Bavli Yoma 9b)

Two-Way Street for Tisha B’Av 5782 | I Will Not Lose Hope

"Why was the Second Temple destroyed? Because of Sinat Chinam, senseless hatred of one for another." (Bavli Yoma 9b)

Two-Way Street for Shavuot

It is my responsibility to treat every human being with dignity and respect and with the call to justice, and...

Dear Jerusalem: Two-Way Street for Yom Yerushalayim

On the day when we’re supposed to be celebrating the reunification of Jerusalem, I feel especially alienated from the city...

The Fading of a Binary World: Two-Way Street for Yom HaZikaron and Yom HaAtzmaut

As a citizen of Israel, I remember standing silently in my Jerusalem café as the sirens went off on Yom...

Dreaming of a World of Compassion: Two-Way Street for Yom HaShoah

I invite you to listen to a conversation between two individuals in the Jewish Community Centre in Kyiv. We hear...