Sermons and Rabbinic Texts

Two-Way Street | The Secret Emails of Mordechai and Esther, Part One

Dive into the imaginative letters between Mordechai and Esther, exploring the profound and sometimes traumatic themes of Purim, but brought...

Two-Way Street| Tisha B’Av: Jerusalem Will Not Fall Again!

Shavuot is the second of the three major pilgrimage festivals. Originally a harvest festival, it was the time when our...

Two-Way Street | Receiving Torah on Shavuot — What and How

Shavuot is the second of the three major pilgrimage festivals. Originally a harvest festival, it was the time when our...

Two-Way Street | Clergy Reflections on Yom Ha’atzmaut

"Only when there is a just resolution to the conflict with the Palestinians will Jews, as it says in “Hatikvah”...

Two-Way Street | The Growing Significance of Yom HaShoah as a Call for Ethical Consciousness

Yom HaShoah is the day we confront the lessons of the past for the sake of the future. Today’s observance...

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)