Sermons and Rabbinic Texts

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...

A Light Unto the Nations: Two-Way Street for Passover

For me, the key issue is not how a nation was founded, but how it sustains itself, how it treats...

Planting Seeds for the Future: Two-Way Street for Tu B’Shvat

In the moments when I feel frustrated by a lack of instant gratification, I remember the hero of this Tu...

Not by Might and Not by Power — Choosing between Two Hanukkah Narratives

At this grim time when many doubt that a two-state solution is even possible, we must be guided by the...

Two-Way Street for Simchat Torah

There is something beautiful and comforting in the notion that we know the cycle that life will follow and that...