At Yom Kippur services yesterday, I announced to my congregation that I will be traveling to Iran on an interfaith peace delegation next month. I devoted the majority of my remarks to our current conflict with Iran, and why I have been so deeply frustrated with our government’s and the Jewish community’s response to this [...]
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Understanding Iran, Facing our Fears: A Sermon for Yom Kippur
Posted in Global Activism, High Holidays, Interfaith, Iran, Israel, Peace, Politics, Religion, Sermons on October 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Reconciliation of Civilizations: A Sermon for Kol Nidre
Posted in Coexistence, High Holidays, Interfaith, Islam, Judaism, Religion, Sermons on October 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On Kol Nidre 5769 I discussed one of the more positive and hopeful religious trends in recent years. Here’s an excerpt:
Yes, as the saying goes, 9/11 did “change everything” – but not necessarily in the way we might first have assumed. Yes, that tragic day did awaken the American public to the reality of Islamic [...]
The End of Empire: A Sermon for Rosh Hashanah
Posted in Elections 2008, Energy Efficiency, Energy Policy, Environmentalism, Health Care, High Holidays, Judaism, Politics, Poverty, Religion, Sermons, War on October 5, 2008 | 3 Comments »
My sermon for Rosh Hanshanah Day 5769 was something of a sequel to the one I delivered the night before. I’ve reworked it here, based on a version I gave today at Lake St. Church’s World Community Sabbath. (Those of you who read the previous sermon will notice I carried some passages over into this [...]
The Season of our Sustenance: A Sermon for Erev Rosh Hashanah
Posted in Environmentalism, Fair Trade, Global Activism, Green Buildings, HIV/AIDS, High Holidays, Hunger, International Aid, Judaism, Poverty, Religion, Sermons, Spirituality, Tzedakah on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
As I sat down to write my sermons this New Year, I somehow found myself returning to the theme of “sustainability.” Click below for my remarks on Erev Rosh Hashanah:
Coming Home: A Sermon for Yom Kippur
Posted in High Holidays, Judaism, Reconstructionism, Religion, Sermons, Shavuot, Spirituality on October 1, 2007 | 1 Comment »
For those interested in an aftertaste of the High Holidays, here’s a short excerpt from my Yom Kippur sermon:
As for me, I’ve always felt it is far too early to write the epitaph for synagogues just yet. I do believe in congregations. I do believe that congregations are still places where great and important and [...]
Night of Our Disavowal: A Sermon for Kol Nidre
Posted in Gun Control, High Holidays, Judaism, Nonviolence, Peace, Religion, Sermons on September 25, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Here’s an excerpt from the sermon I gave this past Friday on Erev Yom Kippur:
In the end, I believe the path set out for us by our tradition guides us still. The violence in our midst cannot be ignored or wished away. We must acknowledge it, we must face it, and yes, we must respond [...]
There Is Nothing So Whole As a Broken Heart
Posted in High Holidays, Judaism, Religion, Sermons, Spirituality on September 18, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been hunkering down these past two weeks working on my High Holiday sermons, so I haven’t had too much time/energy for the blog, alas. In the spirit of the season, however, I thought it might be appropriate to pull one of my older sermons out of the ol’ data base.
Here’s a Kol Nidre [...]
The Open Door: A Sermon for Rosh Hashanah
Posted in Coexistence, Environmentalism, High Holidays, Hurricane Katrina, Israel, Judaism, Palestine, Sermons on September 14, 2007 | 3 Comments »
All the best for a sweet, happy and healthy New Year. May it be a year of renewal and hope for us and for all who dwell on earth…
For my Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon, click here:
