High Holy Day Sermons
High Holy Days 5785/2024
Play Nice and Be Better:
The World We Can Control
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5785
October 2, 2024
You’re Not It
Rosh Hashanah Morning 5785
October 3, 2024
Coming and Going
Kol Nidrei 5785
October 11, 2024
We Will Dance Again
Yom Kippur Morning 5785
October 12, 2024
High Holy Days 5784/2023
The King's Visit
Story for Erev Rosh Hashanah 5784
September 15, 2023
So You Say: Words That Hurt and Words That Heal
Rosh Hashanah Morning 5784
September 16, 2023
Blessings for Daily Life:
Handout to accompany "So You Say"
Two Flags Fly: Israel, America and This Moment
Kol Nidrei/Erev Yom Kippur 5784
September 24, 2023
Sorry, We're Open: Warmth, Depth and Breadth
Yom Kippur Morning 5784
September 25, 2023
High Holy Days 5783/2022
The Third Day: Things Happened For a Reason
Rosh Hashanah Morning 5783
September 26, 2022
A Minute to Midnight: Leaving a Legacy of Life
Erev Yom Kippur/Kol Nidrei 5783
October 4, 2022
Every Little Thing
Yom Kippur Morning 5783
October 5, 2022
High Holy Days 5782/2021
Together, Again
September 6, 2021; Erev Rosh Hashanah 5782
Shades of Gray
September 7, 2021; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5782
Words That Work
September 15, 2021; Kol Nidrei 5782
Choose Life!
September 16, 2021; Yom Kippur Morning 5782
High Holy Days 5781/2020
The Balance of Our Lives
September 18, 2020; Erev Rosh Hashanah 5781
Together and Apart
September 19, 2020; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5781
Truth and Trust
September 27, 2020; Kol Nidrei 5781
To Heal and Be Whole
September 28, 2020; Yom Kippur Morning 5781
High Holy Days 5780/2019
Inner Light;
September 29, 2019; Erev Rosh Hashanah 5780
To Pledge Allegiance
September 30, 2019; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5780
Living with Uncertainty
October 8, 2019; Kol Nidrei 5780
Truth and Dare
October 9, 2019; Yom Kippur Morning 5780
High Holy Days 5779/2018
The New View
September 9, 2018; Erev Rosh Hashanah 5779
A Minute to Midnight: Leaving a Legacy of Life
September 18, 2018; Kol Nidrei 5779
(revised and updated from 2001 version)
A Bridge to Somewhere
September 19, 2018; Yom Kippur Morning 5779
Older High Holy Day Sermons
So You Say: Words and What We Can Do With Them
October 3, 2016; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5777
A Journey of Six Thousand Miles:
A Challenge for American Jews
October 11, 2016; Kol Nidrei 5777
Facing the Future: The Torah of Tomorrow
October 12, 2016; Yom Kippur Morning 5777
Getting Better All the Time:
September 14, 2015; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5776
Out of Darkness:
September 25, 2014; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5775
Powers of One:
October 3, 2014; Kol Nidrei 5775
Before Whom You Stand:
October 4, 2014; Yom Kippur Morning 5775
Wonder Women:
September 5, 2013; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5774
How Many Deaths?
September 13, 2013; Kol Nidrei 5774
Go Down Moses:
September 14, 2013; Yom Kippur Morning 5774
Teach Your Parents Well:
September 14, 2013; Yom Kippur Yizkor 5774
All In The Family:
September 17, 2012; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5773
All Our Vows -- Same Sex Marriage and the Maryland Dream Act
September 25, 2012; Kol Nidrei 5773
Willpower:
September 26, 2012; Yom Kippur Morning 5773
"Under God"
September 29, 2011; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5772
Are We One? Peoplehood, the Collective and Engaging Israel
October 7, 2011; Kol Nidrei 5772
Ripening the Time: Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Law and Lore
October 8, 2011; Yom Kippur Morning 5772
Hung Jury:
September 8, 2010; Erev Rosh Hashanah Early Service 5771
Are You Alright?
September 8, 2010; Erev Rosh Hashanah Late Service 5771
I and Thou: For Ourselves and One Another
September 9, 2010; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5771
Anu Matirim: A People and All People
September 17, 2010; Kol Nidrei 5771
Feeling Connected:
September 18, 2010; Yom Kippur Morning 5771
Facing the Facebook Challenge:
September 18, 2009; Erev Rosh Hashanah 5770
Second Life: Avatars and Imagination
September 19, 2009; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5770
A Place Called Hope:
September 27, 2009; Kol Nidrei 5770
Return and Restore:
September 28, 2009; Yom Kippur Morning 5770
If It's Not Fun:
September 29, 2008; Erev Rosh HaShanah 5769
Making Connections
September 30, 2008; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5769
Slip and See; To Fall and Open Eyes
October 8, 2008; Kol Nidrei 5769
"In Different Words": Interfaith Marriage and Rabbinic Officiation:
October 9, 2008; Yom Kippur Morning 5769
“I am Jewish” -- Explorations of Identity
September 13, 2007; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5768
Wikijewdia: Objectivity, Obligation, and Community
in a Get-What-You-Want World
September 21, 2007; Kol Nidrei 5768
Adventures in Moving
September 23, 2006; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5767
Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
October 1, 2006; Kol Nidrei 5767
Against a Sea of Troubles:
The Storm of a Century and the Questions of our Lives
October 3, 2005; Erev Rosh Hashanah 5766
Land That I Love
September 16, 2004; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5765
Is That Your Final Answer?
September 24, 2004; Kol Nidrei 5765
In Praise of Junior Partners:
The Game of Myst and the Journey of the Soul
September 27, 2003; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5764
Harry Potter and the Order of Our Lives:
The Magical Power of Shabbat
October 5, 2003; Kol Nidrei 5764
Ties That Bind: Autonomy and Obligation in Reform Judaism Today
September 7, 2002; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5763
It's About Time
September 15, 2002; Kol Nidrei 5763
Lo Nafsik Lirkod: We Will Not Stop Dancing
September 17, 2001; Erev Rosh Hashanah 5762
Jerry Falwell and Judd Hirsch: Things Happened for a Reason
September 16, 2001; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5762
A Minute to Midnight: Leaving a Legacy of Life
September 26, 2001; Kol Nidre 5762
Dust and Ashes: The Spirituality of Imperfection
September 27, 2001; Yom Kippur Morning 5762