High Holy Day Sermons
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
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Powers of One:
October 3, 2014; Kol Nidrei 5775
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Before Whom You Stand:
October 4, 2014; Yom Kippur Morning 5775
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Wonder Women:
September 5, 2013; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5774
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How Many Deaths?
September 13, 2013; Kol Nidrei 5774
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Go Down Moses:
September 14, 2013; Yom Kippur Morning 5774
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Teach Your Parents Well:
September 14, 2013; Yom Kippur Yizkor 5774
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All In The Family:
September 17, 2012; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5773
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All Our Vows -- Same Sex Marriage and the Maryland Dream Act
September 25, 2012; Kol Nidrei 5773
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​Willpower:
September 26, 2012; Yom Kippur Morning 5773
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"Under God"
September 29, 2011; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5772
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Are We One? Peoplehood, the Collective and Engaging Israel
October 7, 2011; Kol Nidrei 5772
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​Ripening the Time: Forgiveness and Reconciliation in Law and Lore
October 8, 2011; Yom Kippur Morning 5772
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Hung Jury:
September 8, 2010; Erev Rosh Hashanah Early Service 5771
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Are You Alright?
September 8, 2010; Erev Rosh Hashanah Late Service 5771
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I and Thou: For Ourselves and One Another
September 9, 2010; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5771
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Anu Matirim: A People and All People
September 17, 2010; Kol Nidrei 5771
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Feeling Connected:
September 18, 2010; Yom Kippur Morning 5771
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Facing the Facebook Challenge:
September 18, 2009; Erev Rosh Hashanah 5770
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Second Life: Avatars and Imagination
September 19, 2009; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5770
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A Place Called Hope:
September 27, 2009; Kol Nidrei 5770
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Return and Restore:
September 28, 2009; Yom Kippur Morning 5770
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If It's Not Fun:
September 29, 2008; Erev Rosh HaShanah 5769
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Making Connections
September 30, 2008; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5769
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Slip and See; To Fall and Open Eyes
October 8, 2008; Kol Nidrei 5769
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"In Different Words": Interfaith Marriage and Rabbinic Officiation:
October 9, 2008; Yom Kippur Morning 5769
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​“I am Jewish” -- Explorations of Identity
September 13, 2007; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5768
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Wikijewdia: Objectivity, Obligation, and Community
in a Get-What-You-Want World
September 21, 2007; Kol Nidrei 5768
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Adventures in Moving
September 23, 2006; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5767
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Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
October 1, 2006; Kol Nidrei 5767
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​Against a Sea of Troubles:
The Storm of a Century and the Questions of our Lives
October 3, 2005; Erev Rosh Hashanah 5766
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Land That I Love
September 16, 2004; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5765
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Is That Your Final Answer?
September 24, 2004; Kol Nidrei 5765
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In Praise of Junior Partners:
The Game of Myst and the Journey of the Soul
September 27, 2003; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5764
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Harry Potter and the Order of Our Lives:
The Magical Power of Shabbat
October 5, 2003; Kol Nidrei 5764
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​Ties That Bind: Autonomy and Obligation in Reform Judaism Today
September 7, 2002; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5763
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It's About Time
September 15, 2002; Kol Nidrei 5763
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Lo Nafsik Lirkod: We Will Not Stop Dancing
September 17, 2001; Erev Rosh Hashanah 5762
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Jerry Falwell and Judd Hirsch: Things Happened for a Reason
September 16, 2001; Rosh Hashanah Morning 5762
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A Minute to Midnight: Leaving a Legacy of Life
September 26, 2001; Kol Nidre 5762
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Dust and Ashes: The Spirituality of Imperfection
September 27, 2001; Yom Kippur Morning 5762