Shabbat Sermons
"Live Long and Prosper"
Response to Racism and the Pandemic
Parashat Naso; May 29, 2020
The Source of our Help:
From Charlottesville to Charlotte Amalie -
Reflections on Racism in Light of
a Looming Solar Eclipse
August 18, 2017; Parashat Re'eh
A Bridge to Somewhere: Inclusion, Outreach
and a New Chapter in Our Lives
Introductory Sermon to the
Hebrew Congregation of St. Thomas
July 14, 2017; Parashat Pinchas
To A Place That I Will Show You:
Farewell Address To Temple Shalom
June 9, 2017; Parashat Be'ha'alot'cha
A House Divided: Rabbinic Views on Slavery
February 13, 2015; Parashat Mishpatim
Light and Truth: Diversity in the Search for Unity
October 24, 2014; Parashat Noach
On the Other Side of the Jordan
August 1, 2014; Parashat Devarim
June 30, 2014; Parashat Korach
The Second Sex
March 28, 2014; Parashat Tazria
Pride and Prejudice
March 21, 2014; Parashat Sh’mini
Stones and Bones
March 14, 2014; Parashat Tzav
Why Be Jewish?
November 14, 2014; Parashat Chayei Sarah
The Authors of Ourselves
January 10, 2014; Parashat Beshalach
Losing Ourselves and Discovering the World
November 8, 2013; Parashat Vayetzei
Friedan's Freedom: A Half Century Since
the Publication of The Feminie Mystique
February 22, 2013; Parashat Tetzaveh
The Way the World Works
August 31, 2012; Parashat Ki Tetzei
“Hear” O Israel!
The Art of Conversation in an Age of Conflict
April 20, 2012; Parashat Shmini
The Death of Demjanjuk and the Power of the Past
March 23, 2012; Parashat Vayikra
White Lies and Tall Tales in a WikiLeaks World
December 17, 2010; Parasha Vayechi
Shaping History or Being Shaped By It
March 19, 2010; Parashat Vayikra
Clean Hands and a Pure Heart:
Reaction to the Recent Revelation about our Torah Scrolls
February 19, 2010; Parashat Terumah
Chesed (Kindness): Ten Years After Columbine
April 24, 2009; Parashat Tazria-Metzorah
How Charles Darwin Made Reform Judaism Possible
February 13, 2009; Parashat Yitro
February 23, 2007; Parashat Terumah
Jimmy Carter and the Betrayal of History
January 12, 2007; Parashat Shemot
If So, Why Do I Exist?
November 24, 2006; Parashat Toledot
November 16, 2006; Parashat Chayei Sarah
I Saw The Best Minds of My Generation
May 26, 2006; Parashat Bamidbar
First Things First
February 24, 2006; Parashat Mishpatim
Sign, Symbol and the Torah of our Lives
December 24, 2004; Parashat Vayichi
The Bones of Joseph
January 9, 2004; Parashat Vayechi
