Shabbat Sermons
"Chesed: Kindness"
Response on the Occasion of Installation
November 18, 2022
"Choose Life"
A Response to the Dobbs Ruling
July 8, 2022
"Roots and Wings"
Inaugural Sermon at Beth Israel
July 1, 2022
"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
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Light and Truth: Diversity in the Search for Unity
October 24, 2014; Parashat Noach
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On the Other Side of the Jordan
August 1, 2014; Parashat Devarim
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June 30, 2014; Parashat Korach
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The Second Sex
March 28, 2014; Parashat Tazria
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​Pride and Prejudice
March 21, 2014; Parashat Sh’mini
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Stones and Bones
March 14, 2014; Parashat Tzav
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​Why Be Jewish?
November 14, 2014; Parashat Chayei Sarah
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The Authors of Ourselves
January 10, 2014; Parashat Beshalach
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Losing Ourselves and Discovering the World
November 8, 2013; Parashat Vayetzei
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Friedan's Freedom: A Half Century Since
the Publication of The Feminie Mystique
February 22, 2013; Parashat Tetzaveh
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The Way the World Works
August 31, 2012; Parashat Ki Tetzei
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“Hear” O Israel!
The Art of Conversation in an Age of Conflict
April 20, 2012; Parashat Shmini
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The Death of Demjanjuk and the Power of the Past
March 23, 2012; Parashat Vayikra
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White Lies and Tall Tales in a WikiLeaks World
December 17, 2010; Parasha Vayechi
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Shaping History or Being Shaped By It
March 19, 2010; Parashat Vayikra
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Clean Hands and a Pure Heart:
Reaction to the Recent Revelation about our Torah Scrolls
February 19, 2010; Parashat Terumah
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Chesed (Kindness): Ten Years After Columbine
April 24, 2009; Parashat Tazria-Metzorah
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How Charles Darwin Made Reform Judaism Possible
February 13, 2009; Parashat Yitro
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February 23, 2007; Parashat Terumah
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Jimmy Carter and the Betrayal of History
​January 12, 2007; Parashat Shemot
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If So, Why Do I Exist?
November 24, 2006; Parashat Toledot
November 16, 2006; Parashat Chayei Sarah
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I Saw The Best Minds of My Generation
May 26, 2006; Parashat Bamidbar
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First Things First
February 24, 2006; Parashat Mishpatim
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Sign, Symbol and the Torah of our Lives
December 24, 2004; Parashat Vayichi
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The Bones of Joseph
January 9, 2004; Parashat Vayechi
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