The Edge of the Promised Land
‘There are giants in the land’ they say, ‘and we are like grasshoppers in their eyes and in in ours.’
Rabbi Esther Hugenholtz
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The Naked Torah
Let’s talk about… menstruation, blood, sex and reproduction. Yes, this sermon comes with a content warning.
This is Not A Sermon about Geopolitics
This is not a sermon about geopolitics. This is a sermon about the simplest of things; the most common of denominators, and the hardest of truths. Our humanity.
Sermon Series on the Synagogue: Sermon Three of Three
Now we will take a look at what the future may bring and how we may meet the moment.
Sermon Series on the Synagogue: Sermon Two of Three
Quite a number of years ago, when I was a much newer rabbi and still living in the United Kingdom, I befriended a local pastor.
Of Water and Trees and Holy Community
Perhaps you left Egypt with a sense of excitement and confidence, hopeful for what the future brings. Or perhaps you left Egypt with understandable trepidation about the great unknown.
Let There Be No Strife Between You and Me
The story-telling element in our Jewish culture is so compelling, worlds of the heart bound in words, each story a gem in a jewel box.
The Vessel of our Tears
Here we find ourselves; adrift on churning seas.
The Ultimate Joy
Did you know that all the world’s citrus fruits are hybridizations of three original species?
Yom Kippur Shacharit Sermon 5784
I sat across from the rabbi across the table; he was in his mid-sixties or so, with thick-rimmed glasses and a short, scratchy beard.
