Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Telling the Whole Story: Reflections on a Trip to the American South
April 27, 2022
Race and American history are complex. This is what made our trip so difficult, and so important.
One God, Two Names, One Tent: Sermon on Parshat Va’era
January 3, 2022
I, and members of the Temple Beth Am (TBA) leadership, made such a decision recently. It was to permit a group of TBA members to self-organize, under the informal imprimatur of the TBA communal banner.
Two Stories as We Celebrate 73 years of the State of Israel
April 15, 2021
I celebrate dreaming about the next time I will be able to visit, all the while committing to doing my part to earn the love of the fragile yet sturdy, vulnerable yet mighty, maddening yet exquisite, divided and divisive but also singular in purpose State of Israel.
Pesach Yizkor: We Are Meaning Makers
April 6, 2021
We pull meaning and purpose from even the hardest of circumstances.
Changing — Like Language — in a Catastrophe
December 29, 2020
Life and laughter can be one of the buoys that keeps our heads above stormy waters.
The Ark — In Person
September 17, 2020
There is such joy in seeing a member of your community in person: having them articulate what has been painful and distressing about this era.
We Must Sweep Away the Racism Along with the Broken Glass
June 1, 2020
Jews know that broken glass always means more than one thing.
What COVID-19 Teaches Us About The Plague of Darkness
April 7, 2020
What’s darker than not being able to see the people you love?
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