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High Holy Days: Los Angeles rabbis share their sermons for 5776

Some of Los Angeles many renown rabbis have shared their High Holy Day sermons so that we can all learn from their wisdom.
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Jewish Journal

September 17, 2015

Some of Los Angeles' many renowned rabbis have shared their High Holy Day sermons so that we can all learn from their wisdom.

The Jewish Journal welcomes the sermons of all rabbis from this year's High Holy Days. Please submit to sermons@jewishjournal.com, and please include a photo of the rabbi. Thank you.

Rabbi Zoë Klein
Temple Isaiah
Reclaiming JEW

Rabbi Sharon Brous
IKAR
Wide awake: A spiritual response to the collapse of compassion

Rabbi Kenneth Chasen
Leo Baeck Temple
Our story … Our mission … Our fight
 

Rabbi John Rosove
Temple Israel of Hollywood
Fighting for the soul of the Jewish people

Rabbi Adam Kligfeld
Temple Beth Am
On faith, belief and God

Rabbi Yosef Kanefsky
B’nai David-Judea Congregation
The search for meaning

Morateinu Alissa Thomas-Newborn
B’nai David-Judea Congregation
Walk with me: The Akeidah as a call to communal support

 

Rabbi Laura Geller
Temple Emanuel
Return, reboot, reload

Rabbi Ed Feinstein
Valley Beth Shalom
Rescuing God
 
 

Rabbi Jocee Hudson
Temple Israel of Hollywood
Two seconds: An exploration of racial (in)justice and privilege in the United States

Rabbi Kalman Topp
Beth Jacob Congregation
Going to bat for every Jew
 

Rabbi Michelle Missaghieh
Temple Israel of Hollywood
Power plays

Rabbi Naomi Levy
Nashuva
Prisons of our own making

Rabbi Robin Podolsky
Temple Beth Israel
… For you were slaves in Egypt
 

 

 
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