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sermon
Kol Nidre sermon: Rabbi Zoë Klein – 5777/2016
Jewish Journal
October 14, 2016
I am contemplating the one percent, but I want to prevent the presumption that I meant the same one percent over which conventional contenders for president frequently dissent and resent.
High Holy Days sermon: Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback on Civil Discourse – 5777
Jewish Journal
October 14, 2016
These Days of Awe are about so many things – renewal, return, repentance. They are also about reflection.
This is water: On making meaning, making choices and making a difference
Jewish Journal
September 29, 2015
Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback\’s High Holy Days sermon
Conversation with the angel of death [1991]
Rabbi Harold M. Schulweis
December 18, 2014
The letter from Lillian came between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Italy expelling Moroccan imam who called for killing of Jews
Jewish Journal
August 5, 2014
Italy is expelling a Moroccan imam who called for Jews to be killed.
High Holy Days: Sermons take a chapter from writer’s book of life
Ryan Torok
September 3, 2013
In 1963, Richard Levy was in his mid-20s and in his last year of rabbinical school when he was sent on an internship to a synagogue in Jasper, Ala. About the time of Rosh Hashanah, not far away in the town of Birmingham, a bomb exploded at the 16th Street Baptist Church, an African-American place of worship, and four girls were killed.
Rabbi reverses interfaith marriage policy
Julie Gruenbaum Fax
September 27, 2012
It’s not often that a rabbi’s High Holy Days sermon is interrupted by a standing ovation. But that is what happened — twice — when Rabbi John Rosove, senior rabbi of Temple Israel of Hollywood, dedicated his sermon on the first day of Rosh Hashanah to explaining why he was changing a long-held position and would from now on officiate at interfaith weddings.
High Holy Days: In the rabbis’ words
JewishJournal.com
September 12, 2012
This year, we return to the wisdom offered by our rabbis during the High Holy Days in years past. What follows are excerpts from some exceptional sermons and High Holy Days writings; many more voices could have been included, of course, but we hope this will inspire you to revisit your own synagogues’ archives.
National sermon in Malaysia calls Jews the ‘main enemy’
Jewish Journal
April 3, 2012
The official government sermon delivered in mosques across Malaysia called Jews the \”main enemy.\”
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