Remembering Dr. Borowitz
28/11/16 09:56 Filed in: In Memoriam
A personal tribute to Rabbi Eugene B. Borowitz, one of the great Jewish thinkers of the 20th and 21st centuries, by one of his many students. Read More...
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A Burning Tower
12/11/16 20:48 Filed in: sermons
Here’s the d’var Torah on Parashat Lech-Lecha that I shared at Congregation Beth Israel on November 11th, 2016.
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Read More...Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon, 5777/2016
04/10/16 16:39 Filed in: sermons
Here is my sermon for the eve of Rosh Hashanah, 5777/2016. It was a tough one to write. How can you not talk about the extraordinary and disturbing election cycle that we find ourselves in this year? How can you talk about it in a way that teaches some Torah and is also not explicitly politically partisan? In any event, I hope you find it worthwhile…
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Read More...Sermon On Orlando Massacre
18/06/16 20:31 Filed in: sermons
Here’s the text of a sermon I presented on June 17, 2016, in response to the massacre at the Pulse gay night club in Orlando, Florida.
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Remarks At The Kickoff Of The IAHR Banner Project To Resist Anti-Muslim Bigotry
29/04/16 13:58
IAHR, Interfaith Action For Human Rights, recently initiated a campaign encouraging houses of worship of all faiths to hang a banner speaking out against the escalating instances of anti-Muslim prejudice and violence in American private and public life and discourse. The national kickoff to the campaign took place in Austin on April 28, 2016. I was asked to speak at the launch. Here are my remarks.
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