Search for Meaning with Rabbis Ed Feinstein and David Woznica (Part II)
In the second installment of this wide-ranging conversation, Rabbi Yoshi continues his dialogue with Rabbi Ed Feinstein and Rabbi David Woznica — turning from personal story to the larger questions pressing [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, March 13, 2026
Exodus begins in trauma. A Pharaoh comes to power who willfully forgets Joseph, forgetting that one of the Jewish people was the architect of Egypt's salvation.Oppression follows. Then murder.And then, finally, the struggle for liberation [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, March 6, 2026
This past Shabbat, we read the Torah verses commanding us to remember Amalek, the paradigmatic enemy of the Jewish people, who attacked our ancestors from behind while they were vulnerable in the wilderness. In Jewish [...]
The Kotel Belongs to All of Us
The Kotel Belongs to All of Us Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback February 27, 2026 | 11 Adar, 5786 Your browser does not support the audio element. Watch this week's video and all Shabbat sermons HERE. [...]
Search for Meaning with Rabbis Ed Feinstein and David Woznica (Part I)
In this first installment of a special two-part conversation, Rabbi Yoshi sits down live with Rabbi Ed Feinstein, longtime senior rabbi of Valley Beth Shalom, and Rabbi David Woznica, who has [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, February 27, 2026
I still remember my first visit to the Kotel, the Western Wall in Jerusalem, one of the holiest sites in Jewish tradition.It was 1978. We had come as a family to celebrate the b’nai mitzvah [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, February 20, 2026
I want to begin with October 7th — that Shabbat morning. I woke up to WhatsApp messages from my daughter and from friends and family in Israel. Confusion. Horror. The numbers kept rising. And [...]
Search for Meaning with Cantor Lauren Blasband-Roth
In this episode of Search for Meaning, Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback sits down with Cantor Lauren Blasband-Roth for a thoughtful conversation about vocation, music, and Jewish life. Lauren shares her journey to the [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, February 13, 2026
This Shabbat is known as Shabbat Shekalim—the special Sabbath that comes just before the beginning of the month of Adar, always a few weeks before Purim. In our portion, we read about the half-shekel tax: an [...]
Shabbat Shalom – Friday, February 6, 2026
This week’s Torah portion, Parashat Yitro, brings us to the threshold of Sinai. Our Israelite ancestors have escaped enslavement, but they are only beginning to understand what freedom really means. As the story continues, we [...]