Shabbat Sermons
The Ally Difference
The Ally Difference Rabbi Ron Stern February 17, 2023 | 26 Shevat, 5783 Your browser does not support the audio element. Watch video of Rabbi Ron Stern's sermon and all Shabbat sermons HERE. In Rabbi Ron Stern's Shabbat sermon, he reaches back 35 years to his time in [...]
Back to Sinai: Lessons on inclusion and Empathy
Back to Sinai: Lessons on inclusion and Empathy Rabbi Sari Laufer February 10, 2023 | 19 Shevat, 5783 Your browser does not support the audio element. Watch video of Rabbi Sari's sermon and all Shabbat sermons HERE. When I was in first grade, a boy in my class [...]
Israel: Her future is in all of our hands
Israel: Her future is in all of our hands Rabbi Ron Stern January 20, 2023 | 27 Tevet, 5783 Your browser does not support the audio element.
The Valley of Death and Just Civil Disobedience
The Valley of Death and Just Civil Disobedience Rabbi Josh Knobel Rabbi Josh Knobel asks a provocative question: How do we know when acts of civil disobedience should engender sympathy and which should engender condemnation and opposition? Through analyzing the events that led to Afghanistan's Korangal Valley to [...]
Come Together
Come Together Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback and Rabbi Sari Laufer In a Shabbat service that featured our Wise School students, Rabbis Yoshi and Sari discuss the last Torah portion of Genesis, wherein Jacob gives his blessings to his children. The richness of the portion leads to teachings about fatalism [...]