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“It’s Raining Cats And…” – Shabbat Noach – November 4, 2016
written on November 7, 2016 // 0 CommentsIf you’ve been recently to the house Tracy and I share you likely know that our yard was selected by […]

“Our differences bring us together:” Rosh Hashanah 5777/2016 Morning Drash by Rabbi Lisa Edwards
written on October 18, 2016 // 0 CommentsIt was one of those moments. I’m sure you’ve had them too. I was prowling-the-web-in-the-middle-of-the-night-when-I-should-have-been-sleeping. Well, at least i wasn’t […]

“Who will…” – Kol Nidre 5777/2016 Drash by Rabbi Lisa Edwards
written on October 18, 2016 // 0 CommentsLast May Tracy and I visited Brighton, England. A friend from Poland had lived in Brighton for four years, and […]

Dean Hansell Drash at Beth Chayim Chadashim, September 23, 2016
written on October 10, 2016 // 0 CommentsShabbat Shalom. I think the last time I stood on this Bimah to deliver the drash I had hair. I […]

5777: Binding the World with Chesed
written on October 10, 2016 // 0 Commentsby Rabbi Heather Miller Shanah Tovah– Some Jewish theologians suggest that the activity we begin tonight, during these 10 penitential […]

Family Matters- A Drash on Parashat Ki Teitzei
written on September 19, 2016 // 0 CommentsBy Rabbi Heather Miller I didn’t have a bat mitzvah ceremony at age 13. Instead, I waited until I had […]

The Pursuit of Justices — Parashat Shoftim; September 9, 2016
written on September 12, 2016 // 0 Commentsby Rabbi Heather Miller Shabbat Shalom! This October 3 is Rosh HaShanah! But it is also a very important secular […]

Nothing Gold Can Stay — Parashat Eikev, August 26, 2016
written on August 28, 2016 // 0 Commentsby Rabbi Heather Miller Photo Credit: News on 6 Do you know what this is? It is a picture of […]

Love Binds Us Together: Shabbat Va’etchanan – August 19, 2016
written on August 22, 2016 // 0 CommentsEarlier this week, on Tuesday, Melissa and I celebrated the secular calendar date that I proposed to her eight years […]

Of Compromise, Negotiation, Cooperation: Mattot — Mas’ei, August 5, 2016 / 2 Av 5776
written on August 8, 2016 // 0 CommentsBy Rabbi Lisa Edwards Last night at a Ritual Committee meeting we asked some micro questions — who will set […]