Drashot/Sermons
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Shabbat T’rumah 5774 / January 31, 2014
written on February 3, 2014 // 0 CommentsBy: Rabbi Lisa Edwards I went to college in the height of the folk song era, during the protests against […]
Drash: Mishpatim Exodus 21:1 – 24:18 / January 24, 2014
written on January 29, 2014 // 0 CommentsBy: Ilene Cohen This week’s parashat is Mishpatim from the Book of Exodus in which Moses tells th Israelites the […]
Planting Seeds of Promise: Tu Bishvat Drash
written on January 24, 2014 // 0 CommentsBy:Rabbi Heather Miller Shabbat Shalom! How many of you have ever looked inside of an apple? I mean, really looked […]
Hanukkah Sermon / November 29, 2013
written on December 2, 2013 // 1 CommentBy Rabbi Heather Miller Ever watch a really good sports game… …where the outcome is decided upon by the referee? […]
Noach Drash: Mrs. Noah Fights God [October 4, 2013]
written on October 7, 2013 // 0 CommentsNoah’s Ark might be the most popular and definitely the cutest story in the Hebrew Bible. Two by two, Noah […]
5774 Rosh Hashanah Drash
written on September 9, 2013 // 1 CommentBy Rabbi D’ror Chankin Gould A few short months ago, I became the first openly gay man to receive ordination from […]
Jewish Strength – Parashat Nitzavim-Vayeilech
written on August 26, 2013 // 0 CommentsIt’s not in the heavens nor beyond the seas: No, the thing is very close to you, in your mouth and […]
Parshat Ki Tavo- August 23, 2013 : Antoinette Tuff – Ruach Chayim
written on August 26, 2013 // 0 CommentsBy Rabbi Lisa Edwards She’s a lot of people’s new hero — including mine — Antoinette Tuff — T-u-f-f — do […]
Drash: On the Shma 5773/Parashat Va’ethanan [July 19, 2013]
written on July 19, 2013 // 1 CommentBy Ilene Cohen Many of you may associate me with my Jewish ventriloquist puppet, Hershel, and I have been asked […]
Parshat Pinchas/end of DOMA, Prop. 8- June 28, 2013 : “Stepping Up for Justice”
written on July 1, 2013 // 1 CommentAnd the counting continues…13 states YES — only 37 to go! 13? YES!! This afternoon the Ninth Circuit Court of […]
