D’Var Torah-Parashat Vayikra-Suz Darby
This Sabbath Torah Portion begins the third book in the Torah, Vayikra, which is also the name of the portion. We are more familiar with the vernacular name of Leviticus. …
Sermon on ‘Women in Judaism’ by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman
February 2012 A couple of years ago two congregations in Maryland, including one of three congregations I serve as rabbi, Hevrat Shalom, had a magnificent evening and Shabbat. Women Chefs …
D’Var Torah Parashat Beshalach by Nancy Gould
Pharaoh has finally agreed to let the Israelites out of Egypt. G-d deliberately leads the people out by a longer route because He fears that “The people may have a …
D’var Torah – Beshalach by Nancy Gould
This week’s parsha is “Beshalach”, which means, “when he let go”. Pharaoh has finally agreed to let the Israelites out of Egypt. G-d deliberately leads the people out by a …
Sermon: Memories of the Civil Rights Movement
On the Occasion of the Observance of the Commemo-rative Holiday in Honor of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 2012 In the early 1960s I was a student at …
D’Var Torah Parashat Vayechi By Nancy Gould
The story begins as Jacob is about to die. Joseph comes to him and brings his two sons, who were born in Egypt, Ephraim and Manasseh. Jacob proceeds to bless …
D’Var Torah: Parashat Vayetze
This week’s parsha is the very eventful Vayetze, which, like all the early portions of the Torah, is just crammed with some of our most familiar Bible stories. It starts …
Cuba and Alan Gross – A Sermon by Rabbi Saltzman
Alan Gross has been in a Cuban prison for the past two years for unwittingly bringing in a computer and cell phone to the Jewish Community in order to connect …
D’var Torah – Parashat Lech Lecha 5772, by Nancy Gould
This week’s parsha is “Lech Lecha”, which means, “Go forth”. It tells the story of the beginning of Abraham’s relationship with God and the covenant that God makes with Abraham …
D’var Torah – Parashat Vayishlach 5772, by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman
In Congregation Beth El in Plainfield, NJ where I served as Hazzan while attending the Jewish Theological Seminary, one family I would stay over with, the Hollanders, who were very …