Sermon – An Opera Controversy: The Opera “Klinghoffer”
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman The Metropolitan Opera has announced that in the coming season it will have a new production, The Death of Klinghoffer, by American opera composer, John Adams, …
Emor D’var Torah by George Gazarek
In this week’s Torah Portion, God establishes the times for us to observe Shabbat, the Festivals and the High Holidays. Since the establishment of the State of Israel, four new …
Death Thou Shalt Die
Sermon by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman ‘Death Be Not Proud’ by the poet and minister, Jonne Donne is a non accepting triumphant take on the death of death. What a subject. …
JEWVANGELIST: A Surprise from Hollywood
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman With Purim just a week away, it is custom to be busy with preparations for the holiday by making Shlach Manot, baskets with delicious deserts including …
D’var Torah – Men’s Club Shabbat
Frank Donsky! Bless his soul. He’s the one that got me in trouble with the Rabbi. It was February of 2000. We had just gotten over the Y2K bug and …
What Judaism Means to Me
by Mark Holt Judaism is a set of values, principles, and laws that have guided the Jewish people for thousands of years. God was very blunt: “Follow these laws and …
What Judaism Means to Me
by Paul McVinney I didn’t consciously choose Judaism. I chose Elaine and got Judaism in the bargain. She was strong in her faith and conviction that her children be Jewish, …
D’var Torah – Vayikra
by Nancy Gould This week’s parasha, Vayikra, is the beginning of the book of Leviticus. Now, the book of Leviticus is arguably the most boring book of the Bible because …
Article From Reform Judaism “Knowing When It’s Time: A Response to Rabbi Rosalind Gold”
La-kol z’man; v’eit l’khol khefetz takhat ha-shamayim…eit s’fod v’eit r’kod… (To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven…a time to mourn and a time …
Article from Reform Judaism “My Idea: Let the Mourners Saying Kaddish Stand Alone”
I grew up in a congregation in which the entire community stood and recited Kaddish Yatom, the Mourner’s Kaddish. We were told we should do so because of the millions …