Then Sang Moses and the Children of Israel
Sermon by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman Recently, visiting our granddaughter, Keren, in Forest Hills, Queens, New York we were delighted to see her progress walking around very steady, pushing a stroller …
What is social action and why is it essential to Judaism today? Rabbi Arnold Saltzman
Sha’are Shalom is a congregation which focuses on Social Justice, repairing the world through its activities in the community and its string membership involvement in projects such as the Baby-Sitting …
Hanukkah 2013/5774 by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman
Hanukkah begins Wednesday Evening, November 27, 2013 with the lighting of the first candle and ends on December 5th, with the last candle on Wednesday December 4th in the evening, …
Sermon “Lost Childhood” by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman
World Premiere of the Opera composed by Janice Hamer with Libretto by Mary Azrael. Sermon and Review of the World Premiere at Strathmore on November 9, 2013 Saturday evening November …
A Sukkot Message from Rabbi Arnold Saltzman
How will we find rest in a world so tormented? How will those who have suffered terrible losses recently in the Navy Yard, ever recover? How will we ever comprehend …
Kol Nidre Sermon – How to End Anti Semitism
By Rabbi Arnold Saltzman Kol Nidre evening begins the holiest day in the Jewish Year. It is a day of repentance, reflection, fasting, affliction, remembering, renewing and recommitting ourselves. It …
Yom Kippur Sermon – Can Light Bend?
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman The Kol Nidre itself is a collection of requests to nullify vows made under duress, pressure, war. The prayer asks God to forgive our vows which …
Rosh Hashanah Sermon – ‘Opting In’ to Judaism
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman The New Year, 5774, begins today. Today begins a time of reflection, prayer, family gathering, and celebration. We sound the Shofar! The New Year, 5774 represents …
Rabbi Arnold Saltzman awarded the Doctor of Music, honoris causa by the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Congratulations to our own, Rabbi Arnold Saltzman who has been awarded the Doctor of Music, honoris causa by Dr. Arnold Eisen, Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America. The …
Sermon for the 20th Anniversary of the Dedication of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
by Rabbi Arnold Saltzman Ten years after my family arrived in DC, I was contacted by Congressman Sidney Yates and his wife, Addie, and asked if I would come to …