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 …
When is Enough, Enough?
Recently we have been reading news about wealth in the United States and the growing divide. This is an important issue as 20 million Americans are unemployed. The implication is …
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 …