High Holy Days Sermons

Jump to Year: 5776 - 5775 - 5774 - 5773

5780 / 2020

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Raskin - “Respect Yourself; Confronting Contemporary Anti-Semitism”

 Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Kayley Romick - I want to tell you about a dream I had.

Yom Kippur

Rabbi Raskin - “The Presence of Faith Does Not Mean the Absence of Doubt”

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Elson - If Captain Marvel Can Change, So Can You

Yizkor

Rabbi Elson - The Book of Mormon: Should we Forgive God??

Kol Nidrei

Rabbi Elson - There is always a Starbucks cup left on the table

 

5779 / 2019

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Raskin - Do You Believe in Angels?

 Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Rabbi Raskin - God is (so much more than) Love

Yom Kippur

Rabbi Raskin - Mental Illness is Not a Sin

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Elson - Han Solo Shot First

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Rabbi Elson - The Wedding Plan: How Strong is our Faith?

Yom Kippur

Rabbi Elson - What Happens After You Die?

 

5778 / 2018

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Raskin - What Would My Great-Grandfather & Grandfather Think…”

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Rabbi Raskin - “RH 2 5778” Title: “The Cure for Destination Disease”

Yom Kippur

Rabbi Raskin - “How will you name yourself? How will others?”

 

5777 / 2016

Rosh Hashanah Day 1 & Kol Nidre

Rabbi Raskin – Ideological Warfare in America: What Judaism Can Teach Us in 2016

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Irv Elson – Batman, the Most Jewish of all Super Heroes

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Rabbi Raskin – Edifice Complex is Not Good for the Jews

Jennifer Newfeld – Torah Commentary

Erev Yom Kippur

Rabbi Irv Elson – Ethical Wills

Yom Kippur

Rabbi Raskin – Blessed is the One Who Restores Life to the Dead

Rabbi Irv Elson – What They Left and What They Kept

 

5776 / 2015

Rosh Hashanah Day 1 – Living With Regrets

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 – There’s No Going Back Now

Yom Kippur – The Yizkor Suit

Kol Nidre – Our Thoughts Program Our Actions

 

5775 / 2014

Rosh Hashanah Day 1  – In a world of hostility and hate, reasons to have hope for Israel and the Jewish people in 5775

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 – Our Jewish family is an Interfaith family; What it means, and what we should do about it.

Yom Kippur – Move over Dr. Phil! Step Aside Dr. Oz! The [Jewish] secret to living a meaningful life is…

 

5774 / 2013

Rosh Hashanah Day 1  – Hannah Montana is Dead: The Vulnerability of Childhood & The Power of Parenting

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 – The Yom Kippur War 40 Years Later: Time for another national atonement

Yom Kippur – Memories Are Not Enough: Judaism & the Afterlife

 

5773 / 2012

Rosh Hashanah, Day 1 – ‘The Simplest and Sanest Recommendation Any God Has Ever Made’

Rosh Hashanah, Day 2 – Ask not what God can do for you; Ask what you [and only you] can do for God

Yom Kippur – Accepting People for Who They Are; and Forgiving Them for Who They Are Not