High Holy Days Sermons
5781 / 2021
Kol Nidrei
Rabbi Raskin - "Please Don't Cancel Me, Or Anyone Else!"
Rabbi Irv Elson - "What will you invest in?"
Yizkor
Rabbi Raskin - "Would you want to know the date of your death?"
Rosh Hashanah Day 1
Rabbi Raskin - "Are We Being Judged on The Day of Judgement?"
Rabbi Elson - "Savoring Our Faith"
5780 / 2020
Rosh Hashanah Day 1
Rabbi Raskin - “Respect Yourself: Confronting Contemporary Anti-Semitism
Rabbi Elson - If Captain Marvel Can Change, So Can You
Rosh Hashanah Day 2
Kayley Romick - I want to tell you about a dream I had.
Kol Nidrei
Rabbi Elson - There is always a Starbucks cup left on the table
Yom Kippur
Rabbi Raskin - The Presence of Faith Does Not Mean the Absence of Doubt
Yizkor
Rabbi Elson - The Book of Mormon: Should we Forgive God??
5779 / 2019
Rosh Hashanah Day 1
Rabbi Raskin - Do You Believe in Angels?
Rabbi Elson - Han Solo Shot First
Rosh Hashanah Day 2
Rabbi Raskin - God is (so much more than) Love
Rabbi Elson - The Wedding Plan: How Strong is our Faith?
Yom Kippur
Rabbi Raskin - Mental Illness is Not a Sin
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 - 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
Tue, January 19 2021
6 Shevat 5781
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