Sermons & Speeches
Below are sermons, speeches (and a few writings) from our spiritual leaders and members for Shabbat, High Holy Days, Pride and other occasions. They continue to serve as sources of knowledge, meaning and inspiration.
Cantor Wunch, Yom Kippur, High Holy Days 2024
Jon Medow, Rosh HaShana, High Holy Days 2024
Cantor Wunch, High Holy Days, 2023
Rabbi Emerita Aviva Goldberg, Kol Nidrey, High Holy Days, 2023
Dorothy Rusoff, High Holy Days, 2023
Cantor Wunch, High Holy Days, 2022
Cantor Wunch, High Holy Days, 2021
Deborah Britzman, “Senses of loneliness,” High Holy Days, 2021
Cantor Wunch, High Holy Days, 2021
Karen Charnow Lior, President’s speech, High Holy Days, 2021
Rabbi Emerita Aviva Goldberg, Pride Havdalah Sermon, June 12, 2021
Cantor Wunch, Pride Havdalah Sermon, June 12, 2021
Rabbi Dara Lithwick, “Reflections on the Passing of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, z’’l,” 2020
Rabbi Dara Lithwick, High Holy Days, 2020
Daniela Gesundheit, Opening Remarks, Zoom Shabbat, 2020
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, “We Must Not Continue to Be the World’s Scapegoat,” Shabbat, May 4, 2019
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, High Holy Days, 2019
Steven Logan, High Holy Days, 2019
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, High Holy Days, 2019
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, High Holy Days, 2019
Lorne Gould, High Holy Days, 2019
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, High Holy Days, 2018
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, High Holy Days, 2018
Dr. Jordan Paper, “Why Do We Celebrate the High Holidays?” High Holy Days, 2018
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, “Our Stories are Today’s Story,” High Holy Days, 2017
Carol Zemel, High Holy Days, 2017
Karen Charnow Lior, High Holy Days, 2017
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, “Standing in the Face of Trump: A D’var Torah,” 2016
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, High Holy Days, 2016
Daniela Gesundheit, High Holy Days, 2016
David Orenstein, “Will He Forgive?”, High Holy Days, 2016
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, “We Must Continue to Repair the World,” High Holy Days, 2016
Jacob Kaufman, “The Subversive Story of Jonah,” High Holy Days, 2016
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, “Hakarot Hatov – Appreciating the Good in Our Lives,” High Holy Days, 2015
David Townsend, High Holy Days, 2015
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, “The In-Between,” High Holy Days, 2015
Gita Schwartz, High Holy Days, 2015
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, “The Significance of the Month of Elul,” 2015
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, High Holy Days, 2014
Simone Brightstein, High Holy Days, 2014
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, High Holy Days, 2014
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, High Holy Days, 2014
j wallace, “In the Spirit of the Day,” High Holy Days, 2014
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, High Holy Days, 2013
Rabbi Aviva Goldberg, High Holy Days, 2013
Harriet Eisenkraft, “My Jewish Husband,” Anniversary speech, 2009
Harriet Eisenkraft & Elise Eisenkraft Klein, “The Jewish Way of Death,” 2005