Divrei 5780

Fireworks and Wildflowers By Rabbi Ilana Grinblatt, July 10, 2020 As the sound of fireworks kept me awake at 2:00 am, all I could think about was August 2021. My

Lag Ba’Omer remarks By Phyllis Zimbler Miller, May 11, 2020 My father, Albert Zimbler, and my mother, Ruth Fishman Zimbler, were born three days apart in 1924 – my father

For Emor: The World’s Weirdest Mother’s Day By Rabbi Ilana Grinblat Mother’s Day is usually one of our busiest days of the year. We normally have brunch with my mother-in-law

Eighth Day Passover By Bob Braun, 5780 A couple of months ago I asked our intrepid drasha coordinators if it were possible to give a drasha on Pesach. My children

Vayikra   By Rabbi Gordon Bernat-Kunin, 3/27/2020 For some people, picking out the right gift is excruciating.  This may be why my wife wisely chose her own engagement ring. We have never

T’rumah By Larry Herman, February 29, 2020 What’s Your Mishkan? Shabbat Shalom. Did you listen to the Torah reading today? Or perhaps read it? At least the forty verses that

Mishpatim By Melissa Berenbaum, Feb 22, 2020 Shabbat Shalom. Mishpatim. Is there a better parsha for a lawyer? This parsha can be described as a combined class in criminal law,

Lecture by Steve Sloame, Feb 8, 2020 It is generally known that the UN has been dealing unfairly with Israel. But the the details are generally not known. So before

Lech Lecha לֶךְ לְךָ By Zwi Reznik, November 9, 2019, 11 Heshvan 5780 I don’t recall the exact date, but sometime this month will be the 70th anniversary of my

Yom Kippur 5780 Rabbi Jim Rogozen, October 2019 What Happened to the Dancing? Years ago, when we had first moved to Cleveland, I was asked to lead overflow High Holiday