Divrei 5785

By Joel Elkins, July 19, 2025 What makes us who we are? It’s a fascinating question, and one that I will not be dealing with today. Instead, I’m going to

By Leora Weinstock, June 14, 2025 Shabbat shalom! I am so thankful to be sharing some words of Torah at my aufruf, in the community in which I grew up.

By Rabbi Judy Weintraub A story: It’s Mother’s Day over a decade ago. A man by the name of Carlos is driving up the freeway to visit his mother in

By Bob Braun, April 12, 2025 Shabbat Shalom When I began to prepare for this drash, last night, I read that on Shabbat Hagadol, it is customary the leading rabbi

By Rabbi Susan Laemmle, Waiting for Moses, March 15, 2025 Two texts. Two creations that offer perspective on life and moral instruction on living well. First something modern: Several months

By Barry Rosenblatt, March 8, 2025 A few weeks ago, Bill Seligman drashed on Pharoh’s closed heart. I asked him at Kiddush whether he had considered how to open the

By Rick Muller, Feb 15, 2025 G’Shabbes. Thank you to Rachel Rubin Green, for letting me do this before the Torah reading. My goal is to Enlighten you about the

By Bill Seligman, January 26, 2025 The comedian George Burns, who knows a bit about God, once said that the secret of a good sermon is to have a good

By Larry Herman, January 18, 2025 Hineini, Hineinu Hineini. Here I am. What does it mean to be hineini, to be here? Is it a statement of physical presence? Is

By Carl Sunshine for Vayigash, Exodus 47-48, January 4, 2025 I would like to examine this week’s parshah with you on the double occasions of my 75th birthday, and my