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Community BlogTa Sh’ma 2024 Community Welcome from the President: On Seeing and Being Seen

Exodus Listening to the Call of the Shofar

Although it’s not Yom Kippur yet, I might as well begin with a confession....

Deuteronomy Creating Worlds with Our Words: Shabbat Shuva/Parshat Vayelech (Deteronomy 31:1-31:30)

“Every day, consciously and unconsciously, human beings scatter heaps of words...

Pluralistic Perspectives Humility and Hope in an Uncertain World: A Purim Teaching

This morning’s Torah reading begins with a divine call. Vayikra el Moshe vayed...

Holidays The Many Faces of Purim

This sermon was originally delivered at Congregation Netivot Shalom in Berkeley,...

Exodus Time to Teach

Parshat Mishpatim, Exodus 21:1-24:18 Last week, my daughter and three of her fri...

Genesis No Guarantees for the Righteous

Parshat Vayishlach, Genesis 32:3-36:43 The Torah is famously laconic about the e...