Yom Kippur 2010 Forgiveness by Dan Wyman “Danny, are you a Nazi?!!!” This was my grandmother Edith’s response to me when, at age 10 on a visit to…
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Rosh Hashanah 2010 Rabbi Peter Schweitzer Every once in a while, the New York Times features what I like to describe as a reconciliation article. Sometimes they appear as…
Yom Kippur 2010 Rabbi Peter Schweitzer In thinking about my remarks for this morning, I discovered a typically zany performance by Jerry Lewis of a song written in 1950…
Life’s Challenges Devera Witkin Yom Kippur 2009 I am so honored to be a speaker today, alongside my friend Hy Gold. Hy is a real mensch and such a kind,…
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want… Or not by Hy Gold Yom Kippur 2009 I wish to thank Rabbi Peter for asking me to share my thoughts…
THE HERMENEUTICS OF SUSPICION: SEEKING OUT A HEALTHY SKEPTICISM Daniel Radosh Rosh Hashanah 2008 I am a skeptic from a family of skeptics. Parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles — you name…
“SEARCHING FOR WISDOM: An Examination of The Book of Ecclesiastes” Deborah Freeman Yom Kippur 2007 I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift,…
REGRETS, DO-OVERS, LOOKING AHEAD: Reflections Gladys Foxe, L.C.S.W.. L.P., Ph.D. Thank you, Peter. This was a wonderful assignment and I have given it a lot of thought. First…
SEARCHING FOR WISDOM: An Examination of The Book of Ecclesiastes Robert Liebeskind Yom Kippur 2007 Good Morning. I want to thank Peter for inviting me to speak today. It…
REGRETS, DO-OVERS, LOOKING AHEAD Stefni Bogard Rosh Hashanah 2007 Will I regret giving this brief speech? Yet, did I have much choice when approached by the rabbi? Truthfully, it was…