Yom Kippur 2010 Forgive Me, Mother Carol Sternhell On Mother’s Day the nursing home—my mother’s prison—is abloom. Every resident—at least every one with relatives willing to sign a check—gets…
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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…
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…
“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,…
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…
On Tolerance Reflections by Cynthia Chalker Yom Kippur 2006 Good morning. I am honored to be asked to speak to you as part of the Yom Kippur service….
Yom Kippur 1999 Alan Siege Several years ago, it’s actually over 20, when I was a REALLY young man, I had a fight with a woman I was living…