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Weekly Sermons
2017
After a Visit to Auschwitz: Questions About the Holocaust
2016
"Will You Still Love Me When I'm 64?"
Dylan and Moses: Two Poets and Prophets
Aharei Mot: After the Holocaust
Shabbat HaGadol: To Kitniyot or Not?
2015
Jacob - The First Syrian Refugee
Lech Lecha: Go Forth and What I Told the Prime Minister
Why Sandy Koufax Still Matters
Does God Have a Favorite in the Belmont Stakes?
2014
The Rape of Dinah - and Other Stories in the News
Massacre in a Jerusalem Synagogue
Is there a Connection between Yom HaShoah & Yom HaAtzmaut?
Not Forgetting What We Are Supposed to Remember
2013
Nelson Mandela
What Will Hindsight Tell Us About Our Negotiations With Iran?
The Pope and the Rabbi
A Father's Day Message
Knaydels Make a Splash at Spelling Bee
Looking Back at Auschwitz and Forward to Israel
Are you a Passover or Purim Jew?
Journey to Jewish Heritage Report
The Miracle of Jewish Life in Kiev
2012
Pillar of Defense
The March that Changed the World
A Response to Atheism
Desecrating and Sanctifying God’s Holy Name in the NY Times
An Idea for a SNL Shtick
The Kid, the Couple and the Baseball
Sparks of Life: Impressions of Hungary on Shabbat Zachor
Tim Tebow or Not to Bow?
2011
The Ad Campaign to Bring Jacob Home
What Makes the Land Holy
Release of Gilad Shalit
An Eternal Bond
Shlach Lecha
A Most Unusual Hospital Visit
Message to Confirmation Class of 2011
A Visit to Sderot
Out of the Box Judaism
The Triangle Shirt Waist Fire
Shabbat Zachor 2011: Massacre in Itamar
VaYikra - Is Sacrifice a Thing of the Past?
A Letter to the Egyptian People
Violence in Arizona
A Sermon of Thanks
Always Listen to Your Mother
2010
UNESCO's Latest Injustice
The Mosque and the Lack of Civility
Confirmation Class Message 2010
A Meeting at the White House
Graduating Seniors Message
Jerusalem Day 2010
I Believe
2009
Judah Maccabee's Nobel Peace Prize Speech
Jared and Ivanka and Edward and Caroline
"Hood" - Violence at Fort Hood
Imagining John Lennon's "Imagine" - and the Tower of Babel
The Pre-Season: Getting Ready
Father's Day 2009
BeHa'alotheca: A GPS for the Way
One Rabbi's Reaction to the "Speech to the Muslim World"
The Cycle of the Holidays
Should She or Shouldn't She?
Can We Learn from Moses' Accounting?
The Lobby and the Nominee
What I Said to the President on his First Day in Office
2008
Lessons from a Super Super Bowl
Pesach in Israel
The 60th Anniversary of the Founding of Israel
A Haircut in Manhattan
Confirmation Class Message
We Answer to a Higher Authority
A New Leader
One Last Barrier of Prejudice Yet to Fall
Attack in Mumbai
The Madoff Massacre
2007
JCRC Speech: "Pillar of the Community Leadership Award"
The Six Day War - Forty Years Later
American Jewish History Month
Kedoshim 2007: Love and Limits
Yom Ha Shoah VA Tech and the Holocaust
The Don Imus Controversy
A Time to Celebrate and a Time to Remember: Purim 2007
Terumah 2007: UJC Super Sunday
Israel After the Second Hezbollah War
2006
Invocation for the Inauguration of County Executive Isiah Leggett
DC Rally for Solidarity with Israel
Darfur
Parashat Shemini 2006: Kashrut
Why is this Night Different? - Passover 2006
2005
Christmas and Hanukah
Intelligent Design VS Evoluation - Bereshit 2005
Judging Others, Judging Ourselves: Shoffim 2005
A Painful Move: My Israel Trip - July 2005
Message to My Confirmation Class 2005
Yom HaZikaran/Yom HaAtmaat: Independence Day and Memorial Day 2005
The Holocaust, Helmets and Holiness
On Account of a Hat
The Measure of a Man: Pope John II
March 2005 Trip to Israel
Sixtieth Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
God is in the Whirlwind: The Tsunami of 2004 (Va'fra)
2004
Thanksgiving 2004
VaYetizeh 2004
The Death and "Legacy" of Arafat
Abraham: Father of All?
The Important Questions
Victory in Athens
Memorial Day 2004
Sanctifying our Homes
Horror in Iraq
Metzora 2004
Passover in Miami
The Passion
Joe Lieberman for President: Did We Miss an Opportunity?
In Defense of the Fence
HIPPA Regulations: Is it Illegal to Pray for Someone?
Preserving the Memory of Sinai
2003
From Abrahan to Auswhitz to Washington
Baseball and Curses: Failed Again
Ten Years of Oslo
Yom Ha'Atzmaut
The War in Iraq
The Other Refugees
France 2003
Ilan Ramon: Israel Reaches for the Stars
2002
Pro-Israel Rally at the University of Maryland
Rabbi Weinblatt's Statement in Front of the Egyptian Embassy
Having a Son in the Israeli Army
2001
Ecumencial Experiences and Yom Hashoah
Finding Joy: A Story for Sukkot
Listening for Heavenliness
Noah
When Making Up is Hard To Do
When to Take a Hint