Bring Them Home Now: Heartbreak and Hope Even Here in NC

Tonight, the final new moon of the Jewish year will appear in the sky marking the new Hebrew month of Elul and the Jewish community will begin counting down the days to the Jewish New Year. Each morning of this month, we hear the blast of a ram’s horn (the shofar) serving as a wakeup call to the ways we need to change.  This past Jewish year (5784 by Jewish accounting)…

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Pursuing Peace Together

This talk was written for an interfaith prayer service for peace and solidarity in the world at Aldersgate in Charlotte on May 23, 2024. Psalm 133 states in Hebrew, “Hinei…

We Will Dance Again

This was delivered as the Yizkor (Memorial) Sermon for the Seventh Day of Passover at Temple Beth El in Charlotte, North Carolina. The path to freedom is not linear. Keep…