Flags on the Bimah
Text of sermon for Veteran’s Day 2023, in light of the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. Reflecting on Haninah S’gan HaKohanim’s desire for us to pray for the wellbeing of the government.
Repro Shabbat 2023
Parashat Mishpatim sermon explaining that women’s bodily autonomy is sacrosanct. Reviewing Exodus 21:22-25 and statements by the Reform and Conservative Movements of Judaism.
The Exodus, the Shoah, and the Jewish Roundtable of Alameda Unified
We are leaving Egypt in this week’s Torah portion. We remember the Shoah, yet our children go to school with rising support for neo-Nazism.
Maintain Alameda District Funding For Arts-Integration at Maya Lin Elementary
A letter to the Alameda School Board: The Maya Lin arts-integrated model encouraged me to move my family to Alameda. The district needs to accept its obligation to support this nationally recognized education model.
Hope and Community in the Secular New Year
My thoughts on the rise in anti-Jewish bias, Zionism and Judaism, and my hopes for the secular new year.
Public Jew Hate in Kislev
Reflections on the rise of anti-Jewish Rhetoric in the month of Kislev 5783. Shabbat Sermon at Temple Israel.
