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June 2016

June 14, 2016
There are those who will address the complex questions of gun ownership in the wake...

July 2015

July 12, 2015
The most read book in human history, the Bible, spends much of its time concerned with...
July 05, 2015
When is the last time you got lost? I don't mean you missed a turn...
July 03, 2015
I am an Orthodox rabbi. In my faith community we do not perform same-sex marriages....

April 2015

April 29, 2015
The Supreme Court may very well transform the landscape of marriage rights in the United...
April 01, 2015
I remember the first time I encountered the black cover siddur, prayer book, from Artscroll....

February 2015

February 17, 2015
A young girl's bat mitzvah is cut short. The life of a volunteer security guard...
February 03, 2015
The future of Europe rests on how it protects the Jews and Muslims who live...

January 2015

January 02, 2015
My friend and colleague, Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz, has written a provocative personal essay in the...

October 2014

October 23, 2014
It has now been more than a week since the revelations occurred in the media...
October 03, 2014
I read Matti Friedman's article on Tablet published last month and was deeply intrigued. In fact,...

August 2014

August 19, 2014
In the great epic story of humanity there has always been the forces that compel...
August 19, 2014
Jewish identity.  It is quite the buzzword these days. It is the goal set by...

June 2014

June 30, 2014
Religious liberty is at the heart of our country. It is what has enabled countless...
June 17, 2014
Three teenage boys traveling home from their religious seminary to be with their families for...
June 09, 2014
The first synagogue to take root in North America more than 350 years ago was...

May 2014

May 25, 2014
Rabbi Berel Wein is beyond any doubt one of the most profound, prolific and inspired...
May 09, 2014
To understand the newest book by Rabbi Avi Weiss one needs to tell a story...
May 05, 2014
The first time I was introduced to Patheos was when I met Leo Brunnick, a...
May 04, 2014
How often do we truly put ourselves in the space to encounter the other in...

September 2013

September 11, 2013
The following is the benediction I offered at the 2013 Colorado 9/11 Memorial presented at...

August 2013

August 29, 2013
Let me offer you a small experiment/challenge for this upcoming Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur....

July 2013

July 22, 2013
The following is a modified version of the sermon I delivered this past Shabbat on...

April 2013

April 23, 2013
I watched the documentary Kumare this weekend and I was struck by its portrayal of...
April 19, 2013
The following is the message I sent out to our community after the bombings at...
April 09, 2013
Houses of Worship are unique organizations in many ways. The House of Worship, regardless of...

March 2013

March 24, 2013
Tomorrow night people around the world will sit down with their family and friends and...

December 2012

December 18, 2012
It was only a few weeks after my family and I moved to Denver to...

November 2012

November 11, 2012
This sermon was delivered at BMH-BJ: The Denver Synagogue on Shabbat morning, November 10, 2012....
November 05, 2012
This sermon was delivered this past Shabbat at BMH-BJ: The Denver Synagogue in Denver, Colorado....
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