By Rabbi Bill Kuhn, sermon delivered Rosh Hashanah morning 2011 A couple of months ago, I met with a small group of some of the top Jewish leaders Philadelphia, and […]

By Rabbi Eli Freedman, sermon delivered Yom Kippur Morning 2011 I’m not Thomas Friedman.  Yes, we have the same last name, although he spells it wrong, but that is the […]

By Rabbi Eli Freedman, sermon delivered erev Rosh Hashanah evening 2011 As many of you know, this summer I got married.  Laurel and I decided to take a road-trip to […]

By Rabbi Jill Maderer, sermon delivered Yom Kippur Morning 2011 A boat filled with travelers sails in the ocean, when suddenly one passenger begins to drill a hole in the […]

By Rabbi Jill Maderer, sermon delivered Kol Nidre evening 2011 If you enjoy cruise-ship vacations, you have likely come across a cruise-ship rabbi.   Often times when rabbis retire, they take […]

by Dan Seltzer, presented at August 19 Shabbat Service With a sense of relief that comes with confessing, but also in the Socratic spirit of “the only thing I know is […]

by Thomas Perloff, presented at August 12 Shabbat Service Before sharing a profound moment, I would like to provide some background.       First, I am a numbers guy. In high school, […]

by Michael Hauptman, presented at July 22 Shabbat Service After my grandmother died, I remember my mother asking me whether I believed in an afterlife; whether after you died, some […]

This Shabbat, we continue our Understanding Profound Moments  series with Michael Hauptman’s presentation and Rabbi Freedman’s teaching.  Please join us tonight at 5:30pm for pre-oneg and blessings and 6:00pm for the […]

by Holly Lentz Kleeman, presented at July 1 Shabbat service I am fortunate to have been blessed with many profound moments in my life.  Many of these moments are what […]