For first High Holidays after Oct. 7, rabbis weigh very weighty sermons “We can’t ignore the tragedy because God is not absent from the universe. As it says in Psalms, ‘The guardian of Israel does not slumber or sleep,’” says Rabbi Yosef Zarnighian of Congregation Mikveh Israel in Philadelphia. Alan Zeitlin Oct. 2, 2024
Muslim academics spew antisemitism in Texas, Southern California San Jose State University graduate Ghaith Arodaki said Jews are cursed, while law professor Khaled Abou El Fadl compared Jews to Nazis. Jan. 4, 2024
Rabbis to offer sermons on everything from AI to Ukraine on High Holidays And a cantor at a New York Reform congregation will perform “L’dor V’dor,” corresponding to the rabbi’s talk about intergenerational friendship. Sergio Carmona Sept. 5, 2023
Another year, another political lecture from the pulpit? Rabbis in the midst of preparing social-action sermons might want to reconsider their topics. Rebecca Sugar Aug. 27, 2021
Where will America’s rabbis lead us this year? A trend towards High Holiday sermons about Trump or Netanyahu could set the tone for more political strife, even as a sense of Jewish peoplehood declines. Jonathan S. Tobin Aug. 31, 2018
