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Beautiful Brokenness

Yom Kippur Morning 2023 Rabbi Cy Stanway I want to share a true story[1] with you:  In 1975, in Cologne, Germany, ...

Yeish V’eiyn – To Have and not Have

Erev Yom Kippur Erev Yom Kippur 2023Rabbi Cy Stanway I love playing around with words and expressions. There is always ...

Wither Free Israel? Rosh Hashanna Morning 2023

Whither Free Israel?Rosh Hashanna Morning 2023Rabbi Cy Stanway Many years ago, I had the most embarrassing moment of my life, ...

Broken Bones and Connective Tissue: Erev Rosh Hashanna 2023

Rabbi Cy Stanway There was a fascinating article I found during the pandemic that has stayed with me. I want ...

NEW WORDS

New Words: Old Problems Yom Kippur Morning 2022 Rabbi Cy Stanway Let’s start this morning with a little quiz. What ...

LET’S TALK ABOUT TORNADOES

Rosh Hashanna 2022I am going to start my Rosh Hashanna sermon talking about something I don’t usually think about: tornadoes.  ...

OUR MOVEMENT’S MOMENT OF TESHUVAH

Yom Kippur Morning 2022 Of all the days in the Jewish year, you would think that Yom Kippur is the ...

LISTENING TO THE STILL, SMALL VOICE

YOM KIPPUR In the Middle Ages throughout Europe, over-zealous priests in the Catholic Church were so afraid of Jewish thought ...

Uvalde, Texas

From the Book of Lamentations in memory of those killed by another round of gun violence in Uvalde: Bitterly she ...

In the Blink of an Eye: Reflections from the Hineini Mission to Poland – Spring 2022

It’s often said that life can change in the blink of an eye. Anyone who has ever experienced a sudden ...