Recent Sermons
A Sukkah Response to Las Vegas – Sukkot 5778
A Sukkah Response to Las Vegas Sukkot 5778 • Beth El Synagogue Rabbi Alexander Davis If only it had been an Islamic terrorist, I keep saying to myself. I am embarrassed to say that. But it is the thought that keeps going through my mind. Because if it had been an Islamic terrorist, then at least we could say to ourselves, “they died as proud...
read moreTruth and Lies – Yom Kippur 5778
Truth and Lies – Yom Kippur 5778 Beth El Synagogue Rabbi Alexander Davis I always love the high holy days. I love the feeling of pageantry and the prayers, the shofar and the honey. And I love the crowds. How inspiring to look out and see 10,000 people packed into our sanctuary. Believe me. Standing room only. And if you count the live stream, half...
read moreThe Well – Rosh Hashanah 5778
The Well Rosh Hashana 5778 • Beth El Synagogue Rabbi Alexander Davis Once, a group of yeshiva students were traveling through the countryside on a hot summer day when all of a sudden they spotted a cool, fresh pond just on the other side of a fence. They jumped the fence, ran to the pond and plunged in. After a while of splashing and laughing,...
read moreParashat Vayikra – Nuance not Apathy
Parashat Vayikra – Nuance not Apathy – Rabbi Avi Olitzky
read moreConverso “Conversion”
Converso “Conversion” 2 Sivan 5777 • Bamidbar • May 17, 2017 Rabbi Alexander Davis From Manchester, to the President at the Kotel, to the investigation into Russian meddling, there is much to consider. But sometimes it is also important to be able to put aside the daily newswire and be transported to a different time and place. And that’s what I’d like to do...
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