High Holy Day Sermons

5785 | 2024

Yom Kippur/Yizkor

Rabbi Raskin - "Am Yisrael Chai: The Anthem of Jewish Peoplehood" - Read here and watch here

Rabbi Elson - Yizkor Sermon - Read here

Kol Nidre

Rabbi Simmons - "Trees of Hope" - Read here

Rabbi Raskin - "Yearning for Mashiach: Why Messianism is still relevant" - Read here and watch here

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Rabbi Simmons - "Three Questions" - Read here and watch here

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Raskin - "Words Matter" - Read here and watch here

Rabbi Elson - "Forces of Destiny" - Read here

Erev Rosh Hashanah 

Rabbi Simmons - "The Left Gate" - Read here and watch here

5783 | 2022

Yom Kippur/Yizkor

Rabbi Raskin - "God, Help us to Remember" - Watch or Read

Rabbi Elson - Read here

Kol Nidre

Rabbi Simmons - "Two Boxes" - Watch or Read

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Rabbi Simmons - "Eyes of Hope" - Watch or Read

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Raskin - "Becoming Religious in 5783" - Watch or Read

Rabbi Elson - Read here

5781 / 2021

Kol Nidrei

Rabbi Raskin - "Please Don't Cancel Me, Or Anyone Else!"

Rabbi Irv Elson - "What will you invest in?"

Yizkor

Rabbi Raskin - "Would you want to know the date of your death?"

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Raskin - "Are We Being Judged on The Day of Judgement?"

Rabbi Elson - "Savoring Our Faith"
 

5780 / 2020

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Raskin - “Respect Yourself: Confronting Contemporary Anti-Semitism

Rabbi Elson - If Captain Marvel Can Change, So Can You

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Kayley Romick - I want to tell you about a dream I had.

Kol Nidrei

Rabbi Elson - There is always a Starbucks cup left on the table

Yom Kippur

Rabbi Raskin - The Presence of Faith Does Not Mean the Absence of Doubt

Yizkor

Rabbi Elson - The Book of Mormon: Should we Forgive God??

5779 / 2019

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Raskin - Do You Believe in Angels?

Rabbi Elson - Han Solo Shot First

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Rabbi Raskin - God is (so much more than) Love

Rabbi Elson - The Wedding Plan: How Strong is our Faith?

Yom Kippur

Rabbi Raskin - Mental Illness is Not a Sin

Rabbi Elson - What Happens After You Die?

5778 / 2018

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Raskin - What Would My Great-Grandfather & Grandfather Think?

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Rabbi Raskin - The Cure for Destination Disease

Yom Kippur

Rabbi Raskin - How will you name yourself? How will others?

5777 / 2016

Rosh Hashanah Day 1 & Kol Nidre

Rabbi Raskin – Ideological Warfare in America: What Judaism Can Teach Us in 2016

Rosh Hashanah Day 1

Rabbi Irv Elson – Batman: the Most Jewish of all Super Heroes

Rosh Hashanah Day 2

Rabbi Raskin – Edifice Complex is Not Good for the Jews

Jennifer Newfeld – Torah Commentary

Erev Yom Kippur

Rabbi Irv Elson – Ethical Wills

Yom Kippur

Rabbi Raskin – Blessed is the One Who Restores Life to the Dead

Rabbi Irv Elson – What They Left and What They Kept

5776 / 2015

Rosh Hashanah Day 1 – Living With Regrets

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 – There’s No Going Back Now

Yom Kippur – The Yizkor Suit

Kol Nidre – Our Thoughts Program Our Actions

5775 / 2014

Rosh Hashanah Day 1  – In a world of hostility and hate, reasons to have hope for Israel and the Jewish people in 5775

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 – Our Jewish family is an Interfaith family; What it means, and what we should do about it.

Yom Kippur – Move Over, Dr. Phil! Step Aside, Dr. Oz! The [Jewish] Secret to Living a Meaningful Life is…

5774 / 2013

Rosh Hashanah Day 1  – Hannah Montana is Dead: The Vulnerability of Childhood & The Power of Parenting

Rosh Hashanah Day 2 – The Yom Kippur War 40 Years Later: Time for Another National Atonement

Yom Kippur – Memories Are Not Enough: Judaism & the Afterlife

5773 / 2012

Rosh Hashanah, Day 1 – The Simplest and Sanest Recommendation Any God Has Ever Made

Rosh Hashanah, Day 2 – Ask not what God can do for you; Ask what you [and only you] can do for God

Yom Kippur – Accepting People for Who They Are; and Forgiving Them for Who They Are Not