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Sermons & Reflections

Each year, in addition to Rabbi Rosen's High Holiday sermons, JRC members are invited to share their personal reflections on a variety of subjects related to their experiences as Jews. Please click on the links below to read and share our words of wisdom from past High Holidays.

2012/5773
Rosh Hashanah (Rabbi Rosen)
Yom Kippur (Rabbi Rosen and Hannah M. Kaplan and Syd Lieberman, JRC members)

2011/5772
Rosh Hashanah (Rabbi Rosen)
Yom Kippur (Rabbi Rosen and Laurie Goldstein and Susan Stone, JRC members)

2010/5771
Rosh Hashanah (Rabbi Rosen and Sharon Díaz, Executive Director)
Yom Kippur (Rabbi Rosen and Robin Trilling, JRC member)

Rabbi Rosen's Sermons from Years Past
Erev Rosh Hashanah, 5770: Faith and Faithfulness
Rosh Hashanah, 5770: Judaism as Nonviolence?
Kol Nidre, 5770: Feeding the God of Compassion
Yom Kippur, 5770: The Road to Yavneh

Erev Rosh Hashanah, 5769: The Season of Our Sustenance
Rosh Hashanah, 5769: The End of Empire
Kol Nidre, 5769: The Reconciliation of Civilizations
Yom Kippur, 5769: Understanding Iran, Facing Our Fears

Personal Reflections & Presidential Addresses from Years Past
Erev Rosh Hashanah, 5770: Joshua Karsh
Rosh Hashanah, 5770: Sammy Marks

Rosh Hashanah, 5769: Arnie Kanter
Yom Kippur, 5769: Hannah Gelder