Sermons
"First Fruits: My American Story, Our Jewish Story"
How do we, as American Jews, appreciate the immense opportunities offered by life in America while also recognizing the benefits of being widely perceived as white? In my fifth-year sermon, I explore my own family's journey over a century and a half of living in Nashville, Tennessee along with their complicated relationship with race in the American South. By exploring one of the core narratives of Jewish tradition, I offer a possible path forward for the Jewish community, one that acknowledges our experience in America and calls on us to support efforts to dismantle systemic racism.
Read the text here
How do we, as American Jews, appreciate the immense opportunities offered by life in America while also recognizing the benefits of being widely perceived as white? In my fifth-year sermon, I explore my own family's journey over a century and a half of living in Nashville, Tennessee along with their complicated relationship with race in the American South. By exploring one of the core narratives of Jewish tradition, I offer a possible path forward for the Jewish community, one that acknowledges our experience in America and calls on us to support efforts to dismantle systemic racism.
Read the text here
"Fear of the Unknown: Embracing Our Shared Humanity in Parashat Tazria/M'tzora"
How do we relate to the Torah's purity laws in the 21st century? Are they simply foreign, disturbing, and irrelevant? Or perhaps might we reinterpret these texts in an age where we are all too familiar with the uncertainty of disease? This sermon supports such a reinterpretation and advocates for the application of an anthropological lens along with the many other interpretive lenses Jews utilize to make meaning and find relevance in our sacred texts.
Read the text here
(Please excuse the Secret Service style earpiece...)
How do we relate to the Torah's purity laws in the 21st century? Are they simply foreign, disturbing, and irrelevant? Or perhaps might we reinterpret these texts in an age where we are all too familiar with the uncertainty of disease? This sermon supports such a reinterpretation and advocates for the application of an anthropological lens along with the many other interpretive lenses Jews utilize to make meaning and find relevance in our sacred texts.
Read the text here
(Please excuse the Secret Service style earpiece...)
Music
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Torah Services
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Educational Materials
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Exploring the Palace of Prayer (Adult Education Series) Educational Supplements for UC Boulder Hillel High Holiday Services:
"Women in the Rabbinate: A Brief History" "Between the Straits: Fear and Anxiety in Tammuz" Feminist Perspectives on Megillat Esther Zionism 101 |
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Assorted Writings
929-English Articles:
"Sweet as Honey: The Purpose and Beauty of Sacred Learning" (Bulletin Article | Temple Shalom Lafayette, LA)
- Same Old Song and Dance? (Genesis 26)
- "I Will Look Upon You With Favor": A Cautionary Message (Leviticus 26)
"Sweet as Honey: The Purpose and Beauty of Sacred Learning" (Bulletin Article | Temple Shalom Lafayette, LA)
