Rabbi Sermons
03/06/2019 11:09:47 AM
Disclaimer: Please note the sermons reflect the views of the Rabbi, and not necessarily those of Beit Shalom.
FAREWELL
30/03/2024 09:32:02 AM
One of my favourite Jewish texts is the one that appears part of the way through the Haggadah: “In every generation, each of us should regard ourselves as though we personally were redeemed from slavery in Egypt.” These words embody the immediacy I hope to convey when I lead a seder—the idea that we are not re-enacting the exodus, but rather ourselves living through it. The idea that each of us is called to imagine the experience of...Read more...
Jewish Content at 2023 Festivals
25/01/2023 06:00:12 PM
Rabbi Shoshana's Not-quite-complete guide to Jewish content at the festivals
Adelaide Festival Nagapa William Cooper
https://my.adelaidefestival.com.au/3412
"Nigel Westlake and Lior unite again for Ngapa William Cooper, a moving new piece composed and written by Westlake and Lior with creative input by Dr Lou...Read more...
Might -have - beens and moving on with life
24/02/2020 02:27:20 PM
It was a split second misjudgement, and it almost cost me dearly.
I was preparing to head off to the dentist on my bicycle. My dog O-cha generally sits patiently in the garage close to the back door, and watches as I walk my bicycle out the door and close the garage. This time he was sitting, but between me and garage door. I opened the garage door, and he slipped out into the great outdoors. It so happened that an Uber Eats...Read more...
Reflecting on 25 years as a Rabbi
09/10/2019 02:28:52 PM
A joke for Kol Nidre: on the eve of Yom Kippur, the rabbi, cantor and president of a large synagogue are kidnapped by terrorists. The terrorists tell the three Jewish leaders that they will be executed, but that all three have been granted a last wish.
The rabbi speaks first, “Ah—Yom Kippur. Over my forty year career, I have given my most memorable sermons on Yom Kippur. They were so deeply moving! Some of them were close to 45...Read more...