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Sermons & Writings
Temple Shalom
A Reform Jewish Congregation
Chevy Chase, Maryland
Sermons & Writings from Temple Shalom
Organized by author. Browse below, or click on person to go directly to their writings:
Rabbi Michael L. Feshbach

Whose Heart So Moves: Finding a Place for Same-Sex Marriage Out of the Inclusive Instincts of Jewish Tradition
February 8, 2008 - Parashat Terumah

Wikijewdia: Objectivity, Obligation, and Community in a Get-What-You-Want World
September 21, 2007 - Kol Nidrei 5768

“I am Jewish,” Explorations of identity in the Secret Recesses of the Heart
September 13, 2007 - Rosh Hashanah Morning 5768

Jimmy Carter and the Betrayal of History
January 12, 2007 - Shemot

The Days of Our Lives
November 16, 2006 - Chayei Sarah

Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow
October 1, 2006 - Kol Nidrei 5767

Adventures in Moving
September 23, 2006 - Rosh Hashanah Morning 5767

Letter from Rabbi Feshbach on Israel [pdf]
August 2006 - A message from our Senior Rabbi - includes links on how you can help Israel right now!

Against a Sea of Troubles: The Storm of a Century and the Questions of our Lives
October 3, 2005 - Erev Rosh Hashanah 5765

Standing Still, Diving Deep: Sign, Symbol and the Torah of our Lives
December 24, 2004 - Vayichi

The Meaning of the Miracle of Chanukah
December 18, 2004

A Covenant Cocktail: The Messianic Idea in Judaism
January 23, 2004 - Va'era

Letter from a Murderer
October 8, 2004 - Bereshit

Harry Potter and the Order of Our Lives: "The Magical Power of Shabbat"
October 5, 2003 - Kol Nidrei

In Praise of Junior Partners: "The Game of Myst and the Journey of the Soul"
September 27, 2003 - Rosh Hashanah Morning 5764

Ties That Bind: Autonomy and Obligation in Reform Judaism Today
September 7, 2002 - Rosh Hashanah Morning 5763

The Kaddish and the Grateful Dead
Jewish Views About Life After Death
March 2002

We Will Not Stop Dancing!
2001 - Erev Rosh Hashanah 5762

Things Happened for a Reason
September 16, 2001 - Rosh Hashanah Morning 5762

A Minute to Midnight: Leaving a Legacy of Life
September 26, 2001 - Kol Nidre 5762

Dust and Ashes: The Spirituality of Imperfection
September 27, 2001 - Yom Kippur Morning 5762

To Dream Tomorrow
Installation Response
November 2001

Challenge and Change: Openness and Awe
August 2001

Boxes and Bridges to the Other Side of Life
Introductory Sermon
August 2001

Rabbi Gerald Serotta

Sixty Years and Forty Years—And Where Are We in Our Wandering?
September 12, 2007 - Erev Rosh Hashanah 5768

D’var Torah for the Akedah, Va-yera, Genesis 22:1-17
September 13 , 2007 - Rosh Hashanah Morning 5768

Hagar or Sarah?—D’var Torah,Va-Yera, Genesis 21:9-21
September 14, 2007 -2nd Day Rosh Hashanah

What is the Fast that I Choose and the Shofar Call that I Hear?
September 22, 2007 - Yom Kippur 5768

A Time to Plant and a Time to Uproot What is Planted [pdf]
October 17, 2006 - Speech at the White House

Emma Lazarus Revisited: Give Me Your Tired and Your Poor
September 22, 2006 - Erev Rosh Hashana 5767

Beyond Who Will Live and Who Will Die – Remembering the Future
October 2, 2006 - Yom Kippur 5767

Nitzavim
October 13, 2005 Morning - Yom Kippur Dvar Torah Nitzavim 5766
 

Kedoshim
October 13, 2005 Afternoon - Yom Kippur Dvar Torah Kedoshim 5766

U’kratem Dror Baaretz
October 13, 2005 - Yom Kippur Sermon 5766

God's October Surprise
October 4, 2005 - Rosh Hashanah 5766

The Holy Days Are Coming
October 6, 2003 - Yom Kippur 5764

Yom Kippur D'var Torah
Sepnember 27, 2001

Parshat Vayelech
Coming Together: Affirming & Spreading Our Core Values
September 2001

Hazzan Rámon Tasat
Chaos and Order within the Liturgy
A Sermon for Shabbat Shira
January 2002
Rabbi Daniel Swartz
Choose Life
1999 - Yom Kippur 5760

Faithfulness to Family
1998 (Updated 9/15/2001) - Rosh Hashanah 5759

(K)needed Blessings
1998 - Yom Kippur 5759

Rabbi Bruce Kahn

9-11 Fifth Anniversary Speech

September 2006

Deciding For Judaism
December 2005

And So We Read
October 2005 - Rash Hashanah 5766

Shalom, Shalom - Sermon of Farewell
June 2001

The Future of Reform Judaism
June 2001

Our Non-Jewish Spouses
May 2001

Nurturing the Souls of Our Children
May 2001

Live What You Pray
2000 - Kol Nidre 5761

To Pray Means to Expand God's Presence
2000 (Updated 9/15/2001) - Rosh Hashanah 5761

The Americanization of Matzo
2000 - Pesach 5761

Nazism: Not a Christian Phenomenon
September 2000

Yard Sign