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Our mentor – Rabbi Allan Smith – died this week
November 14, 2019Rabbi Allan Smith, mentor to thousands of Reform Jewish youth, died. He had a profound influence on my life, and on the direction of the Reform Jewish movement. Read more
Disruptive Judaism: Will Your Synagogue Be Beit Blockbuster or Kehillat Netflix?
October 27, 2019Responding to a Disruptive Marketplace for synagogues: The choice is pretty clear: Kehillat Netflix or Beit Blockbuster. Which one will your synagogue become? Kehillat Netflix takes its name from a company that openly and confidently takes chances, risks failure, goes up against conventional wisdom, constantly pivots strategically, and thus has… Read more
Seth Front on L’dor Vador: HUC-JIR Interns Positively Influence My Daughter
October 27, 2019In a speech at Hebrew Union-College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Or Ami congregant Seth Front kvells about the positive impact that Congregation Or Ami interns and rabbis have had on their daughter Amanda. Read more
Secrets of Sukkot
October 18, 2019The secrets of the festival of sukkot illuminate life lessons, connect us to nature, provide full body experiences, and are like Dr. Who’s Tardis and Superman’s Fortress of Solitude. Read more
Fires, Shootings, Unfenced Roofs, and Uncovered Pits: Lessons from Torah in the Face of Increasing Danger
October 13, 2019A year after the Borderline shooting and the SoCal fires, we reflect on the first person experiences, and explore Torah’s insistence that we take action in the face of danger, including mass shootings and changes in climate. Read more
Don’t Wait: Lessons from My Father-in-Law Murray November
October 13, 2019Don’t Wait: Lessons from my father-in-law Murray Novembert. (Yom Kippur sermon) Read more
You Won’t Be There these High Holy Days
October 8, 2019A poem about facing the moments over the High Holy Days – small but meaningful – when my dad won’t be there. Read more
Lazy Mourning Morning
October 8, 2019A poem about those moments when I’m not feeling the sadness in the midst of the mourning. Read more