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Despair is Not an Option
Mar 19, 2020
The Decade of Dehumanization
Feb 6, 2020 • 19m
Restraint and Transcendence
Jan 23, 2020
Nature Abhors a Vacuum. Antisemitism Loves One
Dec 12, 2019 • 28m
The Promises of Israel
Nov 28, 2019 • 26m
How Repentance Really Works
Nov 14, 2019
Where The Oppressed Shed Tears
Oct 31, 2019 • 27m
Bad Faith Broke Us. Only Good Faith Can Fix Us.
Oct 17, 2019 • 30m
Everyone Has a Right to Sanctuary
Aug 15, 2019 • 19m
Keep The Fires Burning
Aug 8, 2019
Korach and the Unfinished Business of 1776
Aug 1, 2019 • 21m
Entropy and the Imposition of Order
Jul 18, 2019
Love, Loss, and the Book of Ruth
Jul 11, 2019
Guns and the Disregard for Human Life
Jun 27, 2019
Valar Dohaeris
Jun 6, 2019
When Elijah Comes to the Seder
May 30, 2019 • 18m
Do The Dew
May 23, 2019
The City of Peace
May 16, 2019 • 26m
A Practice for Moral Clarity
May 9, 2019
The Ring is Not Complete Without the Diamond
May 2, 2019
Train Local, Act Global
Apr 25, 2019 • 15m
A Rabbi’s Lesson from Guatemala- All Lives Have Equal Value
Mar 7, 2019 • 21m
Soft Hearts, Strong Hands
Feb 28, 2019 • 11m
Succeeding at Failing
Feb 21, 2019 • 10m
Confronting Pharaoh
Feb 14, 2019 • 17m
Ancestors and Ghosts
Feb 7, 2019
Know Before Whom You Stand
Jan 31, 2019
Pluralism and Power: A Hanukkah Story
Jan 24, 2019 • 16m
God of Victory
Jan 17, 2019
Pulpit Swap: Reverend Hollie Woodruff at Temple Beth El
Dec 27, 2018 • 19m
Let It Go
Dec 20, 2018 • 19m
2018 End Of Year Appeal
Dec 17, 2018 • 8m
The Name You Earn
Dec 13, 2018
Love Just Because
Dec 6, 2018 • 12m
Putting God Second
Nov 29, 2018
Praying for Rain and Reviving the Dead
Nov 22, 2018 • 16m
Everything is Abel!
Nov 15, 2018
Embodying Gratitude, Elevating Joy
Nov 8, 2018 • 11m
Don’t Just Repent. Vote
Nov 1, 2018
Think Different
Oct 28, 2018
The Responsibilities of Privilege
Oct 25, 2018
You Don’t Need Likes to Be Loved
Oct 18, 2018
The Torah’s Call for Civil Disobedience
Oct 11, 2018 • 13m
What to Do When “We’re in Crazytown”
Oct 4, 2018 • 7m
Just Walk Beside Me
Sep 27, 2018 • 23m
Listen to Her Voice!
Sep 20, 2018
The Land of Israel: God’s Conditional Gift
Aug 16, 2018 • 13m
The Most Counter-Cultural Commandment
Aug 9, 2018
Looking Backward to Move Forward
Aug 2, 2018
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: Judah P. Benjamin
Jul 26, 2018
The World is Yours, But it Doesn’t Belong to You
Jul 19, 2018 • 10m
A Kingdom of Priests
Jul 12, 2018
Not In Heaven
Jul 5, 2018
No One Invisible
Jun 28, 2018
God’s Spirit, Our Hands
Jun 14, 2018
No One Is Really Gone
May 31, 2018
What Will You Take With You?
May 24, 2018
Doubt, But Count
May 17, 2018
It’s Not “Passover”
May 10, 2018
Our Purpose is Peace
Apr 26, 2018
Melt Down Your Mirrors
Apr 12, 2018
The Real Sin of the Golden Calf
Mar 29, 2018 • 23m
A Sanctuary From Weapons
Mar 8, 2018
No Other Gods
Feb 22, 2018 • 23m
The Power Is Yours
Feb 8, 2018 • 18m
Judah’s Journey
Dec 21, 2017 • 21m
What Will You Take With You When You Go?
Nov 16, 2017
The Lulav and the Importance of Diversity
Nov 9, 2017 • 13m
There’s No Sukkah Without U
Nov 2, 2017
Extremists for Love
Oct 26, 2017 • 21m
Three Essentials to Pack for Your Journey
Oct 19, 2017 • 23m
After Charlottesville, Be A Light
Oct 5, 2017
Teaching in Honor of Reb Sholom Brodt (z”l)
Sep 21, 2017 • 12m
Pay Attention
Aug 31, 2017
Hope and Healing After Charlottesville
Aug 24, 2017 • 12m
Only For Now
Aug 10, 2017
Difficult People
Jul 13, 2017 • 15m
It’s What’s on the Inside That Counts
Jul 6, 2017
In Defense of Boredom
Jun 22, 2017 • 8m
Twilight Of The Institutions
Jun 15, 2017 • 25m
Heal the Leper, Heal the World
Jun 8, 2017 • 20m
God’s Time, Our Time
Jun 1, 2017 • 18m
Five Rabbis, Four Children, and a Yin-Yang
May 11, 2017
To God the Glory
Apr 27, 2017
Let’s Face Facts: The Torah is Political
Mar 23, 2017
What Jews Owe Refugees and Immigrants
Mar 16, 2017 • 16m
Do You Believe in Miracles?
Mar 9, 2017 • 26m
The Moral Message of God’s Sovereignty
Mar 2, 2017
Your One Wild And Precious Life
Jan 26, 2017
Torah for the Post-Truth Era
Dec 22, 2016
Redeem the Captive, Be a Blessing
Nov 23, 2016
True North
Nov 16, 2016
Escaping the Scapegoat
Oct 20, 2016 • 26m
Doing Good Better
Oct 14, 2016
Remarks at 2016 Community Eid Dinner
Aug 25, 2016
Words Are Things
Aug 18, 2016
What To Look For In A Leader
Aug 4, 2016 • 24m
How to Hear God’s Voice Today
Jun 30, 2016 • 18m
In the Same Boat: A Message to the Class of 2016
Jun 23, 2016
The Gift of Presence
Jun 16, 2016
Are You All In?
Jun 9, 2016
Why Memory Matters
Jun 2, 2016
Shabbat and Leaving Egypt
May 26, 2016
The Question My Child Asks Me
May 19, 2016
The Questions Our Children Ask Us
May 12, 2016
Soul Food
Apr 7, 2016
How to Keep a Flame Eternal
Mar 31, 2016 • 2m
Richmond City Council Invocation
Feb 18, 2016
Judaism and the Global Refugee Crisis
Feb 11, 2016
The Plague of Darkness
Jan 28, 2016
Can We Change?
Jan 23, 2016
Holy Impatience
Jan 21, 2016
What it Means to be a Child of Judah
Dec 24, 2015
Jacob Was a Refugee
Nov 26, 2015
Why Conservative Judaism Matters
Nov 19, 2015
Why Sodom Was Destroyed
Nov 5, 2015
A Better Lion, and a Better You
Oct 29, 2015
David’s Fallen Sukkah
Oct 16, 2015
The Sukkah and the Hurricane
Oct 14, 2015
The Sukkah as Spiritual Conditioning
Oct 12, 2015
In Every Direction
Oct 9, 2015
Bound Together
Oct 8, 2015
Our Kids
Oct 2, 2015
Mastering the Service of the Heart
Oct 1, 2015
The Diamond
Sep 23, 2015
Where They Are
Sep 22, 2015
Make Everything Torah
Sep 21, 2015
The Responsibilities of Luckiness
Sep 14, 2015 • 15m
Show, Don’t Tell
Sep 2, 2015
Fake It Till You Make It
Aug 24, 2015
Israel – Loyal Opposition
Aug 23, 2015
Israel – The Fragile Miracle
Aug 19, 2015
How Prayer Works
Aug 17, 2015
Israel – Why It Matters
Aug 12, 2015
The Fools of Prophecy
Aug 10, 2015
Israel – The Agitator State
Aug 6, 2015
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Aug 3, 2015
For the Charleston Nine
Jun 22, 2015 • 14m
Cowed by How
Jun 18, 2015
Will You Marry Me?
May 21, 2015
Words Create Worlds
May 18, 2015
The Questions God Asks
May 13, 2015
Holiness, From Baltimore to Nepal
May 11, 2015
Let It Go
May 8, 2015
RE-JEW-VENATE RVA
May 1, 2015
Whole Bodies, Holy Souls
Apr 30, 2015
To Be Jewish is to March Together
Apr 29, 2015
To Hate Injustice Is To Be Jewish
Apr 8, 2015
To Doubt is to Be Jewish
Apr 6, 2015
Shabbat Salvation
Mar 20, 2015
Mooved to Empathy
Mar 16, 2015 • 9m
The Purpose-Driven Life
Mar 13, 2015 • 5m
Live Long and Prosper
Mar 6, 2015
Fair Trade
Feb 26, 2015
God’s Dwelling Place
Feb 20, 2015 • 11m
Breaking Free of Fear
Feb 12, 2015
Planning Your Vacation (in Time)
Feb 11, 2015
Breaking Free of Materialism
Jan 28, 2015
Square Pegs
Jan 27, 2015
Breaking Free of Insecurity
Jan 21, 2015
Selfless Prayer
Jan 20, 2015
Breaking Free of Cynicism
Jan 14, 2015
Shalom From Shabbat
Jan 12, 2015
How Can I Stand Before Our Father in 2015?
Dec 31, 2014
Perfect Imperfection
Dec 29, 2014
Parenting from the Inside Out
Dec 19, 2014
Implicit Bias and Dangerous Silence
Dec 10, 2014
The Dawning of the Age of Jacob
Nov 28, 2014
Don’t Box Me In
Nov 26, 2014
The Spirituality of Welcoming
Nov 12, 2014
The Book of Torah
Nov 10, 2014 • 14m
The Ideal and the Real
Nov 5, 2014 • 14m
Happy Challahween!
Nov 4, 2014
Rabbi Knopf’s Installation
Oct 31, 2014
Will There Ever Be a Rainbow?
Oct 29, 2014
From Ferguson to West Africa, Who is My Brother?
Oct 24, 2014
Light It Up
Oct 23, 2014 • 12m
Why Sukkot?
Oct 16, 2014
An Edifice or an Act of Love?
Oct 15, 2014
The Quantified Life
Oct 9, 2014 • 16m
Recipe for a Renaissance
Oct 6, 2014 • 21m
Higher and Higher
Oct 3, 2014
The Internal Israel War
Oct 1, 2014
A House of Prayer for All People
Sep 29, 2014
Experiential Education
Sep 24, 2014
In Memory of Prof. Dov Zlotnick (z”l)
Sep 17, 2014
Consider the Parking Lot
Sep 15, 2014
Don’t Look Away
Sep 10, 2014
Does Power Corrupt
Sep 8, 2014
Conflict Resolution
Sep 3, 2014
Judge Yourself Fairly
Sep 1, 2014
Perspective and Reality
Aug 27, 2014
Ferguson and the Jewish Call for Justice
Aug 25, 2014
The Ebola Epidemic
Aug 20, 2014
Planting For Our Children
Aug 13, 2014
Keeping Up With the Steins
Aug 11, 2014
True, Important, Kind
Aug 6, 2014
The Secret of Jewish Survival
Aug 5, 2014
Get Up, Move
Aug 4, 2014
What You Can Do for Israel (And What You Can’t)
Jul 30, 2014
Judgment Free Zone
Jul 28, 2014
Oath of Office
Jul 23, 2014
#menschesofrichmond
Jul 22, 2014 • 11m
Credo – The Last Har Zion Sermon
Jun 30, 2014
“The ‘Why’ Revolution”
Jun 23, 2014 • 12m
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