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Healing the Divide: Learning to See Through Each Other’s Eyes©

Nov 217 min read

Healing the Divide: Learning to See Through Each Other’s Eyes©

Parashat Vayera 2024 Mayor Ed Koch’s famously said: “If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues, vote for me. If you agree with me on 12...

Do Americans, and Jewish-Americans, Need A Separation? Not According to Abraham© A 2020 Re-Post for 2024

Rabbi David Baum

Nov 68 min read

Do Americans, and Jewish-Americans, Need A Separation? Not According to Abraham© A 2020 Re-Post for 2024

The more things change, the more they stay the same. Some characters have changed, although some key characters haven't, and the stakes...

Beyond the Babel: The 2024 Election and Seeing the Humanity In Each Other

Rabbi David Baum

Nov 47 min read

Beyond the Babel: The 2024 Election and Seeing the Humanity In Each Other

This Election Day, may we find the strength to rise above our selfish impulses and renew our sense of shared purpose.

The Ethics of Joy: Should We Celebrate the Death of Evil?© Parashat Bereshit 2024/5785

Rabbi David Baum

Oct 316 min read

The Ethics of Joy: Should We Celebrate the Death of Evil?© Parashat Bereshit 2024/5785

During the summer, I asked a question: Do you remember where you were when you heard Osama bin Laden was killed by Seal Team 6? It was in...

The Miracle of What We Leave Behind: The 'Torah' of Ethical Wills©

Rabbi David Baum

Oct 1510 min read

The Miracle of What We Leave Behind: The 'Torah' of Ethical Wills©

Yom Kippur Sermon 2024-5785 This summer, Alissa and I went on our first trip without the kids for over three days in 18 years. We went to...

Shelter From the Storm: Making Arks For Ourselves©

Rabbi David Baum

Oct 1510 min read

Shelter From the Storm: Making Arks For Ourselves©

Kol Nidre - 2024/5785 Rabbi David Baum This week, my friend and colleague Rabbi Philip Weintraub called me and asked for a favor. He...

Hineini - Here I Am: Responding to Pivotal Moments©

Rabbi David Baum

Oct 812 min read

Hineini - Here I Am: Responding to Pivotal Moments©

Rosh Hashanah Sermon by Rabbi David Baum 2024/5785 Have you ever heard of a 'Where were you when' moment? They are few and far between,...

Post-October 7th Zionism : From Desperation to Aspiration©

Rabbi David Baum

Oct 813 min read

Post-October 7th Zionism : From Desperation to Aspiration©

Rosh Hashanah Sermon by Rabbi David Baum 2024/5785 I looked down at my phone and saw the name of one of our young congregants. I pictured...

From Survivor to Thriver: My Cancer Journey by Heidi Aronson

Rabbi David Baum

Sep 305 min read

From Survivor to Thriver: My Cancer Journey by Heidi Aronson

As we reflect on the themes of life and death during the high holy days, we focus on the struggles of our loved ones with breast cancer.

From Tragedy to Teshuvah: Returning What Has Been Lost©

Rabbi David Baum

Sep 177 min read

From Tragedy to Teshuvah: Returning What Has Been Lost©

Photo by Martina Mainetti on Unsplash Parashat Ki Teitzei 2024 Rabbi David Baum This week, we observed the anniversary of 9/11, a day...

Rabbi David Baum

Sep 1210 min read

Shower Us with Healing and Resilience; Help Us to Rise Again

Shower Us with Healing and Resilience; Help Us to Rise Again A special learning session with Rabbi David Baum in memory of Hersh...

What Happens When We Are ‘Too Late’? The Story of the Hostages, Leadership, and National Guilt©

Rabbi David Baum

Sep 116 min read

What Happens When We Are ‘Too Late’? The Story of the Hostages, Leadership, and National Guilt©

Rabbi David Baum Parashat Shoftim Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel shared a story of how he studied the Akeidah as a child with his Rebbe in...

Sukkot in August: Building Spiritual Homes in a World of Comfort© (Parashat Re'eh )

Rabbi David Baum

Sep 56 min read

Sukkot in August: Building Spiritual Homes in a World of Comfort© (Parashat Re'eh )

Parashat Re'eh 2024/5784 How many of you grew up without air conditioning? Tell me - what was late afternoon/early evening like for you? ...

Shower Us with Healing and Resilience; Help Us to Rise Again

Rabbi David Baum

Sep 33 min read

Shower Us with Healing and Resilience; Help Us to Rise Again

This week, our people are in mourning after the deaths of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alex Lobanov,...

Jewish Love: More Than Just a Swipe or a Spectacle©

Rabbi David Baum

Aug 276 min read

Jewish Love, new wedding trends like charging tickets, the Bachelor/Bachelorette...and more

Tu B’Av (Jewish Love Day) B’Machane Ramah Darom

Rabbi David Baum

Aug 213 min read

Tu B’Av (Jewish Love Day) B’Machane Ramah Darom

(This article was published by the Camp Ramah Darom Alumni Association in August of 2022) Our family will celebrate a major milestone...

Rabbi David Baum

Aug 156 min read

Honoring parents in today’s world may be harder than ever, particularly as people are living longer. How do we deal with the heaviness?

Tisha B’av And Beyond - Turning Mourning into Morning: A Journey Through Jewish Resilience©

Rabbi David Baum

Aug 146 min read

Should we focus on antisemitism as a jumping-off point for our discussions, or should we focus on building Jewish identity through teaching

The Minority Report: How the Minority Can Save the Majority©

Rabbi David Baum

Jun 287 min read

Parashat Shelach Lecha – (written and delivered in June 2018/5778) Do you know why we pray in a minyan? Many think it is because of the...

Rabbi David Baum

May 293 min read

We Make People Count

Shaarei Kodesh is described in many ways, but here's my description: Other places might count people, but here, we make people count.