Selected Sermons


Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz


Rabbi Michelle Robinson


Rabbi Aliza Berger

All Selected Sermons

Feb 13, 2021
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Laughter Really is the Best Medicine
Feb 06, 2021
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What is Stronger Than a Storm, More Powerful Than a Pandemic?
Jan 30, 2021
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Let’s Sing the Songs We Love
Jan 23, 2021
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Generation Gap
Jan 09, 2021
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Dickens and Democracy
Dec 26, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Not Haunted by What Might Have Been
Dec 19, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Hitting the Wall
Dec 12, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Moral Dimension of Happiness
Dec 05, 2020
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Amazing What You Can See When You Really Look
Nov 28, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
More Than Our Situation
Nov 21, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Raising The Cup We’ve Got
Nov 14, 2020
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Keep Walking
Nov 07, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
For a Nation United in Worry: We Strongly Disagree, And I Love You Anyway
Oct 31, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Two Abrahams Emerge From Depression
Oct 24, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Noah and the Pope
Oct 17, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Seth or Abraham?
Oct 10, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When You Are a Duck and It is Raining Outside — a Yizkor Sermon
Oct 04, 2020
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Reading Kohelet
Oct 03, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Sliding Doors
Sep 28, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Your Final Chapter, Not Your Finest Chapter
Sep 27, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Can You Hear Me Now?
Sep 26, 2020
Rabbi Aliza Berger
For the Sin of Being an Arrogant Sheep
Sep 20, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Infinite Good
Sep 19, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Lord of the Flies
Sep 19, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Stamina — When You Are in the Shadows
Sep 12, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Block Out to Dial In: A Strategy for Hineni in the Age of Covid
Sep 05, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Ours For Now, Not Forever
Aug 29, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Flow
Aug 22, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Do We Believe in a God Who Punishes Us for Our Sins? A Question for the Elul of Covid-19
Aug 15, 2020
Rabbi Aliza Berger
What’s cooking?
Aug 08, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
BDS: Boycott, Divestment and Sanction of Only One State, the Jewish State - Hateful Ideas Have Hateful Consequences
Aug 01, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Va’etchanan Moments: Sharing Our Vulnerability
Jul 18, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Cancel Culture
Jul 11, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Is It Possible to Be At Peace in the Middle of a Pandemic?
Jul 04, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Pivot
Jun 27, 2020
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Lessons from a 6th grader
Jun 20, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
But What About Black Anti-Semitism?
Jun 13, 2020
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Time to Drag Out Our Mattresses
Jun 06, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Somebody’s Baby
May 30, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Why Attending Religious Services May Well Save Your Life
May 23, 2020
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Abra Kadabra
May 16, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Murder Hornets
May 09, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Bigger
May 02, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Unflattening Time
Apr 25, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
More is More
Apr 18, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Lord, Please Help Me Be Gentle With Myself.
Apr 11, 2020
Rabbi Aliza Berger
How Can We Keep From Singing?
Apr 10, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What Really Matters — a Contemporary, Coronavirus Dayeinu
Apr 09, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Do What You Can
Apr 04, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Put an Apple in Your Charoset
Mar 28, 2020
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Blind Faith
Mar 21, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Your Finest Hour
Mar 14, 2020
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Where Are You Going?
Feb 29, 2020
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Don’t be Indifferent - Make a Difference
Feb 22, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Talk To
Feb 15, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Kvell
Jan 25, 2020
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Daily Page
Dec 14, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
@LAPDHQ
Nov 30, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Gratitude Is Not Just a Feeling
Nov 16, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Tested One is Also the Blessed One
Nov 09, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Beyond the Hashtag
Oct 26, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When Suffering and Blessing Are Inexplicably Intertwined: Reflections on the First Yahrtzeit of the Pittsburgh Massacre
Oct 19, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Something Left to Prove?
Oct 12, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Overnight Millionaire
Oct 08, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When You Can’t Have What She’s Having
Oct 05, 2019
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Love
Oct 01, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Tough Times Don’t Last. Tough People Do.
Sep 30, 2019
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Pottery Barn
Sep 30, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Holy Kleenex
Sep 21, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Rebbe, Please Give Me Fervor!
Sep 14, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Be Like Taylor Swift’s Seventh Album, Not Her Sixth
Aug 31, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Take Your Best Shot
Aug 24, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Nachus: A Reinterpretation
Aug 10, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Sending Thoughts and Prayers
Aug 03, 2019
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Change Your Password, Change Your Life
Jul 27, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Believe Me When I Tell You Who I Am
Jul 20, 2019
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Uplyfting
Jul 13, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Go Fish
Jul 06, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
I’m Cold. Put on a Jacket.
Jun 22, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Piano Concertos and Prophecy
Jun 10, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Shavuot: The Spiritual Assignment
Jun 03, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Linden Tree
May 25, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Real Yous
May 18, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Pushed and Pulled
May 04, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
In The Wake of San Diego: What Can I Do?
Apr 27, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Problem of Recency
Apr 26, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Half Hallel: Our Passover Challenge
Apr 20, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Beyond Linens ‘N Things
Apr 13, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Conviction and Humility
Mar 30, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Helicopters, Teacups, and Swimmers
Mar 23, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Esther Syndrome
Mar 16, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Counter World
Mar 09, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
You Just Won the Lottery. Now What?
Feb 23, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Jewish for Today
Feb 16, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
May Your Light Make You More Whole
Feb 09, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Goat Does Not Go it Alone
Jan 26, 2019
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Deer in the Condo
Jan 05, 2019
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Their Battle That You Know Nothing About
Dec 22, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Becoming a Multiplier
Dec 15, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
After the Crash
Dec 08, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Love in Paradise
Nov 24, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
A Song That Plays On
Nov 10, 2018
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Fairy Tale Failure
Nov 03, 2018
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Tending the Tree of Life in the Valley of the Shadow
Oct 27, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Unstuck
Oct 20, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Hot Mess
Oct 06, 2018
Rabbi Aliza Berger
The World Puzzle
Sep 29, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Do Not Have the Time
Sep 22, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Invisible Lines of Connection
Sep 19, 2018
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
David’s Ankle
Sep 19, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
King Lion The Son of Abraham and Sarah— When Life Does Not Follow the Plan
Sep 15, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Hitting For The Cycle
Sep 11, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
For the Sin of Writing People Off
Sep 10, 2018
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Spiritual Step Counter
Sep 10, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
AACC—The Code for a Life Well Lived
Sep 08, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Rediscovering Our Faith in Human Decency
Aug 25, 2018
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Cookie Monster
Aug 11, 2018
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Eyes Open
Aug 04, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Where is Your LaGuardia?
Jul 21, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Angry Graffiti or Beautiful Song
Jul 14, 2018
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Let’s Lyft the Conversation
Jun 23, 2018
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
The Most Successful Rally
Jun 16, 2018
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Fingerprints
Jun 02, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Halo
May 26, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The People We Free
May 19, 2018
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Split Screen
May 12, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Majesty of Quotidian
Apr 28, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Live Like You Were Flying
Apr 14, 2018
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Focus
Apr 07, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Pharaoh Within
Mar 31, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Power of Incrementalism
Mar 10, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What Breaks Your Heart?
Mar 03, 2018
Rabbi Aliza Berger
The Loneliest Number
Feb 24, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Bulletproof Backpacks
Feb 10, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
505 Yards
Jan 27, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Ripple
Jan 20, 2018
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Seeds of Tomorrow
Jan 13, 2018
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
From Grievance to Grace
Dec 30, 2017
Rabbi Aliza Berger
A Little Bit of Kindness Goes a Long Way
Dec 23, 2017
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Just say hello
Dec 16, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When A Golden Age Ends
Dec 09, 2017
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Bullyproofing Bikers
Nov 25, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Love
Nov 11, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Gritty Not Glossy
Nov 04, 2017
Rabbi Aliza Berger
All About That Bass
Oct 14, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Rosie’s Paradox
Oct 12, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Basket of Trips
Sep 29, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Two Lists—Which Goes On Your Refrigerator?
Sep 23, 2017
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Shabbat Shuva: Say Yes to This
Sep 22, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Talk To
Sep 21, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Lasting
Sep 16, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Hot Coal Down
Sep 09, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Buoyant Baker in the Flooded Bakery: A Principled Defense of Non-Judgmentalism
Aug 26, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Exclamation Mark
Aug 19, 2017
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Ki Gamal Alai
Jul 29, 2017
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Learning to Live Underwater
Jul 22, 2017
Rabbi Aliza Berger
More than a Pretty Picture
Jul 15, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When Our Marriage Hits a Rough Patch
Jun 24, 2017
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Torah in the Airport Terminal
Jun 03, 2017
Rabbi Aliza Berger
The Potential of an Empty Ark
Apr 29, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When Life Turns Out Differently Than You Had Expected
Apr 18, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Lost and Found (Pesach, 5777—Day Eight)
Apr 12, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
If You Knew the Real Me (Pesach, 5777—Day Two)
Apr 01, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Imperfects
Mar 25, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Younger Next Year
Mar 04, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Redemption Story or Contamination Story?
Feb 25, 2017
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Shabbat Shekalim: You Matter to Me
Feb 11, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Ten Yards at a Time
Feb 04, 2017
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Telephone Terrorism
Jan 28, 2017
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Anne Frank Today
Jan 07, 2017
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Can It Happen Here?
Dec 17, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
May Allah Be With You
Nov 26, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Isaac and Abraham: Reimagining Synagogue Activism When Values We All Hold Dear Are Imperiled
Nov 12, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
President-Elect Trump: Now What?
Nov 05, 2016
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Enlarge Your Tent
Oct 29, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Five Books of Moses, The Five Stages of Life, The Five Pieces of Work We Always Need to be Working On
Oct 22, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Mutual Incomprehension: What Response?
Oct 15, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
How About Now?
Oct 12, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Isaiah and Eliza (Yom Kippur, 5777)
Oct 08, 2016
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Shabbat Shuva: Until We Hear God's Call
Oct 04, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story? (Rosh Hashanah, 5777, Day Two)
Oct 03, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Classic in Your Attic (Rosh Hashanah, 5777, Day One)
Sep 17, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Not About the Shredder
Sep 10, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Reclaiming Humility in the Age of Narcissism
Sep 03, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Hillbilly Elul
Aug 20, 2016
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Going for Gold: Wrestling with the Contradictions of the Olympics
Aug 06, 2016
Rabbi Aliza Berger
Return Again
Jul 30, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
After Cleveland and Philadelphia, a Jewish Lens
Jul 23, 2016
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Stumbling Stones
Jul 16, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Heart of Ritual
Jun 25, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When the World’s Foundation Shakes: A Sermon After Britain Votes to Leave the EU
Jun 18, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Fullness of Time: A Sermon After Orlando
Jun 04, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The One That I am Working On Right Now
May 28, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Let It Go
May 07, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Work in Progress
Apr 24, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What We Learn from a Jew Named Chris
Apr 16, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Two Eyes
Apr 09, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Replacements, Limited
Apr 02, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Sinatra Sings Sinatra or Garden Party?
Mar 26, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Infinite Diameter
Mar 12, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Our Dark Side
Feb 20, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Finding Our Cady
Jan 09, 2016
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Diner in Delran, New Jersey and the Exodus From Egypt
Dec 19, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Age of Fear
Nov 28, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Do We Need to Rebrand Our Movement?
Nov 14, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When It Is What It Is
Oct 24, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Spiritual Fitness for the Journey That Lies Ahead
Oct 17, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What Does “We Stand With Israel” Mean When Israelis are Being Stabbed?
Oct 10, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Like Siblings
Oct 05, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Can You Love the Real Atticus Finch?
Sep 28, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Should Religious Leaders Talk About Politics?
Sep 23, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What is Your Story?
Sep 19, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What If They Are Anti-Semites?
Sep 15, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
A Spiritual Fitbit and a Changed Heart
Sep 14, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Exponential
Sep 14, 2015
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
What Should the Rabbi Speak About?
Sep 12, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Heretic and the Admiral
Sep 05, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Judged
Aug 22, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Three Humble Moves
Jun 06, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Another Us
May 30, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Balance Beam
May 25, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Backstory
May 09, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Sounds of Our Playground
Apr 25, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Summoned
Apr 18, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What Else Can It Mean?
Apr 11, 2015
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Nonna’s Kitchen, Bubbie’s Blessing
Apr 04, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Cut Down Kiddush Cup That Could Not be Cut Down
Mar 28, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Kaddish for Germanwings Flight 9525?
Feb 07, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Super Bowl and Sinai
Jan 31, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Power of One—A Sermon for Shabbat Shira and the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz
Jan 24, 2015
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Not What is Lost but What is Left
Jan 17, 2015
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Where Was God in Paris?
Nov 29, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When Justice, Justice We Did Not Pursue
Nov 22, 2014
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
You, Me, and the War to Come
Nov 08, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Great (Unfulfilled) Expectations
Nov 01, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Life and Death of Karen Yemima Mosquera
Oct 25, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
To Follow, or Not to Follow, the Wisdom of the Crowd
Oct 16, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
How Many More Will There Be?— Celebrating Life When More is Behind Us Than Ahead of Us
Oct 11, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Raising David’s Fallen Sukkah—and Our Own
Oct 04, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Way You Make Me Feel
Sep 26, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When the Apple Falls Far From the Tree
Sep 25, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Save Somebody Else
Sep 20, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Does Everything Happen for a Reason?
Sep 06, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Hope Lost and Found
Aug 30, 2014
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Reaching Toward Our Inner Hero
Aug 23, 2014
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
The Ice Bucket Challenge
Aug 09, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Religion on its Worst Day, Religion on its Best Day
Jul 19, 2014
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
The Curtains Have Opened
Jul 12, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What Can We Do?
Jul 05, 2014
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Don’t You Know How to Surprise?
Jun 21, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Navy Seal Torah
Jun 14, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What is Your Pesach Sheni?
Jun 07, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Can You Go Home Again?
Jun 05, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
A Yizkor Sermon: Ruth Moments and Sinai Moments
May 31, 2014
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Being Nachshon
May 24, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Gilmore Girls Are Gone. No! They’ve Just Moved On
May 17, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Flawed Vessels, Flawless Ideals
May 03, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When Truth and Love Collide
Apr 19, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
No Finish Line
Apr 15, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Kansas City Shootings
Apr 12, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Are You Enough?
Apr 05, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Lieutenant Eddie Walsh and Firefighter Michael Kennedy, May They Rest in Peace
Mar 15, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Ash Lifter—Terumat Hadeshen
Mar 08, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
A Mission for Ordinary People
Mar 01, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What Am I Doing Here?
Feb 22, 2014
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Never Again?
Feb 15, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Our Yellow Pages
Feb 01, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Transformation?
Jan 18, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
How Do We Mourn a Bulldozer?
Jan 11, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What to Point to When Impact is Often Invisible
Jan 04, 2014
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Why Billy Baker Was Biting His Fingernails at 5:00
Dec 21, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Why Does Professor David Palumbo-Liu Have it In for the Jewish State?
Dec 14, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Optimalist
Nov 16, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Saying Yes
Nov 02, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
From Worst to First?
Oct 19, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Overcoming Abraham’s Eleventh Trial
Oct 12, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Rabbi Chiel, Zichrono L’vracha
Oct 05, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Ark and Arc: The New Jewish Population Survey and You
Sep 28, 2013
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Everything is Amazing and Nobody is Happy
Sep 21, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Happy After The Fact
Sep 20, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Hitler’s Bodyguard Who Died In His Sleep at 96
Sep 14, 2013
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Ticktock Clock
Sep 13, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
No App For That
Sep 07, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Challenge of Complexity: Reconsidering FDR and the Jews
Sep 06, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Cuckoo’s Calling and You
Sep 05, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Our Unlived Life
Sep 05, 2013
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
I Am Outraged
Aug 31, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Can Not Ours Really Become Ours?
Aug 24, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Charms of the Chapter That You Are In
Aug 10, 2013
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Cosmic Yard Sale
Aug 03, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Are You the Star of Your Own Show? Or a Background Singer?
Jul 20, 2013
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Living in Future Tense
Jul 13, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
A Reason to Mourn
Jun 22, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Greatest Part of Faith
Jun 13, 2013
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Father Knows Best
Jun 08, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Lautenberg Life Lessons: Chapters, Channeling, Wounds
Jun 01, 2013
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Seeing Siblings
May 25, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Brokenness That Cannot Get Fixed
May 16, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Loving The Total Package
May 04, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Moments and Years
Apr 20, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
After Death Holy People
Apr 13, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Spending Your Life?
Apr 06, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Our Particularity, Our Humanity
Mar 26, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Impossible Culmination?
Mar 23, 2013
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
The Secrets of Happy Families on Passover
Mar 16, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Our King Trapped Under a Parking Lot
Mar 09, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Smoothies and Seders
Feb 16, 2013
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
The Next Chapter
Jan 19, 2013
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Make Way for More
Jan 12, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What Lance Armstrong’s Transparent Insincerity Teaches Us about Us
Jan 05, 2013
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
How Long?: Is Patience a Virtue or An Excuse for Inaction?
Dec 29, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Dec 22, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
The Day After the Apocalypse
Dec 15, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Newton--Newtown
Dec 08, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Our Struggle is Our Reward?
Nov 24, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Praying for the Palestinians: Moral Equivalency or Compassionate Humanity?
Nov 03, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Micro Kindness: Do Something for Somebody
Oct 27, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Two Versions of Your Own Life: Which One Will You Live?
Oct 20, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Noah or Abraham?
Oct 13, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Curveballs
Oct 08, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
100 Songs
Oct 06, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
To Flit or to Commit?
Sep 29, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Parenting the Screwed Generation
Sep 26, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
The Invisible Gorilla
Sep 26, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Who Knows If Just For This Moment…
Sep 22, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The 300 and the 3000
Sep 18, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
A Hard Truth for Organic Raspberry Lovers
Sep 17, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Asterisks
Sep 17, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Winning the Silver
Sep 15, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Bombing Iran?
Sep 08, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Nudge Not Noodge
Sep 01, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Tweak or Transformation?
Aug 25, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Do the Daf
Aug 18, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
See
Aug 04, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Going for the Gold
Jul 07, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
We’re All Liars
Jun 16, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Sing Again the Song of Justice
Jun 02, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
One Song Missing
May 26, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Loving Messy
May 12, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Decluttering
May 05, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Worry-Wart
Apr 21, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Counting Up
Apr 13, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Two Little Girls
Apr 07, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Disinviting Vicky Kennedy: What Are Our Red Lines?
Mar 24, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Davka
Mar 10, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Surprise
Mar 03, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Why Do Bright Harvard Undergrads Favor the Destruction of Israel, and What Can We Do About It? Never Again in the Age of Tweet
Feb 25, 2012
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
The Portable Poet
Feb 18, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
When Father Knows Best Was Supplanted by Modern Family
Feb 04, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Sing Your Song
Jan 14, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Does Israel Have a Rosa Parks Problem?
Jan 07, 2012
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
New Chapter, Same Old Time and Place?
Dec 17, 2011
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Does God Have a Plan for You?
Dec 10, 2011
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Akhikha
Dec 03, 2011
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Between Pollyanna and Debbie Downer: The Case for a Principled Optimism
Nov 26, 2011
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Tweak
Nov 19, 2011
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Second Acts
Nov 12, 2011
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Laughing Our way Down the Mountain
Nov 05, 2011
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Bricks and Cathedrals
Oct 29, 2011
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Are You Living the Wrong Life?
Oct 22, 2011
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
9,382
Oct 15, 2011
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Unrecognized
Oct 08, 2011
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So Close and Yet So Far Away
Sep 30, 2011
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Jobs and Jonah
Sep 29, 2011
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Nationless No More
Sep 29, 2011
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
This Year in Jerusalem
Sep 10, 2011
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
9/11 Ten Years Later My Problem
Jun 18, 2011
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Things
Jun 11, 2011
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Dance Recital
Jun 04, 2011
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Getting Tied Down
May 14, 2011
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Marshmallow
Apr 26, 2011
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A Yizkor Sermon: Reenacting vs. Rededicating
Apr 09, 2011
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Waiting For…
Apr 02, 2011
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Together Together
Mar 19, 2011
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Where is God?
Feb 05, 2011
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Revolution in Egypt: What are we Rooting For?
Jan 29, 2011
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How to Swim
Jan 08, 2011
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Theology and Narrative
Dec 18, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Can We Be Redeemed From the Bloody Pit?
Dec 11, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Guardian Angel
Dec 04, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Rededicating Our House—A Sermon for Shabbat Hanukkah
Nov 27, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
40 and 36
Nov 20, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Ring
Nov 13, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
44-1: What Will You Do About It?
Oct 30, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Should We Dialogue with Muslims?
Oct 16, 2010
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Rutgers
Sep 18, 2010
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Unfinished Work
Sep 11, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Believing in God
Sep 10, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Lonely Archer
Sep 09, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Road Taken
Sep 09, 2010
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
No Atheists in Foxholes
Sep 04, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Light We Need
Aug 14, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Twenty Bad Seconds
Jul 31, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Chelsea and Marc: A Sermon on Intermarriage
Jun 26, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Fifty One to Forty Nine
Jun 05, 2010
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
The Sin in the Water
Mar 13, 2010
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Let All Who are Hungry Come and Eat
Jan 23, 2010
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
There but for the Grace of God
Nov 28, 2009
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Separate But Unequal, or a Delicate Compromise?
Sep 28, 2009
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Don’t Let Your Mother Die Twice
Sep 19, 2009
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Clocks
Jul 11, 2009
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Remembering Those Who Serve
Jan 24, 2009
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
A Mighty Wind
Jan 10, 2009
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Fifteen Seconds
Dec 13, 2008
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Together
Nov 15, 2008
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
With
Jun 14, 2008
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
The Fifth Brother
Jan 05, 2008
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
B’shem Omro
Oct 13, 2007
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Play the Ball Where the Monkey Dropped It
Mar 24, 2007
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
The Mikveh is Waiting for You
Jan 06, 2007
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Drip, drip, drip… The Complacent Have No Future
Dec 09, 2006
Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
A Shul With Seven Gates and No Closets
Oct 08, 2006
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
Be Here Now
Aug 05, 2006
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
No Such Thing as a Statistic
Mar 18, 2006
Rabbi Michelle Robinson
B’Tzelem Elohim