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Rabbi David Rosen |
OVERCOMING LIFE’S CHALLENGES
A Sermon for Yom Kippur |
TURNING 60 — AND WHAT I’VE LEARNED
A Sermon for Yom Kippur |
RENEWING THE PROMISE
A Sermon for Rosh Hashanah |
INTEGRITY. HUMILITY. TENACITY.
A Sermon for Yom Kippur 2010 |
MAKING LIFE FIT
A Sermon for Rosh Hashanah |
| Memorial Day and Us |
| ISRAEL, AMERICA AND PRESIDENT OBAMA |
COMPLAINING
A Sermon for Rosh Hashanah |
TEACHING OLD DOGS NEW TRICKS
A Sermonette for Erev Rosh Hashanah |
What We Learned From Hurricane Ike
Rabbi Rosen's Rosh Hashanah Sermon from September 29, 2008 |
PARASHAT SHEACH LECHA Delivered at Moreshet Yisrael, Jerusalem
Touring the land |
ANGRY!
A Sermon for Rosh Hashanah 2007 |
| What can Judaism - and our own American experience - teach us about immigration policies? |
| Even with all the pressure to rebuild Northern Israel, can Israel's Government justify its decision to leave 11,000 Ethiopian Jews in distress? |
| Taking your computer and cell phone on vacation with you |
| Jimmy Carter's not an anti-Semite; he's just wrong |
| A rose by any other name is a rose. But does that apply to religious movements? |
| Is it safe to send our kids to Israel? |
| What we can learn from the Houston Astros? |
| Who am I? |
| Rabbi Hillel challenged us in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. So how did we do? |
| Why Rabbi Rosen is opposed to Proposition 2, the proposed amendment to the Texas State Constitution which comes to define marriage. |
Hazzan David Propis |
| Sermon on Recent Trip to Lithuania |
Rabbi Steve Morgen |
| “Repentance and Forgiveness in Jacob’s Story: What we can learn from how Jacob was reconciled with his brother Esau” |
| Thanksgiving – Toldot |
| Two Versions of Abraham |
| What if the Torah Reading for Rosh Hashanah Was the Creation of Adam and Eve? |
RENEWING THE PROMISE
First Day Rosh Hashanah 2011 |
| Devarim 5771 – “Constructive Criticism” or Just “Criticism”? |
| Tisha B’av and the B’nei Anusim |
| My Response to “The Response” by Governor Rick Perry |
| Tefillin – Jewish Black Boxes – Bamidbar 5771 |
| President Obama’s Middle East Policy Statement – A Rorschach Test |
| Conservative Judaism: Tradition and Change |
| Vayigash 5771 – Why Didn’t Joseph “Phone Home”? |
| The Western Wall, DoubleThink, and the Search for Peace |
| J Street – Myths, Facts, and My Opinion |
| 10 Commandments for Civility in Public Discourse |
Death and Life are in the Power of the Tongue
Rosh Hashanah 5771 – Museum Minyan |
Idolatry
Yom Kippur Afternoon 5751 |
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| Rabbi Morgen’s List of Books and Web Sites for Learning about Jewish Prayers |
| Judaism, Nature, Yosemite, and Ramah Outdoor Adventure |
| Muslims Jews and Christians Travel to Turkey on a Mission of Faith |
| Ki Tissa 5769 – Jewish Federation Mission to Israel |
The Modern Pharaoh Who “Knew Not Joseph” - Shemot 5769
AntiSemitism and Propaganda Against Israel |
| Vayishlakh 5769 – It’s Not What You Have, But Who You Are |
| Hayye Sarah 5769 - Keruv Institute and the Jewish Future |
| In the Beginning: Creation vs. Science |
| Certification of Righteousness or |
You Shall Teach Them Diligently – Va-Et’hanan 5768
Teaching Our Children To Be Good Jews and Good People |
| Korach and the new "Messianic" Congregation in Houston |
| Alcoholism and drug abuse are big problems among our Jewish youth. How serious? And what can we do to address it? |
| No word is more frightening than the "C" Word (Cancer) |
| Creation, Evolution and Intelligent Design |
| Rabbi Morgen looks at Judaism's views on homosexuality |
| Tzedakah is the mitzvah that saves the person who spends it |
Rabbi Brian Strauss |
| Where Was God? |
| A Way to Make Peace with our Enemies |
| Cyberbullying: What Can We Do? |
Keeping the Commitment by Staying Involved with Each Other
Rosh Hashanah 2010 |
God Needs our Help More than Ever Before
Rosh Hashanah – 2010 |
| Be Yourself - A Message for Teens |
| What is happening to our Boys Today? |
| Raising First Class Children |
| How Does God Work In The World? - One Idea |
A Belief That Can Bring Us Comfort
Rosh Hashanah 2008 |
| From each of the Purim characters, we can learn something about ourselves |
| Looking for something to do to make your life better? Try prayer |
| The number of Jews in the world is declining. What can we do to reverse this trend? |
| Rosa Parks: What makes ordinary people do courageous things? |
| Is it really OK to give our kids gifts at Hanukkah? |
| How can |
| Talking to our kids about God isn't always easy-but it's so important! |
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