Antisemitism: Stand Strong, Be Proud, And Have Hope
10/13/2024 12:40:02 PM
Yom Kippur - 5785
This morning, let's begin with a story. It's 1932 and there are two elderly Jews in Germany sitting at a cafe reading the morning paper. One is reading the Jewish newspaper. The other is reading the German national newspaper. Upon seeing his friend reading the national paper, he asks, “Why are you reading the German paper? Why aren't you reading...Read more...
Erev Yom Kippur - Choice Is Our Most Precious Gift
10/13/2024 12:38:02 PM
Erev Yom Kippur – 5785
“Let us proclaim the sacred power of this day; It is awesome and full of dread. For on this day, even the hosts of heaven are judged.” Wow, that prayer, which is read on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, gives us a sense of connection with everything. Of course, we, as Jews, are metaphorically judged on this day. But we also stand here with the...Read more...
Rosh Hashanah - Struggle, Struggle and More Struggle
10/13/2024 12:36:03 PM
Rosh Hashanah Morning - 5785
Let's begin this morning with a story about Jacob, our ancestor. Jacob is about to have his family reunion with his brother Esau. It's the morning of the event and he's extremely nervous. Keep in mind, the last time he saw his brother, Esau wanted to kill him. So of course, Jacob is extremely anxious. In order to calm his nerves, he sends...Read more...
Erev Rosh Hashanah - Kermit Eclipsed By The Klan
10/13/2024 12:32:32 PM
Erev Rosh Hashanah - 5785
This evening, I would like to begin with one of my favorite formats: group participation. I would like to take you on a journey. For many of you, this journey will travel back to your childhood. And for others, it will take you back to your early years of parenting. I'm going to recite the first few words of a popular line and...Read more...
Rosh Hashanah Message From Our Rabbi
09/14/2023 09:39:02 AM
Every year around this time, we dust off our shofars readying them for Rosh Hashanah. Little do we know, the shofar is more thRead more...
Passover Message From Rabbi Robbie
04/15/2022 09:20:51 AM
When I think back on Seders of my past, my mind drifts to images of matzah ball soup served in my mother’s fine china,Read more...
Learn With Rabbi Robbie
01/20/2022 06:00:21 AM
With all that has happened in Texas and beyond, I think it is important for us to have time to process. Now more than ever, wRead more...
A Call For Tikkun Olam From Rabbi Robbie
12/16/2021 08:05:19 AM
This time of year always brings out the best and most charitable parts of us. I have fond memories of volunteering at soup kitchensRead more...
Chanukah is a time of joy!!!
11/28/2021 01:13:20 PM
Chanukah calls to mind latkes, menorahs, and dreidels. It also calls to mind memories of family gatherings to exchange preseRead more...
Learning With Rabbi Robbie
10/06/2021 07:15:35 AM
Now that all of the holy days have concluded, it is now time for us to work on those Rosh Hashanah resolutions. One of mine waRead more...
Rosh Hashanah Message From Rabbi Robbie
09/05/2021 04:05:05 PM
At this time of year in our bakeries, we find the unique shape of the challah only to be used at the dawn of the new year – ThRead more...
Passover Message From Rabbi Robbie
03/27/2021 12:08:38 PM
There are so many wonderful symbols that we all will have at our Seder tables this evening! Each of themRead more...
God, Can You Hear Me? - Rabbi Robbie's New Series
01/07/2021 09:36:22 AM
Life After Death?
11/10/2020 03:18:38 PM
Are you someone that questions whether every mysterious door creak or awkward light flicker in your house is a message from beyond? PerRead more...
Rosh Hashanah Morning 5781: Lessons From The Pandemic
09/21/2020 08:29:36 AM
So, I don’t know about any of you, but family dinner has definitely changed. What used to be dining for two while the children ate around their own activity schedules has now become dining with the whole family on a regular basis. And...Read more...
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5781: Be Like The Bean
09/21/2020 08:25:33 AM
A young woman went to her mother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed that as one problem was solved a new one arose. Her mother listened, but did...Read more...
Rosh Hashanah Message From Rabbi Robbie
09/18/2020 01:43:38 PM
In the first day of the month of Tishrei, there shall be a sacred gathering. On Read more...
Preparation Message From Rabbi Robbie
09/14/2020 01:56:07 PM
Shalom my Temple Beth Am Family,
As the sun set this past Saturday evening, wRead more...
Our Rabbi's Thoughts After George Floyd
06/05/2020 07:29:36 AM
I am angry. I am frustrated. I am absolutely outraged. Watching the footage of the murderous attack on George Floyd, makes meRead more...
Rabbi Weiner's Passover Message
04/08/2020 11:19:08 AM
“Mah Nishtanah… Why is this night different…?”
Such a ringing part of our Passover experience. We have heard these words Read more...
Shabbat Bashamayim Instructions - March 27th
03/27/2020 07:32:36 AM
I hope you are again excited to participate in Tefilah Bashamayim – Services In The Heavens (a.k.a. Services online). If you haRead more...
How Can I Help?
03/24/2020 12:03:06 PM
I truly hope that you are doing okay. Perhaps by now, many of you have become accustomed to new routines. However, I totally undeRead more...
Shabbat Shalom On This Special Shabbat
03/13/2020 07:03:03 PM
As the sun begins to set, we will celebrate the Shabbat apart from one another. In thinking about what that means for us as a sacrRead more...
Vandalism in Yorktown
01/04/2020 03:20:36 PM
It is with a heavy heart that I share this news with all of you. Over the past 24 hours, there was a string of vanRead more...
Calling All Adult Learners!!! The Rabbi Wants You!!!!
10/02/2019 12:18:07 PM
One of my favorite parts of my job is to travel on the journey of Bar/Bat Mitzvah with one of our young people. At the beginnRead more...
Shanah Tovah From Beth Am
09/27/2019 06:31:11 AM
In just a few days, we will usher in the Jewish New Year of 5780. The great shofar will sound in synagogues around the wRead more...
Thoughts After San Diego
04/27/2019 06:21:12 PM
In case you have not heard, just a short time ago, shots rang out again in a synagogue just north of San Diego. Hearing this newRead more...
Rabbi Weiner's Passover Message
04/19/2019 07:17:43 AM
With Passover on the horizon, we soon will ask our questions, eat our matza, and drink our cups of wine, celebrating our peopleRead more...