Yom Kippur Morning 5781 / 2020 – The Death of Truth
A sermon by Rabbi Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor Take a minute and imagine the scene: The Children of Israel, after a forty-year journey through the desert, …
Kol Nidre 5781 / 2020 – Strangers Among Us
A sermon by Rabbi Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor No fewer than 36 times in the Hebrew Bible are we exhorted to pay attention to the treatment …
Rosh HaShana Morning 5781 / 2020 – Sacrificing Our Children
A sermon by Rabbi Gary M. Brettton-Granatoor For the past forty years, I have read this same Torah portion on the first day of Rosh …
Erev Rosh HaShana 5781 / 2020 – Innovation Will Save Us
A sermon by Rabbi Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor While there may be people sitting in the congregation this evening, the majority of you are sitting in …
On Tisha B’Av – The 9th day of the Month of Av
by Rabbi Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor Jewish life is the life of the mind – study is the very core of our continued existence since Rabbi …
Some Thoughts on Passover
Yes, this night is different from all other nights. And that will probably be true for the immediate future. How do we deal with it? …
Some Thoughts on Purim
by Rabbi Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor Purim is usually celebrated with great frivolity – in fact, one of the commandments of the day is that when …
A Chiddush (insight) for Chanukah
Chanukah 2019 by Rabbi Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor There are so many interesting challenges when considering the festival of Chanukah – the first is obvious: how …
Looking at the Details
Kol Nidre 5780 A sermon by Rabbi Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor Last December, in an effort to support our daughter’s desire to take up Pilades, my …
Anti-Semitism: A Disease in Search of a Cure?
Rosh HaShana 5780 A sermon by Rabbi Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor As I was minding my own business last week, reading through updates on my FaceBook, …