Category: Rabbi’s Words
Thoughts and commentary from Rabbi Geoffrey Dennis
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The Architects of our Own Destiny
It is times like these, like the days after the terrible hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel, our nearest neighbor shul, a community with which we have many ties, that […]
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When Darkness Taints the Festival of Lights
Originally Posted in Rabbi’s Words on January 5, 2020. Thursday I pulled into the CKA driveway for the first time since returning from our splendid and inspiring congregational trip to […]
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From Gay Pride to Jewish Pride
It was some time back, perhaps on my last trip to Israel, that I first saw a rainbow pattern kippah (Jewish ritual skullcap). I don’t know if it was meant to be […]
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The Goring Details of an Epidemic
I was floored. Not by the news that over 500 children in Brooklyn had developed measles. I have seen the anti-vaccine movement gain steam over the past two decades. No, […]
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Strive to be Humane
Following the path blazed by Rabbi Jonah Pesner of the RAC, and by Rabbi David Stern, President of the CCAR, I journeyed from Dallas to McAllen to see, to learn, and to protest the morally offensive and deeply destructive policy of separating immigrant children.
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Sukkot – Dwelling in a House of Dreams
Our holiday of Sukkot – part harvest festival, part historical reenactment – is the holiday of insecure dreams. We are commanded to build a shelter for ourselves, but only the […]
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Sermon from Rosh Hashanah 5778
So today I thought I’d talk about the concept of the klutz kasheh. This is a Yiddish term which literally mean a ‘klutzy question,’ or a ‘silly conundrum.’ The great […]
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I’ll Follow the Sun (with apologies to Lennon and McCartney)
Did you hear the one about the fellow who stayed up all night wondering where the sun went? It finally dawned on him. The sun. It’s easy to take it […]
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Spiritual Grandeur
I have this theory. It goes something like this: You can gauge the way people feel about God by the way they feel about inclement weather. As for me, I […]
