Bar Mitzvah 180: Welcome Home Marine Corporal Zack Leeds
As he gets close to celebrating his 500th bar mitzvah at Ramat Shalom Synagogue in Fort...
Bar Mitzvah 180: Welcome Home Marine Corporal Zack Leeds
As he gets close to celebrating his 500th bar mitzvah at Ramat Shalom Synagogue in Fort...
JEWISH SALVATION: What Jews Need To Do To Make It To Heaven
Inspired by a conversation with a Christian colleague, Rabbi Andrew Jacobs uses Chayei Sarah to...
A Pew Review For The American Jew
Rabbi Andrew Jacobs shares some of the insight he gained at his first gathering of Clal's...
Incredible, Inspiring, Astonding Jewish Commitment
Friday night services are so nice, but, so often, we are just too tired to get to synagogue....
Cell Phones And The Ark: What The Flood Story Teaches Us About Technology
The ark that Noah built was an amazing piece of technology. Without it, humanity and animal life...
Referring to the story of Cain and Abel, Rabbi Andrew Jacobs talks about how each of us has a...
Kol Nidre 5774 Sermon: The Sin Of Injustice, Guilty As Charged! Now What?
The Ashamnu prayer recited on Yom Kippur says that we have "wrought injustice". In his Kol Nidre...
Yom Kippur 5774 Sermon: Scroll #32, Our Heart, Love Her
Ramat Shalom Synagogue's "Holocaust Torah" was rescued by Westminster Synagogue in 5724, 50 year...
Making Sense of Unetaneh Tokef
Using words from the Torah that are read on the last Shabbat of 5773 - days before the High...
A Little Something To Be Happy About
In a short "sermonette", Rabbi Andrew Jacobs talks about our obligation to be happy. Refering to...
Strengthening Our Marriage - The Work of Elul
In the previous podcast, Rabbi Andrew Jacobs encouraged us all to use the month of Elul (the...
Fixing Our Friendships - The Work of Elul
As we enter the Jewish month of Elul - the month that precedes Rosh HaShanah - Rabbi Andrew...
Tisha B'Av: The Tragedy That Led To Our Blessing
Rabbi Andrew Jacobs talks about Tisha B'Av, the holiday that marks the destruction of the ancient...
Challenging the System: Zelophehad's Daughters and SCOTUS
Rabbi Andrew Jacobs discusses the fascinating story of Zelophehad's daughters who go before Moses...
When Life Gives You Lemons, Wait For The Well!
Rabbi Andrew Jacobs speaks about Chukat (Numbers 19:1–22:1), focusing upon the various challenges...
How To Tell Someone Off Jewishly!?
Using the story of Korah, the rebellious biblical figure who "tells off" Moses, Rabbi Andrew...
Change - There Is A Time For It!
As Rabbi Andrew prepares to bless graduating high school seniors, he talks about the Jewish view...
Rabbi Andrew's midrash for Mother's Day....a story about the spark that was created at the...
Rabbi Andrew discusses the census described in this week's Torah portion (BaMidbar) and the...
Shalom And Israel Walk Into A Bar...
In this podcast, Rabbi Andrew Jacobs shares a funny story based partially on the verse "I will...