2010 Sermons

Rabbi Kadden's sermons in 2010.  All files are in PDF format.

January

8 - When Wearing a Tallit is a Crime

15 - Jewish Musicals

22 - Thinking about the end:  Armageddon and the Doomsday Clock

29 - Israel's Medical Mission to Haiti

February

5 - J Street - Is it Good for the Jews?

12 -An Ox that Gores - Why Jewish Law Should Matter to Reform Jews

19 -Judaism is not a Spectator Sport

26 - Remembering What Really Didn't Happen

March

12 - Innovation in Jewish life from the Mishkan to Today

19 - The Passover Seder:  The First Family Fun Night

26 - Opening the Door for Elijah all Year 'Round

April

2 - Intermarriage:  A New Reform Rabbinic Approach

16 - A Lover's Quarrel With Israel

May

14 - Lessons from the Book of Ruth

18 Confirmation Charge

21 Two Models of Leadership

28 An Unsettling Anniversary - The Capture of Adolf Eichmann

June

18 The Vocabulary of Jewish Life - Brachot - Blessings

July

The Vocabulary of Jewish Life - K'dusha - Holiness

9 - The Vocabulary of Jewish Life - Mitzvah

16 - The Vocabulary of Jewish Life - Yetzer Tov and Yetzer Ra

August

6 - The Vocabulary of Jewish Life - Torah

13 - The Vocabulary of Jewish Life - Tzedakah

20 - The Vocabulary of Jewish LIfe - Keva and Kavanah

27 - The Vocabulary of Jewish Life - Zikaron - Remembrance

September

3 - Peace Talks and Pessimism

8 (Erev Rosh Hashanah) - The Questions We are Asked in Heaven:  Did You Set Aside a Fixed Time to Study Torah?

9 (Rosh Hashanah) - The Questions We are Asked in Heaven:  Did you Conduct Your Business Honestly?

17 (Erev Yom Kippur) - The Questions We are Asked in Heaven:  Did you look forward to salvation?

18 (Yom Kippur) - The Questions We are Asked in Heaven:  Were you concerned for future generations?

22 - Z'man Simchateinu - The season of our rejoicing

24 - The Wandering Jew

October

1 - In the beginning - translation or mistranslation?

22 - Reform Judaism - 200 years of change

29 - Angels and demons and the evil eye, oh my!

November

5 - It takes a village to run a synagogue

19 - Being Thankful for Teachers

December

17 -The Twelve Tribes of Israel

24 - Jewish Views of Jesus

31 - Being Jewish in a Non-Jewish World

 
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