Rabbi Marc Rudolph’s Sermons

As we are today witnessing a new round of violence in Israel, it is important to remember that there are people of goodwill on both sides who are working toward…

Do you know “Where the world began?” I bet if I asked you “How old is the world” you would be able to answer that question. If you were speaking…

On this sacred night, when we stand before G-d and ask G-d to forgive us, I am going to talk about how important it is that forgive others. Our tradition…

“If you will it, it is not a dream”. This is perhaps the most famous Jewish quotation of the 20th century. It was written by Theodore Herzl, Jewish visionary and…

In his 2002 debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated, Jonathan Safran Foer introduces us to the mythical village of Trachimbrod, Ukraine, circa 1791. The village has 300 citizens, all of them…

The Case of the Lost Tefillin I am sure many of us have had the experience of our luggage being lost by an airline. We all know that sinking feeling of…

All we can be certain of is that he was ten years old when he died. He was a Jewish boy and the grandson of a prominent leader of the…

It is from this week’s Torah portion, Ekev, that we are taught that we should thank G-d for the food we eat.  “When you have eaten and been satisfied,” the…