Rabbi Marc Rudolph’s Sermons

Balancing our Jewish LivesA week ago our community was shaken, shocked and saddened by the untimely death of Rabbi Shmuel Mann of B'nai Israel in Aurora. This is a profound…

What Does G-d Look Like? Every Sunday morning I visit two classrooms in our Religious School for one of my favorite activities of the week --"Ask the Rabbi". Usually the teacher…

Remembering the HolocaustNovember 9 and 10th mark the 75th anniversary of the riots against Jews in Germany that we know as Kristallnacht – the night of the shattered glass.  In…

The Power of WordsIt is a beautiful Jewish tradition for parents to place their hands on the heads of their children and bless them on Friday nights. For sons we…

A few weeks ago I gave a sermon in which I mentioned a film that I had seen called "Twenty Feet from Stardom." In the sermon I cited the famous…

The phone rings on the wall of Mrs. Gerda Weinblatt's kitchen in her apartment at 303 Avenue S in Brooklyn.  "Mrs. Weinblatt?"  a voice says.  "I have Worthington Rosecroft of…

Twenty Feet from StardomThis past Monday I saw a movie called "Twenty Feet from Stardom".  It focuses on the careers of a number of African American women – Darlene Love,…

Second ChancesMembers of our congregation are wonderful when it comes to asking questions.  Some of my best sermons, I think, are based on questions that congregants ask me.  I would…

This Day of Judgment  A few weeks ago, a young man, Michael Brandon Hill, walked armed into the McNair Elementary School in Georgia and barricaded himself into a small office,…

The KittelThe story is told that Elijah the prophet once showed up to a wedding dressed as a beggar. "Please sir," he asked the father of the bride, "May I…