Rabbi Marc Rudolph’s Sermons

  Who is he anyhow, an actor?" "No." "A dentist?" "...No, he's a gambler." Gatsby hesitated, then added cooly: "He's the man who fixed the World Series back in 1919."…

  In Parashat Beshallach we come to the climax of the story of the exodus from Egypt.  Pharaoh has once again changed his mind about letting the people of Israel…

 Martin Luther King and the Prophetic Tradition This week's parasha begins the Book of Exodus.  Tomorrow we will read in the Torah about the enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt…

A week ago we were witness, via our televisions, to the horror that unfolded in Mumbai, India, over a period of several days, as Muslim radical terrorists attacked Western targets…

  Open My Lips So I May Speak Your Praise Adonai Sefatai Tiftach ufi yagid tehilatecha    There is a story behind the words that precede our amidah.  First, one has…

Finding Your Passion Parashat Haazinu October 10, 2008 Rabbi Marc D. Rudolph What does it mean, to love "with all your heart and with all your soul and with all…

Kol Nidre The Four Questions October 9, 2008 Rabbi Marc D. Rudolph   Although an honest judicial system is essential for the proper functioning of a society, nobody ever wants…

Yom Kippur Morning October 10, 2008 Rabbi Marc D. Rudolph   A rabbi is always entertaining interesting questions about the Jewish religion from his congregants and others. In fact, when…

   You Shall Teach and Learn          This weeks Torah portion contains the commandment to gather the people together every seven years at the Temple in Jerusalem in order to hear…

Our Relationship To Israel                                                                                                                                                                    September 30, 2008 Rosh Hashannah Day 1                                                                                                                                                                       Rabbi Marc D Rudolph What should be the role of Israel in contemporary American life? This year, 2008, we have…