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Reflecting on Jewish Vilna

9/18/2010

In the summer of 2010, my wife, Jessica, and I traveled to Vilnius, Lithuania to participate in their summer Yiddish program. (Jessica is a PhD candidate in Yiddish Studies at Columbia University.) There, I was able to explore face-to-face the remnants of a once thriving, luminary Jewish community. In this Yom Kippur sermon, I reflect on my experiences of Vilna, grapple with the immensity of what was lost, and consider what small Jewish communities today can learn from our Lithuanian cousins.

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Ethical Legacies and Living Wills

9/9/2010

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This Rosh Hashannah sermon explores the history and meaning of Jewish ethical legacies and living wills. It also sets up a time set aside during Yom Kippur for congregants to consider their own ethical legacies they'd want to leave behind.

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Reflecting on Jewish Vilna

Ethical Legacies and Living Wills

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