This is the sermon that I delivered on Yom Kippur morning 5785 (2024) at Am Shalom Congregation in Barrie, Ontario. This poem is called “Birkat Shalom – Blessing of Peace” by Marcia Falk נשאל מעין השלוםיזל כטליערף כמטר השלוםותמלא הארץ שלוםכמים לים מכסים Let us ask of the wellspring of peace:May peace drip like dew,AndContinueContinue reading ““As the Waters Cover the Sea”: A Prayer for Peace and Humanity”
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How To Be a Prophet: A Sermon for Yom Kippur 2023
This is the sermon I delivered on Kol Nidrei 5784/2023 at Kol Ami Congregation in Thornhill, Ontario. How to be a prophet.Part 1: Nobody wants to be a prophet. Picture this: It’s festival time in ancient Jerusalem. You’re walking down the street, dressed in your finest. Leading your goat to the Temple for your sacrifice.ContinueContinue reading “How To Be a Prophet: A Sermon for Yom Kippur 2023”
A Prayer for the People of the Land
A Prayer for the People of the Land By Rabbi Micah Streiffer and Rabbi Judy Schindler As Jews, today we celebrate the anniversary of the secular date on which Israel’s Independence was declared, May 14, 1948. On this day, seven decades ago, a modern day miracle was born. On this day, our people danced inContinueContinue reading “A Prayer for the People of the Land”
Who’s Afraid of a Big, Bad Flag?
Last month, at the Chicago Dyke March (an annual LGBT Pride parade), several Jewish marchers were expelled from the march because they carried flags with Stars of David, reminiscent of the flag of Israel. The organizers of the march defended the move, declaring that that “Zionism is an inherently white-supremacist ideology” and that the flagContinueContinue reading “Who’s Afraid of a Big, Bad Flag?”
Rabbi Micah Streiffer 