dvar torah
Celebratory Sacrifices: Coming Out
In the times of the ancient Israelites, we were supposed to make sacrifices to God on many different occasions. When ...
Marriage Equality: Our Figurative Promised Land
Tears of joy! “Equal protection under the law” are the words everywhere on my Facebook feed. This is simultaneously a ...
Transgender Day of Remembrance and the Life of Sarah
This d’var Torah was given by Rabbi Becky Silverstein at the Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center on Friday, November 14th. We ...
A Bar Mitzvah Boy’s Call for Marriage Equality
I am a very, very strong supporter of equal rights and the freedom of men and women to marry whomever ...
Rosh HaShanah: Sanctifying Our In-Betweens
Rabbi Reuben Zellman delivered this D’var Torah on Erev Rosh HaShanah in 2006 at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav in San Francisco. ...
What I Wish I Had Known at 13
When the U.S. Supreme Court announced it would decide on the legality of California’s Proposition 8 and the federal Defense ...
Getting Our B’nei Mitzvah to Understand (and Love) Torah Study
Helping 13-year-olds understand a 3,000-year-old text is challenging, to say the least.After all, trying to glean lessons from the Torah ...