Whenever I visit somewhere new, whether in my country of origin or somewhere foreign, I typically stand on the periphery ...

Watch a High Holidays sermon from the spiritual leader of Kehillat Etz Chayim in Detroit, MI.

Watch a High Holidays sermon from the spiritual leader of Ohavay Zion Synagogue, Lexington, Kentucky.

Watch a High Holidays sermon from the spiritual leader of Kesher Israel in Washington, DC.

Watch a High Holidays sermon from the spiritual leader of Beit Midrash Har'el, Israel.

Rosh Hashanah is the birthday of humankind -- and an annual opportunity to start again.

Watch a Yom Kippur sermon from the spiritual leader of Skokie Valley Agudath Jacob Synagogue, Skokie, IL

Watch a High Holidays sermon from the spiritual leader of Yale University in New Haven, CT.

Watch a High Holidays sermon from the president of the Hadar Institute in New York, NY.

The Torah describes an earlier time, when lands were distributed fairly by God.