Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem
11/03/2023 07:52:45 AM
Live from Israel - Wednesday at 1pm and blog
10/31/2023 04:38:58 PM
I arrived in Israel early on Monday morning to join a Solidarity Mission and have had a very full and intense couple of days. There is so mRead more...
Solidarity Shabbat Shalom from London!
10/27/2023 04:26:09 AM
As some of you know, I was meant to be in Israel this week celebrating the Bat Mitzvah of a cousin in the beautiful and historic Neveh TzedekRead more...
A Message from Rabbi Marc
10/10/2023 10:24:07 AM
Ashamnu, Ahavnu - We have Abused and Loved, We have Betrayed and Blessed - Yom Kippur 5784
09/28/2023 04:26:25 PM
Many people will know the story about the Rabbi who a few days before Yom Kippur is so overcome by feelings of humility that he walked into the sanctuary of his shul,prostrated himself in front of the aron hakodesh, started frantically beating his chest “I’m nobody, I’m nothing, I’m nobody, I’m nothing.” After a few minutes the chazzan walked in and saw his colleague and decided it’s...Read more...
July Journeys - Bringing the Past to the Future - Kol Nidrei 5784
09/28/2023 01:09:38 PM
On July 1st I shared a Shabbat lunch in Kazimierz, the Jewish quarter of Krakow in Poland with Marcel and his wife Marya on their 66th wedding anniversary. Marcel Zielinski was born into Krakow’s thriving Jewish community in September 1934. By 1941, he and his family were relocated to the Ghetto until Marcel was interned in the Plaszow concentration camp, built just outside the city. In October 1944, he and his father...Read more...
The Days in Between - Rosh HaShanah sermons
09/20/2023 01:09:43 PM
Shabbat Comfort and peace - Coming Home with a New Torah!
07/28/2023 10:55:28 AM
I am just preparing for my last Shabbat in London before returning next week to Boulder with our old-new Torah! The Shabbat after the painfRead more...
Shabbat Shalom - Rebuilding the World through Love
07/21/2023 12:10:00 PM
This Shabbat is called Shabbat Hazon after the vision of Isiah seeing the destruction of Jerusalem. It is the Shabbat that comes before TishaRead more...
Shabbat Shalom from London!
07/14/2023 10:59:28 AM
I am so grateful for the adventurous travels that I have been blessed with this summer so far. I am still processing the 6 days that I spenRead more...
Reflections from Krakow on July 4th
07/04/2023 09:40:03 AM
It has been an unbelievable 6 days in Poland with my old friend and colleague Rabbi Greg Alexander from Cape Town, South Africa. On ThursdaRead more...
International Holocaust Remembrance Day - Shabbat Shalom
01/27/2023 02:12:19 PM
Last week, I had the honor of speaking at the Boulder City Council and receiving the certificate signed Mayor Aaron Brockett decRead more...
Kristallnacht - Lest we Forget
11/09/2022 12:08:13 PM
Today is the 84th anniversary of Kristallnacht, the horrific "night of broken glass" when Jewish shops, businesses and homes weRead more...
The Burning Palace - Shabbat Shalom!
11/04/2022 10:37:48 AM
As we enter into the Shabbat of the Torah's third parsha, Lech L'Cha, in the week following Israel's election and preceding the Read more...
Shabbat Shalom - The Light of Creation!
10/21/2022 11:29:03 AM
"Our bodies churn with creativity rooted in the beginning of time.”
This line jumped out to me from an article by Brian Thomas Swimme calRead more...
Brokenness, Healing and Repair - Yom Kippur Sermon 5783
10/06/2022 12:11:34 PM
Brokenness, Healing and Repair
I imagine many of us have memories of the last words spoken to us by a loved one, or an honored teacher before they died and the impact they had on us. Recently I was remembering the last words my teacher Reb Zalman said to me a couple of weeks before he died 8 years ago when I visited him in hospital, not knowing it was going to be...Read more...
Lu Y'Hi - Let it Be! Kol Nidre Sermon 5783
10/06/2022 12:02:14 PM
Lu Yehi - Let it Be - Kol Nidre 5783
Lu Yehi, Lu Yehi, Ana, Lu Yehi
Kol shenevakesh - Lu Yehi.
May it be, may it be - Please - may it be
All that we seek, all that we ask for - may it be.
These words are very familiar to some of us and probably not at all to others. They are from the chorus of a very popular song by Nomi Shemer written in 1973....Read more...
Shabbat of Prayer and Returning
09/30/2022 03:47:36 PM
Rosh Hashanah Dialogue with Rabbi Marc Soloway and Rabbi Sarah Bracha Gershuny
09/29/2022 09:00:05 AM
About Time! Rosh HaShanah Sermon 5783
09/27/2022 10:29:20 PM
Entering 5783 with Gratitude and Sweetness!
09/25/2022 03:23:20 PM
We are just a few hours away from entering a new year on the Jewish calendar and our sacred space is set at the JCC ready for aRead more...
The end of an Era - May the Queen's Memory be a blessing!
09/09/2022 12:29:55 PM
New Moon Shabbat - The Month of Connection!
08/26/2022 12:25:22 PM
This Shabbat is Shabbat Rosh Chodesh, bringing Sabbath and new moon together in an auspicious conjunction. This Rosh Chodesh Read more...
A Eulogy for Bill Nagel
08/19/2022 02:36:37 PM
Bill Nagel - May 31st, 1950 - August 16th, 2022
“And in the end it is not the yRead more...
Love and Comfort - Shabbat Shalom from Rabbi Marc
08/12/2022 03:04:52 PM
Did you see that bright, full moon last night illuminating the sky? Full moons are special and inspiring and, on the Jewish Read more...
Shabbat Shalom from Rabbi Marc
08/05/2022 04:40:50 PM
Hope everyone is surviving the heat as new records are reached across the country and the world. I was in London when the temRead more...
Shabbat Shalom from Rabbi Marc
07/22/2022 11:18:21 AM
Gabbi, Ella, Emma, Noa, Arielle are the five young people who have a Bat Mitzvah at Bonai Shalom between August and October, inRead more...
Shabbat Reflections from the River
07/15/2022 04:58:05 AM
Our beloved teacher Morah Yehudis forwarded an email with the subject line from this quote by the neurosRead more...
Shabbat Reflections from London
07/08/2022 05:21:34 AM
Another week has gone by and it seems that every day brings some news of the chaos, instability and violence in this world. IRead more...