14 Podcast Episodes
Shabbat Sermon: Is There Hope? with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Shabbat Sermon: Is There Hope? with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Why was this Tisha B’av different from all other Tisha B’avs? On all other Tisha B’avs, we read about how once there was... Read more
29 Jul 2023
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20mins
Shabbat Sermon: Beautiful, Broken and Ours with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Shabbat Sermon: Beautiful, Broken and Ours with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What do we do with something that is beautiful, broken, and ours? I want to tell you a story that captures beautiful, br... Read more
8 Jul 2023
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22mins
Yom Kippur Sermon: Show Up. Step Up. Clean Up. with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Yom Kippur Sermon: Show Up. Step Up. Clean Up. with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
This summer I studied with my 94-year-old father-in-love a classic text that I had encountered before, but seeing it at ... Read more
4 Oct 2022
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23mins
Shabbat Sermon: Two Boxes with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Shabbat Sermon: Two Boxes with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
For the last 45 years or so, our shul has been distributing candles that we light at night to usher in Yom HaShoah. Each... Read more
30 Apr 2022
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21mins
Shabbat Sermon: Lightning Rod with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Shabbat Sermon: Lightning Rod with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
How are we to understand the many stories we have all read about anger run amok in public places; about bad behavior on ... Read more
19 Feb 2022
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22mins
Shabbat Sermon: Two Jewish Lenses on the Tragedy of Afghanistan with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Shabbat Sermon: Two Jewish Lenses on the Tragedy of Afghanistan with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
This week I found myself watching, and rewatching obsessively, 1 minute and 11 seconds of sheer human desperation, a vid... Read more
21 Aug 2021
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20mins
Shabbat Sermon: American Paradox with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Shabbat Sermon: American Paradox with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
What do we do about what happened to Rabbi Shlomo Noginski on Thursday afternoon? What do we do when a man, a husband, a... Read more
3 Jul 2021
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26mins
Shabbat Sermon: Infinite Good with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Shabbat Sermon: Infinite Good with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
December 30, 1983 was a freezing cold day in New York City. On that day a New York firefighter named Eugene Pugliese wa... Read more
20 Sep 2020
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20mins
Shabbat Sermon: Flow with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Shabbat Sermon: Flow with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
I want to talk to you about something that is very pleasant and productive at the same time. You hear a lot about it fr... Read more
29 Aug 2020
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23mins
Shabbat Sermon: Kvell with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Shabbat Sermon: Kvell with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
Once upon a time there was a woman named Olivia who was married to her husband Lee. They lived in Los Angeles in a neig... Read more
15 Feb 2020
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20mins