Rabbi Laurie's High Holiday Sermons
- Erev Rosh Hashanah 2024: Walking a Different Path in the Year to Come
- Rosh Hashanah 2024: On Kinship, Justice, and Israel-Palestine
- Kol Nidrei Sermon 2024: Confronting Disappointment and Dreaming Different Dreams
- Yom Kippur Sermon 2024: Facing the Presidential Election and Polarization with Curiosity, Empathy, and Justice
- Erev Rosh Hashanah 2023: Managing Fear and Cultivating Generosity
- Rosh Hashanah 2023: Moving Forward With Vision, Passion, and Leadership
- Kol Nidrei 2023: Carrying Our Grief Together
- Yom Kippur 2023: Creating New Narratives on Israel-Palestine
- Erev Rosh Hashanah 2022: Treating Each Other with Extraordinary Respect: A Story of Five Monks, the Messiah, and the Lamedvovnik
- Rosh Hashanah 2022: Twenty Years at Shaarei Shamayim: Looking Backwards and Towards the Future
- Kol Nidrei 2022: The Promise of Teshuvah and the Challenge of Apologies
- Yom Kippur 2022: Grounding Our Communities in Teshuvah and Tzedek: A Jewish Approach to Reparations for Black Americans
- Erev Rosh Hashanah 2021 - Carrying Brokenness and Doing Teshuvah
- Rosh Hashanah 2021 - Reckoning With Our Covid Rage
- Kol Nidrei 2021 - Confronting Loneliness
- Yom Kippur 2021 - Collective Teshuvah
- Erev Rosh Hashanah 2020 - Entering the New Year in a Time of Loss
- Rosh Hashanah 2020 - Finding the Wells of Resilience
- Kol Nidrei 2020 - When Actions Matter: Doing What is Necessary for a Just and Good Future
- Yom Kippur 2020 - On Rebuking Your Neighbor
- Erev Rosh Hashanah 2019 - Cultivating Acts of Chesed
- Rosh Hashanah 2019 - Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die: Climate Change, F-35s, and Moving Past Grief
- Kol Nidrei 2019 - When Friendship Unravels
- Yom Kippur 2019 - Open the Gates: A Reflection on Justice
- Erev Rosh Hashanah 2018 - The Oven of Akhnai: A Perplexing Tale About Humiliating Others
- Rosh Hashanah 2018 - Standing at the Petach on the Threshold of a New Year
- Kol Nidrei 2018 - Standing at an Unprecedented Demographic Crossroads: Reflections on Aging
- Yom Kippur 2018 - Bearing Witness in a Multi-Ethnic Society
Fri, November 8 2024 7 Cheshvan 5785