From the Bimah: Jewish Lessons for Life Podcast
1) Shabbat Sermon with Guest Speaker, Maya Afergan
TE Teen, Maya Afergan, delivers a special guest sermon as part of our Youth Shabbat Morning service on January 10th.
2) Shabbat Sermon: From Vision to Reality: The New Holocaust Museum in Boston with Jody Kipnis
Why does Boston need a new Holocaust museum now? Jody Kipnis, Co-Founder and President & CEO of the Holocaust Legacy Foundation, shares the ways the museum (opening in late 2026 across from Boston’s h...Show More
3) Shabbat Sermon with Rabbi Michelle Robinson
December 27, 2025
4) Shabbat Sermon: Two Lights with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
How did we get from Saturday night to Thursday night?The arc of this past week, the dizzying emotional trajectory, is hard to explain, a genuine mystery. Saturday night, December 13, was Bondi Beach a...Show More
5) Talmud Class: When, If Ever, Should We Say "You Should"?
We are all horrified by the mass shootings at Bondi Beach and Brown University that coincided with Hanukkah. We mourn the tragic and senseless loss of innocent life. We pray for the recovery of those ...Show More
6) Questions to Humanity - Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz with Omri D. Cohen on his New Book
Omri D. Cohen’s new book ‘Questions to Humanity’ contains 106 questions from people all over the world to humanity at large. Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz and Omri discuss what inspired the project, how he g...Show More
Questions to Humanity - Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz with Omri D. Cohen on his New Book
33:05 | Dec 17th, 2025
7) Talmud Class: For Our Children and Grandchildren Who Are Just Not Into It
Every once in a while, I read a d’var Torah that takes my breath away—an interpretation that is original, creative, casts a new light on an old question, and does it so persuasively that I can no long...Show More
8) Shabbat Sermon: Worry with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
I once met with a family after their beloved mother and grandmother had passed away. Her son shared that whenever he would visit her, she would say to him before he left, please call me to let me know...Show More
9) Talmud Class: The Jersey Dilemma - Does Our Tribal Loyalty Shape Our Moral Vision?
In this vintage Jerry Seinfeld bit, the comedian captures a moral dilemma of our time, in America, in Israel, in the world: our jersey color shapes our moral vision. We identify with our team, whom we...Show More
10) Shabbat Sermon: It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over with Rabbi Wes Gardenswartz
In the festive spirit of Thanksgiving weekend, let me start with two trivial pursuit questions. Who famously said “It ain’t over till it’s over”? And what was the context for this observation?Answer: ...Show More