Erev Simchat Torah Service
High Holy Days Sermons 5787 – 2026
Rosh Hashanah Eve – “Fufliling Our Promises: The Heroic Story of Rick Rescorla on 9/11” Read the transcript here Rosh Hashanah Morning I – “Got Bensch Amerike, Our Home Sweet Home” Read the transcript here Kol Nidre – “Making Our…
Torah Thoughts – Nitzavim/Vayeilech – Deuteronomy.29.9-31.30 – “Raising Our Tents in Preparation for Rosh Hashanah”
Outside the Everett House on the campus of the Chautauqua Institute is a display of a tent from 1870. Unlike the elaborate popup tents of today, the design of the 19th century was simple – a tall wooden pole, a…
Torah Thoughts – Rosh Hashanah – Genesis 21:1-34 – “My Letter to the Children Born After 9/11”
To my three children, and the 100 million plus Americans under the age of 25, let’s talk. The silver anniversary of 9/11 is today and I need to tell you why it matters. When I was growing up, Pearl Harbor…
High Holy Days 5787/2026
*Event is in person with live stream via Boxcast, Facebook and YouTube. High Holy Days 5787/2026 schedule of services and events Date Time Event Saturday, September 12th 10:30am Rosh Hashanah Morning Service* 11:00am Children’s Program 3:00pm Rosh Hashanah Family…
Torah Thoughts – Ki Tavo – Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8 – “Can you see Toronto from Highmark Stadium?”
Last week, Boaz and I, like so many fellow congregants, made the trek out to Orchard Park to see the new Highmark Stadium. As part of the open practice, we were given carte blanche to see the entirety of the…
Men’s Group – Mark Ables & Walter Gordon – Desert Storm
Fall Family Programming
Torah Thoughts – Ki Teitzei – Deuteronomy.21.10-25.19 – “Shedding the Garments of Captivity”
“Shedding the Garments of Captivity” With clothes ready to get dirty and a determination to make a difference, I joined fourteen other Jewish Federation employees to paint the second floor of the Cornerstone Manor on North Street in Buffalo. A…
Torah Thoughts – Shoftim – Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9 – “A New Highmark Peptalk”
The first kick off at the opening preseason game at Rich Stadium on August 17, 1973, did not go as expected. Washington running back Herb Mul-Key ran it back for a102-yard touchdown. The good news is that very few fans…