Rabbi Rachel Weiss’s email to the community on January 26, 2026 As I chanted the Aleinu on Friday evening and Saturday morning this week, this quote jumped off the page and spoke to my heart: “When senseless hatred rules on earth, and people hide their faces...
https://youtu.be/FYtA7sve9S4 Note: this sermon was delivered on the morning of Rosh Hashanah 5786, September 23, 2025, by JRC Rabbi Rachel Weiss. The full transcript is below. One of the most delightful things I did this past summer was serve as the Cultural...
https://youtu.be/5Rpt7hj0mI4 Note: this sermon was delivered the evening of Erev Yom Kippur / Kol Nidre, October 1 2025, by JRC Rabbi Rachel Weiss. The full transcript is below. During these Days of Awe, Yamim Nora’im, the book of life is open, the book of life...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1hPJDWh6kk Note: this sermon was delivered on Erev Yom Kippur 5785, October 11, 2024, by JRC Rabbi Rachel Weiss. The full transcript is below. Psalm 92: the Psalm for Shabbat opens: Tov lehodot l’adonai. It is good to give thanks....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W6F8R2kNsI Note: this sermon was delivered on the morning of Rosh Hashanah 5785, October 3 2024, by JRC Rabbi Rachel Weiss. The full transcript is below. This year, the most difficult question to answer has been, “How are you?” We...
Passover Seder Resources and Recommendations from JRC updated for 5784/2024 Our spiritual task at Passover is to keep our hearts from hardening, and to use our ritual of symbols and story to both allow the devastation of this moment—crumbly and fragile as matzah—and a...
