a collection of audio files that represent our worship services and programming

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From our High Holiday Services - 2007

Rabbi Walter's Yom Kippur Sermon
Do You Hear What I Hear? Do You See What I Saw?

Rabbi Silk's Yom Kippur Sermon
The Consequences of Kindness

Rabbi Hass' Yom Kippur Sermon
What We Most Have To Fear Is Fear Itself

Rabbi Walter's Sermon
Cemetery Memorial Service

Rabbi Walter's Rosh Hashanah Sermon
Profiles In Courage

Rabbi Silk's Rosh Hashanah Sermon
Possibilities

Rabbi Hass' Rosh Hashanah Sermon
Faith Is Not A Four Letter Word

 


From our High Holiday Services - 2006

Rabbi Walter's Yom Kippur Sermon
Spheres Of Relevance

Rabbi Prass' Yom Kippur Sermon
Taking a Page From the Prophets

Rabbi Silk's Yom Kippur Sermon
Sticks & Stones

Rabbi Walter's Rosh Hashanah Sermon
Living With Faith, Living With Hope

Rabbi Prass' Rosh Hashanah Sermon
Lego Building Blocks and Rosh Hashanah

Rabbi Silk's Rosh Hashanah Sermon
Making It A Happy New Year

Rabbi Walter's Sermon at Emanu El Memorial Park

Dr. Richard Jackson's Shabbat Shuva Message
 


Shabbat

Ethan
by Rabbi Walter, June 22, 2006
9 minutes - 2.08 MB mp3 file

Freud Was Close
by Rabbi Walter, September 1, 2006
9 minutes - 2.09 MB mp3 file

Trip to Turkey
by Rabbi Walter, August 25, 2006
16 minutes - 3.75 MB mp3 file

Trip to Eastern Europe
by Rabbi Walter, May 12, 2006
18 minutes - 4.23 MB mp3 file

A Tribute to Rosa Parks
by Rabbi Walter, October 28, 2005

 


Programs and Events

From "God & We the People: Religion and Democracy in America"

As religiously grounded moral arguments have brought faith into the foreground, this series examined and reflected on the relationship between religion and government.

View any of these excellent presentations webcast by Rice University:

Webcast of Professor Carol Quillen, Director of the Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance and Rice Vice-Provost 3/15/2007 "Democracy & Difference: Religious Pluralism in Contemporary America"

Webcast of Professor David Dow's address 2/8/07 "Do we still have a wall of separation between Church & State and do we really need one?"

Webcast of Rev. Lawson's address 1/11/07 "Religion and the Civil Rights Movement".

Webcast of Willam Martin's address 11/30/06 "Secular State, Religious People: A Commendable Arrangement"

Webcast of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend's address 10/19/2006 "Failing America's Faithful"

From "Eizehu Gibor: Who Are The Real Heros?"
Paul Rusesabagina's charge to Americans

Jeffrey Wigand's summary statement

 


From Our Archives

Rosh Hashanah 2005 Message by Rabbi Walter
"Imperfect Seekers of the Truth"

24 minutes - 5.62 MB mp3 file

The Faithful Shepard
Rabbi Robert I. Kahn's Address to the 1960 Graduating Class of the Hebrew Union College

The Sound of the Shofar
5 minutes - 2.28 MB mp3 file

 


 

 

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