Short reflections from a rabbi on the Jersey Shore.Rabbi Stanway is the rabbi of Temple Beth Miriam in Elberon, NJ
Send us a textAfter 27 years, my tenure at Beth Miriam has come to an end as I head into serving a wonderful interim congregation in Gainesville Florida for the year. This last service excerpt features a couple of speakers, a presentation, a blessing and my personal remarks.
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Send us a textIn this dvar Torah, I reflect on the Torah portion and its connection to the Aaron Family and my one bright vision for Temple Beth Miriam in the future. My 27 years of service to the temple is coming to an end on May 30, 2025 as I embark on an interim career serving other congregations and, though there are decades of memories and hopes, this sermon reflects a hope that is filled with light.
Rabbi Stanway and Rabbi Steve Garten discuss this week's parasha and focus on the meaning of Shabbat, especially in a modern society.
The Bibas family has inadvertently become the new symbol for the Palestinians - and it isn't flattering.
My thoughts on the hostage release.
In this dear Torah, I reflect on the comments made by one of our congregants, Grace, who has now been declared cancer-free. Her words were the perfect jump off point to my reflections on how we as a congregation move forward. Grace's comments are included as the first part of this recording.
In this sermon for Yom Kippur morning, I tell the true story of one of my chaplaincy patients and the lesson she taught me that I carry with me to this day.
In this sermon I discuss the opportunities and challenges to being a beacon in a dark and angry world
Stella Stanway shares her reflections about being in Israel immediately after October 7
This year has been filled with brokenness. How do we as Jews react? How should we be living?
A short d'var Torah on Karachi and just one small lesson his little rebellion can teach us.
The audio of Skylar's bat mitzvah sermon - June 14, 2024
Rabbi Stanway's remarks during the Community Yom HaShoah event, May 2024.
https://templebethmiriam.org/birthright-to-israel-jacob-swartz/
In this short d'var Torah, I point out the use of a strangely worded command and what it may mean on this Shabbat.
In these days of rising anti-Semitism on the cusp of Hannukah, I ask the question, 'How do you identify?'
I offer a few thoughts about Veterans' Day and the reality of war
On the 85 anniversary of Kristallnacht, I offer these thoughts in light of the violence toward Jews in 2023
In this sermon I take a phrase from Jeremiah and apply it to this Yom Kippur.
These are my reflections after the first full week of war in the MidEast.
In this sermon, I speak about our brokenness and how, despite it, we can create.
In this sermon, I discuss the Jewish ideas of a good year, not necessarily a happy year.
My reflections on the titanic changes in Israel that may create another failed Maccabean state.
In this periodic radio appearance, I speak with Rabbi Steven Garten about Moses' punishment for hitting the rock (twice) to provide water for the Israelites even though God told him to speak to the rock.
This is the audio of the Siyym service for 2023, the last Kabbalat Shabbat Family service led by our upper grades. The video with audio can be found at this link:https://Temple-Beth-Miriam.livecontrol.tv/3e51d9b5
In this d'var Torah, I explore Ramban's interpretation of “The Eternal One spoke to Moses on Mount Sinai” and what it mean's for us today as autonomous Jews.
In this dvar Torah I discuss the hazard of literally reading the passages such as 'an eye for an eye' which so many people ascribe to. I argue that the Rabbis were much more advanced than sticking to the literal text and that tradition of interpretation created what we now call Judaism
In this d'var Torah, I explore the meaning of the portion dealing with the leper in today's Torah portion. I discover it is relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
In this episode I discuss the death of Nadav and Abihu and Aaron's (non)reaction and what it has to teach us.
In this episode, I introduce you to Nachson ben Aminadav, a leader as brave as Moses but totally unknown to most people. Who was he? What did he do? Tune in a find out.
In this episode, I explore with the congregants a discussion about our own Passover traditions and how unique and perfectly valid they are.
In this short d'var Torah, I discuss what happens when we only focus on the task at hand and what happens if we neglect to pay attention to the souls surrounding us.
A d'var Torah on the light that burns inside us - internal and eternal.
The funeral on Sunday, Feb 5 for Dr. Ed Lieberman:
In this d'var Torah I explore as aspect of Pharoah's strangest request on the very cusp of his letting the Jews out of Egyptian bondage.
In this d'var Torah, I speak of the strangeness of 'Jewish theology' and whatever the heck that is!
In this d'var Torah, I speak of the strangest week I think I have ever had and how it seams so wonderfully with this weeks Torah portion, Vayechi
In this dear Torah, I speak about one part of today's in-vogue anti-Semitism: the angels that are speaking up in the gentile communities, the LGBTQ communities and the African American communities - all allies against hate.
This is a short dvar Torah on the beginning of the portion Hayyai Sarah, the portion describing Abraham's purchase of a burial place for Sarah and the strange way the portion opens by describing her age in a unique way. What does it mean?
The full service audio from the memorial service for Norma Rosenbloom, long time member of Beth Miriam and activist in the community and politics since the 1940's. May her soul be bound up in the bonds of life and may her memory be a blessing.
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