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Rabbi Kirshner is the Rabbi at Temple Emanu-el in Closter, New Jersey, the President of the New York Board of Rabbis, a member of the Chancellor's Rabbinic Cabinet at the Jewish Theological Seminary and was selected among 50 rabbis to participate in the inaugural class of the Kellogg School of Rabbi…

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    Silence in Memory of George Floyd

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 14:47


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the murder of George Floyd. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

    Control. Alt. Delete: Hitting the Reset

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 13:03


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the opportunity to reset. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

    60 Years Since Eichmann – Looking Backward in Order to Look Forward

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2020 16:32


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the capture of Adolf Eichmann. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

    Perfection Is Not The Goal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2020 14:52


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Emor. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

    Lean Towards Hope

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2020 13:02


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Mr. Bluebird and Chicken Little in the time of Covid.. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

    Sinai or Auschwitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2020 22:12


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a sermon entitled Sinai or Auschwitz. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

    Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2019 21:00


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Noach. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

    Are We Focused On The Right Story?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2019 21:28


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Bereshit. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

    The Blessings of Failure | April 13, 2019

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 22:55


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the special blessings failure. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

    2018 End Of Year Appeal

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2018 8:14


    In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay returns for his semi-annual request for support. Have you been listening to JCast Network podcasts for days, weeks, months, years? Well as we say, podcasts are free to listen to, but not free to produce. Darone discusses some the cost of keeping the network afloat, and […]

    Not Your Grandfather’s Anti-Semitism | November 17th, 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2018 28:13


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the “new” antisemitism.

    Guest Speaker, Neta-Li Meiri | November 10th, 2018

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2018 21:57


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode from guest speaker Neta-Li Meiri.

    Solidarity Shabbat Guest Speaker, NJ Governor Phil Murphy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2018 26:02


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special speaker, NJ Governor Phil Murphy who came to Emanu-El in honor of Solidarity Shabbat, November 3, 2018.

    Kol Nidre 5779: Have We Lost All Sense of Privacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 10, 2018 27:07


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is the sermon that Rabbi Kirshner gave on Kol Nidre, 5779.

    Stop the Hate Rhetoric NOW

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2018 19:30


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Vayera.

    Getting Out of Our Bubble

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2018 22:54


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Lech Lecha.

    Forgiveness

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2018


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is Rabbi Kirshner’s sermon on Yom Kippur.

    Rosh Hashana Day One: 5779

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2018 36:42


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode for the first day of Rosh Hashana 5779.

    Title is Battling Mental Illness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2018 21:00


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a very personal sermon that Rabbi Kirschner gave. To read the text of this sermon, please visit his page on Times of Israel.

    MLK and Heschel: the Odd Couple – Rabbi Zelizer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2018 29:56


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode where Rabbi Kirshner invites Rabbi Zelizer to give a sermon in honor of Martin Luther Kind Jr. Day.

    WHO are you? Who who, who who?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 12, 2018 20:12


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a very special episode, one you won’t want to miss.

    Reflecting On The High Holidays with CBS Radio

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2017 18:08


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner sat down with CBS Radio’s Michael Sivilli , Rabbi Joe Potasnik and Deacon Edward McCormack and reflected on the High Holidays.

    Rabbi Kirshner’s Rosh Hashana 5778 Sermon

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2017 44:17


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is an opportunity to listen to Rabbi Kirshner’s Rosh Hashana sermon for 5778

    Interfaith Marriage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2017 15:57


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is an interview that Rabbi Kirshner did on WABC radio about the issue of Intermarriage.

    Sarsour: To Speak or Not to Speak

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2017 26:34


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Emor.      

    Hope – April 8th, 2017 | 12 Nisan 5777

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2017 16:22


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Hope.

    Scholar In Residence: David Horovitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2017 39:38


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is part of the Scholar In Residence program at Temple Emanu-El. This program is a conversation that Rabbi Kirshner had with David Horovitz. David Horovitz is a British-born Israeli journalist, author and speaker. He is the founding editor of The Times of Israel, a current […]

    Open Letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2017 13:06


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a call to Prime Minister Netanyahu to use both hands while affirming our relationship with President Trump.

    Building A Spiritual Bridge For A Political Divide

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2017 18:33


    Rabbi Kirshner joins The God Pod hosts Rabbi Joe and Deacon Kevin to explore how to come together after a contentious election.    

    Making Sense Of The Nonsensical: The UN Vote

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2017 37:43


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the resolution in the United Nations.

    Tear Down THIS Wall: A Response to Bannon Appointment

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2016


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. In this episode, from November 18 2016, Rabbi Kirshner responds to the appointment of Steven Bannon by President-Elect Donald Trump.

    Scholar In Residence: Alan Dershowitz

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2016 49:18


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is part of the Scholar In Residence program at Temple Emanu-El. This program is a conversation that Rabbi Kirshner had with Alan Dershowitz. Alan M. Dershowitz is a Brooklyn native who has been called “the nation’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer” and “Israel’s single most […]

    Scholar In Residence: David Gregory

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 18, 2016 79:12


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is part of the Scholar In Residence program at Temple Emanu-El. This program is a conversation that Rabbi Kirshner had with David Gregory. David Gregory is an American television journalist and the former moderator of NBC News‘ Sunday morning talk show Meet the Press. Gregory […]

    Leaving a Legacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2016 14:55


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is Rabbi Kirshber’s sermon on Ha’Azinu

    Saving Dinosaurs – Yom Kippur 5777

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 14, 2016


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is Rabbi Kirshner’s sermon for Yom Kipuur..

    Rosh HaShana 5777

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2016


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is the sermon that Rabbi Kirshner gave on Rosh Hashana 5777.

    Olympics, Shalit and Destruction Why I Do Not Observe the 9th of Av

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2016 4:01


    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the Olympics, and Tisha B’Av.

    “The PULSE” of America: a Response to Orlando and Gun Violence in America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2016 26:18


    Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner shares his feelings about Gun Control in the wake of the 49 deaths in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

    Mavens

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2016 20:45


    Mothers Day: Fulfilling Wishes-Ours and Theirs

    Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2016 21:16


    Nuance: Peeling the Onion

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2016 23:58


    Remembering Cantor Kurt Silbermann

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2016 45:23


    Rabbi Kirshner gives a moving eulogy at the funeral service of Cantor Silbermann.

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