Straight From The Pulpit (And Heart)

Yizkor Shemini Atzeret 2019: Memories and Lions 22.10.2019 2:24:23 ↓

Hemingway's Old Man and the Sea has a lesson about memory for us.

Kol Nidre 3: Why Hebrew? 17.10.2019 3:47 ↓

In this 3rd reflection from Kol Nidre Rabbi Flanzraich asks why keep our prayers in Hebrew when so many Jews struggle to read it, let along understand it?

Neilah 2019: "We Are Many" 10.10.2019 8:57 ↓

Join Rabbi Flanzraich - with some help from poet Pablo Neruda - as we close the hour on this intense and special day.

Yom Kippur Yizkor 2019: There Are No Substitutes for Living 10.10.2019 18:22 ↓

Join Rabbi Flanzraich on Yom Kippur morning for a tender - and heart aching - look at how to get to what really matters in life.

Kol Nidre 2019: #1 "Lost & Found" #2 "The Choosing People" 10.10.2019 16:35 ↓

Kol Nidre 2019: #1 "Lost & Found" #2 "The Choosing People" by Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich

Shabbat Shoftim 2019: What Will You Choose To Be? 08.09.2019 14:22 ↓

Our world is ubereats-ing its way to making your world as you wish it. But in building a world around effortless freedom are we losing something with it?

Shabbat Ekev 2019 - Israel: Jewish, Democratic or Both? 25.08.2019 15:14 ↓

Rabbi Flanzraich returns from Israel with the core questions facing Israel's voting public this September...questions worthy for us to think over too.

Behaalotecha 2019 - Elections Israeli Style! 23.06.2019 15:12 ↓

Behaalotecha 2019 - Elections Israeli Style! by Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich

Naso 2019: How Strong Are You? 16.06.2019 14:03 ↓

Naso 2019: How Strong Are You? by Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich

Shavuot 2019 The Map Of Your Life 11.06.2019 13:28 ↓

Shavuot 2019 The Map Of Your Life by Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich

BaMidbar 2019 Wonderful? Painful? Family! 11.06.2019 14:02 ↓

BaMidbar 2019 Wonderful? Painful? Family! by Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich

B'Hukotai: Ideas That Never Die 03.06.2019 13:59 ↓

Apologies for the first upload: it was an unedited file.

Dare You Speak Your Mind? 19.05.2019 15:14 ↓

The world increasingly threatens free speech. Why should you care?

The Question Before Us: True or Right; Safety or Lives? 12.05.2019 12:37 ↓

Pittsburgh, Poway, Guns and Security...What do we do now?

Pesach Yizkor 2019 - We Are Limited and Limitless 28.04.2019 16:22 ↓

Rabbi Flanzraich went on a march in the desert...and here is what he found.

Pesach 2019 - Courage and Hope 24.04.2019 13:03 ↓

Pesach 2019 - Courage and Hope by Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich

What We Really Talk About When We Talk About Auschwitz 24.02.2019 16:02 ↓

Rabbi Flanzraich stepped into a Twitter-storm....and he shares the tale of it all.

Shabbat B'Shalach 2k19 - Why The Mighty Fall 20.01.2019 12:29 ↓

Rabbi Flanzraich asks the question: Why is the Torah and Jewish tradition filled with the stories of giants being slain?

Shabbat Vayigash 2k18: The Journey Of Your Life 15.12.2018 13:17 ↓

Packing your bags? Ever wonder why we wish, plan and desire travel...but in the end wonder why our expectations are seldom what we find when we get there? Don't blame Trip Advisor. Look elsewhere!

Shabbat Vayeshev 2018 - Choose Your Chanukah Miracle 02.12.2018 12:07 ↓

Even Jewish tradition isn't quite sure what we are celebrating when we light our candles...join Rabbi Flanzraich as we explore the question and - yes, surprising for a rabbi- some answers too!

Shabbat VaYishlach 2018 - A Report From Germany 25.11.2018 14:24 ↓

Rabbi Flanzraich is back from Germany with some lessons for our country and our lives.

Shabbat Chayei Sarah 2018: What Are The Jews To Do? 04.11.2018 15:23 ↓

Pittsburgh shatters the quiet of Jewish life in North America and Rabbi Flanzraich asks what are Jews do to now....

Shabbat VaYera - A Conversation with Imam Abdullah Antepli 28.10.2018 24:11 ↓

The state of Muslim and Jewish affairs is not only bad but dangerous. Dangerous to not only Jews and Muslims but also to Judaism and Islam. Join our conversation as we explore this...

SBS Lech Lecha 2018 - Is Religion Truth or Fact? 26.10.2018 14:20 ↓

SBS Lech Lecha 2018 - Is Religion Truth or Fact? by Rabbi Aaron Flanzraich

Neilah 2018 "The Gate That Waits For You" 26.09.2018 10:21 ↓

As the day of Yom Kippur wanes and the sun sets tradition tells us that there are gates that are held open for a few moments more...