Rabbi Michael Sternfield and Cantor Deborah Bard lead the Erev Rosh Hashana 5781 (Jewish New Year) service at Temple Beth El in Bradenton, Florida. Features President Ron Eiseman, Robin Eiseman, Ryan Hoffman, and Cantor Alan Cohn.
Rabbi Sternfield’s sermon (50:25) focuses on the purpose of prayer during the coronavirus pandemic.
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Michael Sternfield has been a Reform rabbi for 40 years, most recently serving at Chicago Sinai Congregation from 1995 until 2013. He served for 20 years as spiritual leader of Congregation Beth Israel in San Diego, and briefly as the leader of the Durban, South Africa Progressive Jewish Congregation during South Africa’s historic transition to multi-racial democracy. He is now based in the Tampa/St. Petersburg/Sarasota area of Florida.