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November 16, 2013 By Rabbi Michael Sternfield

Can one doubt the existence of God and still be a good Jew?

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I want to speak with you this morning about that most widely used and most abused three-letter word in our language, spelled G-O-D. We must say the words “God,” “the Eternal One,” “Adonai,” and “Eloheinu” dozens of times over the course of these Holy Days. The question is: Can one doubt the existence of God and still be a good Jew?

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October 21, 2013 By Rabbi Michael Sternfield

A Broken Hallelujah

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Our music director has told me that the Kol Nidré and Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah have something in common. Both are composed in an ambivalent combination of major and minor chords, a musical metaphor perhaps for alternating expressions of joy and of sorrow.

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October 8, 2013 By Rabbi Michael Sternfield

Who and What is a Jew?

This  sermon was delivered on Yom Kippur 2007 at Chicago Sinai Congregation. I am not sure whether my remarks today should be described as a sermon. The High Holy Days especially are a time for considering the meaning of Jewish identity. My objective, this morning, is to provoke discussion. I fully expect that there will […]

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October 8, 2013 By Rabbi Michael Sternfield

Welcoming ‘Jewish Green Card Holders’

This essay was delivered as a Rosh Hashanah sermon in 2002 at Chicago Sinai Congregation in Illinois. Let me begin in a somewhat off-beat way. Children’s literature, particularly fables, often express great insight about human nature. Of all the fables that I read as a child, the one that continues to resonate with me the most is […]

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