Partners For Peace, Indeed: September 16, 2011: “…on September 11, we had a powerful, age appropriate memorial service to kick off our Sunday School year. Tonight, Iʼll talk about one more anniversary…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Militant or Terrorist: Does Language Matter?: September 9, 2011: “Dear friends, I spent yesterday in Washington, DC at an AIPAC summit for Midwest rabbis. I was surprised to hear some of the presenters refer to Mahmoud Abbas as Abu Mazen, literally the father of Mazen, which I understood to be a friendly nickname, even a term of endearment…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Two Problems: The Believersʼ and the Atheistsʼ: September 2, 2011: “My friends, I will be taking part in a debate this month. It is titled Good Without God?, and I will be debating a minister and an atheist. I would be very appreciative if you would attend—I think youʼll enjoy it, and I would welcome the moral support (no pun intended)…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Cemetery Vandalism: A Kaddish: August 26, 2011: “…My friends, as a Jewish Hoosier I was deeply hurt by the attack on two Jewish cemeteries on the south side of Indianapolis…” Click here to read the entire sermon

A Freakish Act of God?: August 19, 2011: “…I want to begin tonight by saying that although my talk tonight analyzes a remark made by Andy Klotz, it does not reflect on Mr. Klotz whatsoever…” Click here to read the entire sermon

If I Had To Pick One Torah Portion: August 12, 2011: “…Why would this be my choice? Not to denigrate other parshiyot, but this one has just about everything you need to learn in life…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Who Will Fight Against Israel: August 5, 2011: “My friends, this past week a watershed event took place in Egypt, the trial of former president Hosni Mubarak on charges of corruption and plotting to kill the protestors who were demanding that he resign. Hundreds of Egyptians filled the streets around the former police academy that had been named for Mubarak in which a makeshift courtroom had been prepared. Mubarak was wheeled in and placed in a steel defendantʼs cage, where he lay in a hospital bed during this first hearing…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Talking with Zar: Moral Boundaries: July 29, 2011: “There is nothing quite like talking with an old friend. My oldest and dearest friend is a fellow I have known since we were six or seven years old. My family was in the Philadelphia area this week, visiting my parents and my brother’s family. I got to see my old buddy as well, and we spend quite a while standing outside and talking one evening…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Does God Speak To You: July 22, 2011: “… tonight I am giving my answers to the following questions: Does God talk to you? If so, what does God say to you?” Click here to read the entire sermon

The Greatest Source of Pain in Life: July 15, 2011: “…I dedicate my talk tonight to Leiby Kletzky and his family. Tonight is undoubtedly the worst Shabbat of their lives as they grapple with the aftermath of this weekʼs tragic events.” Click here to read the entire sermon

I Hate DST: July 8, 2011: ” My friends, I will share one of my human failings with you tonight. I have real hatred in my heart. I hate Daylight Savings Time…” Click here to read the entire sermon

America, Bless God: July 1, 2011: “My friends, on this Shabbat preceding America’s highest holiday, I decided to collect some references to God by American Presidents..” Click here to read the entire sermon

Gilad Shalit and Delta Airlines: June 24, 2011: “My friends, this Shabbat is the fifth anniversary of the kidnapping by Hamas of IDF Staff Sgt. Gilad Shalit. Kidnapped as a corporal, he was promoted to Staff Sgt. during his captivity…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Flight 990 – A bin Laden Redux: June 3, 2011: “…I spoke on this same topic the Friday after bin Laden was killed. In part, I said the following: I found that many people were conflicted about how to react to the killing of bin Laden…” Click here to read the entire sermon

When AIPAC Made Me Cry: May 27, 2011: “…My friends, this past Sunday through Tuesday was a very exciting and stimulating time for me. I was attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee Policy Conference…” Click here to read the entire sermon

What Happened to Civility?: May 13, 2011: “… I am still trying to increase the number of members who follow CST on Twitter. Those who do got a tweet from me this week saying that I had just heard the most disgusting commercial I had ever heard on the radio, and that I worry about how coarse we are becoming as a society…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Reactions to bin Laden’s Death: May 6, 2011: “…I found that many people were conflicted about how to react to the killing of bin Laden. There was a part of them that was glad he had been killed, and another part that wondered if it was right to be happy over the killing of any human being…” Click here to read the entire sermon

No Monarch, No Messiah: - April 29, 2011: “…I sent out a Tweet asking if a royal wedding was a Friday night sermon topic. I said it would need a Jewish angle, and asked if anyone could suggest one…”  Click here to read the entire sermon

Enough is Enough: – April 22, 2011: “…Iʼm sure you have heard the ancient Jewish joke about a husband and wife who decide to divorce after 65 years of marriage. The judge asks, “After all these years, why would you want to get divorced now?” And one of them responds, “Because, your Honor, enough is enough…” Click here to read the entire sermon

A New Birth of Freedom: – April 15, 2011: “…My friends, this Monday and Tuesday nights, and indeed for the entire holiday of Pesach, we remember Israelʼs first birth of freedom…” Click here to read the entire sermon

The Iron Dome: – April 1, 2011: “…Tonight, you will leave here with a new layer of meaning regarding the word kippah, and a new image in your mind linked to references to Israelʼs famous dome...” Click here to read the entire sermon

Praying for Peace: I Did It My Way: – March 25, 2011: “My friends, today I was part of an interfaith service. It was originally conceived as a service praying for peace in the Middle East…” Click here to read the entire sermon

The Rabbi’s Speech: - March 1, 2011: “Tonight, the talk you are going to hear is titled ‘The Rabbiʼs Speech: Why I Took My Kids To an R-rated, Obscenity-laced Movie’…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Hate! Its a Big Mitzvah!: – March 4, 2011: “Religions tend to talk a lot about love. Although “God loves  you” might have a Christian ring to Jewish ears, it really shouldnʼt…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Two Apologies: A Rabbi’s Morning At the Statehouse – February 25, 2011: “I was invited to give the invocation before the Indiana House of Representatives this past Wednesday morning.  As you know, that was anything but a normal day at the Statehouse…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Oh Yeah Who Says – February 18, 2011: “My friends, I have not spoken here very much about the man that I refer to when I use the words “my rabbi…” Click here to read the entire sermon

What Are You – February 11, 2011: “…For me, a more interesting question to ask in shul is this: do you consider yourself an American Jew, or a Jewish American? Of course we are both, but which would be your primary identity?” Click here to read the entire sermon

Super Bowl Commercials You Will Not See – February 4, 2011: “…There is a newer aspect to Super Bowl Sunday that I want
to talk about tonight. Itʼs the commercials…” Click here to read the entire sermon

Letterman Jews and the Nine Commandments - January 21, 2011: “…I have many things I want to touch on in a short time tonight: Cardiac Jews, Letterman Jews, the holiest and most important day on the Jewish calendar, what we stand for as Conservative Jews, the Nine Commandments, and a pet peeve of mine concerning a word that is regularly misused in English, not necessarily in that order.” Click here to read the entire sermon

The Wussification of America - January 7, 2011: “…I know you are Colt fans, but I would bet that many of you know what recently happened in Philadelphia vis a vis an NFL game between the Eagles and the Minnesota Vikings. The NFL postponed the game from Sunday night until Tuesday night because of the snow expected in Philadelphia.” Click here to read the entire sermon

May God Make Me Like Who – December 17, 2010: “…Why do we pray that God should make our sons like Ephraim and Menasheh, as opposed to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob? Why do we invoke the names of the matriarchs for our daughters, but do not invoke the names of the patriarchs for our sons?” Click here to read the entire sermon

Harry Potter, or Herschel - December 10, 2010: “…I would like to give you one rabbi’s views on the Harry Potter series of novels, and see if we can find any Jewish values contained therein.” Click here to read the entire sermon

Reflections on the Assassination of President Kennedy – November 19, 2010: ” …Between this Shabbat and the next comes November 22. Forty-seven years later, people still remember just where they were when they learned of the assassination of President Kennedy.” Click here to read the entire sermon

Remarks at Yitzhak Rabin’s Memorial – November 18, 2010: “On November 4 of 1995, I was in Washington, D.C. for a United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism convention. It had been an incredible day—it was Shabbos, and if you have ever experienced Shabbos at a convention like that one, you know that the davening and learning experiences with so many other committed Jews are deeply moving and exciting. Then came the news of the Prime Minister’s assassination.” Click here to read the entire sermon.

Remembering Rabin, November 12, 2010: “The year was 1994. I was a fairly new rabbi, having been ordained in 1992. History was going to be made in 1994, and the world would be able to watch it happen.”  Click here to read the entire sermon.

Indy Interfaith Redux, October 29, 2010: “My friends, I returned to Marian University last Sunday to take part in another interfaith service. I found this to be an even more powerful experience than my first interfaith service at Marian.”  Click here to read the entire sermon.

David Hazony on Dennis Prager, October 22, 2010: “Every rabbi needs a Dick Cavett Show. That probably makes sense to no one other than myself, so allow me to explain.” Click here to read the entire sermon.

Religious But Ignorant, October 8, 2010: “This past week, I read about a poll taken by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life. They asked over 3,400 Americans thirty-two questions about the Bible, world religions, historical figures, and Constitutional principles. What were the results? They were the proverbial good news and bad news.” Click here to read the entire sermon.

Mentschmaker, Mentschmaker, October 1, 2010: “Hereʼs a piece of Jewish trivia for you: do you remember Yenta the matchmaker from Fiddler on the Roof? Do you know who played Yenta on Broadway with Zero Mostel as Tevya?” Click here to read the entire sermon.

A Chance to Change the World, September 24, 2010: “My friends, I was listening to one of my favorite radio shows via podcast, and I was listening to the show several days after it had been broadcast. To my surprise and delight, one of the segments was devoted to the documentary 100 Voices: A Journey Home.” Click here to read the entire sermon.

Choosing Life – Or Not, September 3, 2010 “I have a clear memory of a television show starring Bill Cosby that ran when I was a child, many years before the more famous Cosby Show made its debut. Bill Cosby played a gym teacher or a basketball coach, and the episode I clearly remember is about him needing another basketball.” Click here to read the entire sermon.

Learning From Islam, August 27, 2010: “This was an interesting week, my friends, in the arena of interfaith relations. I took part in an interfaith service this past Monday at Marian University…” Click here to read the entire sermon.

After AIPAC, August 20, 2010: “Abraham Lincoln once said when he listened to preaching, he preferred preachers who looked like they were fighting off bees. I understand what he meant.” Click here to read the entire sermon.

Crab Boat Wisdom, August 13, 2010:  : “My friends, in the computer age every sermon I write has a title, but usually that title functions only as a file name so I can save what I have written on the computer. Tonight, however, I will begin by sharing the title of this talk with you so that you have some sense of what to expect. My talk tonight in entitled Crab Boat Wisdom.” Click here to read the entire sermon.

Hoosier Rabbi, August 6, 2010: “As soon as our friends in Florida learned that we had accepted a pulpit in Indiana, the jokes began. What kind of jokes? Hoosier jokes…” Click here to read the entire sermon.