a Jewish presence in the City of St. Louis
Rabbinic Writings
Rabbi Susan Talve
Rosh Hashanah Sermon 5772 - September 29, 2011
Synagogue: Breaking the Color Barrier - Spring 2010, Reform Judaism Magazine
Today's Health Reform Vote — December 24, 2009
At Hanukkah, a contemporary battle against oppression - December 18, 2009
Missouri Inauguration Benediction — January 12, 2009
Proposition 8 Op-Ed — St. Louis Jewish Light, November 19, 2008
Rabbi Randy Fleisher
Special Download! Hashkivenu
If you've ever been to an evening service led by Rabbi Randy, you've probably heard the special CRC version of the Hashkivenu. Now you can download an mp3 recording of this song! Recording features a wonderful group of CRC musicians: Rabbi Randy Fleisher, Leslie Caplan, Marty Miller, Andrew John, and Steve Friedman. Click here to download.
From the Left Wing
jewishinstlouis.org blog by Rabbi Fleisher includes:
A Spirited Tale
Back To School
The 'T(ee)' Word
Warning: Jewish Gentrification
'Soul' Music
Teenage Atheist
A Non-Jewish Camp Builds Jewish Character
Red, White, and Blue Seder
Hippies, Hair, and Harmony
A License for Hope and Change
Handcuffs at the Seder
Judaism Marries Japanese
Heschel, King, and Their Legacy
Holy Ground Hannukah
A Family Reunion
Back to Nature
Praying to the King
Jewish Universalism
Sukkot: Come Together (5770)
Facebook: Yom Kipper 5770 Sermon
Keynote Speech at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School Symposium on Activism
My First Family (on the inauguration of President Barak Obama)
Memorial Service for Allen “Moe” Sigoloff (November 23, 2008)
Tree in Tree, Rosh Hashanah 5769
Sing a New Song, Secular Music and Prayer
Sermon 5765 — Dismantling Racism
Sermon 5767 — Post Modern Past and Future
SLIID Conclave and Congresman William Lacy Clay
Rabbi Ed Harris
A Group with No Name…..Yet - May 2012
A Serious Man? Seriously? - February 2012
More than Prayers for Freedom - November 2011
Downloading the App of Hope for 5772 - Rosh Hashanah Sermon 5772 - September 28, 2011
Our Time for Getting Ready - August 2011
Counting up to Torah - June 2011
Finding Help, Hope, & Healing through the Words of the Psalms - February 2011
Chanukah and the Lights of Human Rights - December 2010
Weathering the Heat to Renew Our Days - July 2010
Recalculating: Responding To Our Missed Turns In This New Year (sermon 5771)
Is Thanksgiving a Jewish Holiday? (November 2009)
From Ashes of Tisha B’Av to the Haftarot of Comfort and Consolation (August 2009)
Where Have All Our Holidays Gone? (October 2008)
Working with Forgiveness in Gestalt Therapy (2007)
God, Buber, and the Practice of Gestalt Therapy (2000)
Riding the Wave of Arrogance to Discover Our Humility (sermon 5770)
Choosing Life by Keeping Our Commitments (sermon 5769
Holy Interruptions and Distractions (sermon 5768)
How's My Driving?: Finding Our Gratitude (sermon 5767)
Teshuvah Retuning and Returning in the New Year (sermon 5766)
From Awful to Awesome: Re-envisioning Our Sins to Move Toward Forgiveness (sermon 5765)
Finding Our Voices in the New Year (sermon 5764)
Hineni: I Am Fully Present (sermon 5763)