Rabbi Isaac Jeret

Rabbi Isaac Jeret's 2011 Yom Kippur Sermon: For What And Whom Would We Sacrifice Our Lives And How Does This Question Change Our Lives Forever? (CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST)

rabbiisaacjeret@gmail.com (Rabbi Isaac Jeret) — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:23:00 -0800

Upon the 10th Anniversary of 9/11, and the 5th Anniversary of Israel's 2006 War against Hezbollah in Lebanon, Rabbi Isaac Jeret reflects upon the personal sacrifices of Howard Kestenbaum and Ron Weinreich, asking essential questions regarding how we choose to spend our time, with whom, toward what purpose, and in service of what values. He then posits that it is only when we are willing to ask of ourselves what we are willing to die for that we can truly answer the ultimate questions of what we are willing and hoping to live for. (CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST)

Rabbi Isaac Jeret's 2010 Yom Kippur Sermon: Jewish Unity, Israel, Advocacy, J-Street, -- and The Choices Every Jew Must Make (CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST)

rabbiisaacjeret@gmail.com (Rabbi Isaac Jeret) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:12:00 -0800

Rabbi Isaac Jeret addresses the unique challenge to Jewish unity posed by J-Street along with the sociological phenomena of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, urging the Jewish community to learn to overcome ideological differences by sharing together in the experience of communal Jewish practices, such as Shabbat, while always granting Jews in peril the benefit of the doubt, as we have generally done so throughout Jewish history, coming to one another's aid, support, and advocacy.

2008 Yom Kippur Sermon: Brotherhood, Sisterhood, & Peoplehood (CLICK HERE FOR PODCAST)

rabbiisaacjeret@gmail.com (Rabbi Isaac Jeret) — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:48:00 -0800

One of Rabbi Jeret's more powerful sermons on the topic of Jewish Peoplehood, addressing the matter from his own family's personal history and offering a unique commentary on the brothers recounted throughout the Book of Genesis, culminating in Ephraim and Menashe.