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Sermons by Rabbi Kirshner

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Rabbi Kirshner is the Rabbi at Temple Emanu-el in Closter, New Jersey, the President of the New York Board of Rabbis, a member of the Chancellor's Rabbinic Cabinet at the Jewish Theological Seminary and was selected among 50 rabbis to participate in the inaugural class of the Kellogg School of Rabbinic Management at Northwestern University.

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Episodes

  1. Silence in Memory of George Floyd

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the murder of George Floyd. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

  2. Control. Alt. Delete: Hitting the Reset

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the opportunity to reset. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

  3. 60 Years Since Eichmann – Looking Backward in Order to Look Forward

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the capture of Adolf Eichmann. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

  4. Perfection Is Not The Goal

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Emor. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

  5. Lean Towards Hope

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Mr. Bluebird and Chicken Little in the time of Covid.. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

  6. Sinai or Auschwitz

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a sermon entitled Sinai or Auschwitz. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

  7. Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells Your Story

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Noach. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

  8. Are We Focused On The Right Story?

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Bereshit. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

  9. The Blessings of Failure | April 13, 2019

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the special blessings failure. How do you listen to Sermons? You have a lot of options you know? iTunes, Spotify, Google Play, Stitcher, RSS, it’s your choice!

  10. 2018 End Of Year Appeal

    In this episode of The JCast Journey, host Darone Ruskay returns for his semi-annual request for support. Have you been listening to JCast Network podcasts for days, weeks, months, years? Well as we say, podcasts are free to listen to, but not free to produce. Darone discusses some the cost of...

  11. Not Your Grandfather’s Anti-Semitism | November 17th, 2018

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the “new” antisemitism.

  12. Guest Speaker, Neta-Li Meiri | November 10th, 2018

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode from guest speaker Neta-Li Meiri.

  13. Solidarity Shabbat Guest Speaker, NJ Governor Phil Murphy

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special speaker, NJ Governor Phil Murphy who came to Emanu-El in honor of Solidarity Shabbat, November 3, 2018.

  14. Kol Nidre 5779: Have We Lost All Sense of Privacy

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is the sermon that Rabbi Kirshner gave on Kol Nidre, 5779.

  15. Stop the Hate Rhetoric NOW

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Vayera.

  16. Getting Out of Our Bubble

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Lech Lecha.

  17. Forgiveness

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is Rabbi Kirshner’s sermon on Yom Kippur.

  18. Rosh Hashana Day One: 5779

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode for the first day of Rosh Hashana 5779.

  19. Title is Battling Mental Illness

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a very personal sermon that Rabbi Kirschner gave. To read the text of this sermon, please visit his page on Times of Israel.

  20. MLK and Heschel: the Odd Couple – Rabbi Zelizer

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode where Rabbi Kirshner invites Rabbi Zelizer to give a sermon in honor of Martin Luther Kind Jr. Day.

  21. WHO are you? Who who, who who?

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a very special episode, one you won’t want to miss.

  22. Reflecting On The High Holidays with CBS Radio

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner sat down with CBS Radio’s Michael Sivilli , Rabbi Joe Potasnik and Deacon Edward McCormack and reflected on the High Holidays.

  23. Rabbi Kirshner’s Rosh Hashana 5778 Sermon

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is an opportunity to listen to Rabbi Kirshner’s Rosh Hashana sermon for 5778

  24. Interfaith Marriage

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is an interview that Rabbi Kirshner did on WABC radio about the issue of Intermarriage.

  25. Sarsour: To Speak or Not to Speak

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Emor.

  26. Hope – April 8th, 2017 | 12 Nisan 5777

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on Hope.

  27. Scholar In Residence: David Horovitz

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is part of the Scholar In Residence program at Temple Emanu-El. This program is a conversation that Rabbi Kirshner had with David Horovitz. David Horovitz is a British-born Israeli journalist, author and speaker. He is the founding...

  28. Open Letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a call to Prime Minister Netanyahu to use both hands while affirming our relationship with President Trump.

  29. Building A Spiritual Bridge For A Political Divide

    Rabbi Kirshner joins The God Pod hosts Rabbi Joe and Deacon Kevin to explore how to come together after a contentious election.

  30. Making Sense Of The Nonsensical: The UN Vote

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the resolution in the United Nations.

  31. Tear Down THIS Wall: A Response to Bannon Appointment

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. In this episode, from November 18 2016, Rabbi Kirshner responds to the appointment of Steven Bannon by President-Elect Donald Trump.

  32. Scholar In Residence: Alan Dershowitz

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is part of the Scholar In Residence program at Temple Emanu-El. This program is a conversation that Rabbi Kirshner had with Alan Dershowitz. Alan M. Dershowitz is a Brooklyn native who has been called “the nation’s most peripatetic...

  33. Scholar In Residence: David Gregory

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is part of the Scholar In Residence program at Temple Emanu-El. This program is a conversation that Rabbi Kirshner had with David Gregory. David Gregory is an American television journalist and the former moderator of NBC News‘…

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  34. Leaving a Legacy

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is Rabbi Kirshber’s sermon on Ha’Azinu

  35. Saving Dinosaurs – Yom Kippur 5777

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is Rabbi Kirshner’s sermon for Yom Kipuur..

  36. Rosh HaShana 5777

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is the sermon that Rabbi Kirshner gave on Rosh Hashana 5777.

  37. Olympics, Shalit and Destruction Why I Do Not Observe the 9th of Av

    Welcome to Sermons, from Rabbi David Seth Kirshner. This episode is a special episode focusing on the Olympics, and Tisha B’Av.

  38. “The PULSE” of America: a Response to Orlando and Gun Violence in America

    Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner shares his feelings about Gun Control in the wake of the 49 deaths in the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida.

  39. Mavens

    A sermon by Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner.

  40. Mothers Day: Fulfilling Wishes-Ours and Theirs

    A sermon by Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner.

  41. Nuance: Peeling the Onion

    A sermon by Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner.

  42. Remembering Cantor Kurt Silbermann

    Rabbi Kirshner gives a moving eulogy at the funeral service of Cantor Silbermann.

  43. A Jewish Response To Erin Andrews

    A sermon by Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner.

  44. Yehuda Kurtzer: Scholar in Residence

    Yehuda Kurtzer, Scholar in Residence of Temple Emanu-El speaks to the community. This event was sponsored by Eva & Mark Horn

  45. Two Minutes to Live: 30 Years After Challenger

    A sermon reflecting on the 30th Anniversary of the Challenger disaster, and reflecting on Yitro.

  46. Breaking Down Walls

    A sermon on Vayera.

  47. Canary in the Coal Mine

    A sermon on Toldot by Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner.

  48. The Miracle of Hope

    A sermon for Chanukah.

  49. The Knife Hanging Over Our Heads

    A sermon by Rabbi David-Seth Kirshner.

  50. Plan ‘B’

    A sermon on Lech Lecha.

About this show

Rabbi Kirshner is the Rabbi at Temple Emanu-el in Closter, New Jersey, the President of the New York Board of Rabbis, a member of the Chancellor's Rabbinic Cabinet at the Jewish Theological Seminary and was selected among 50 rabbis to participate in the inaugural class of the Kellogg School of Rabbinic Management at Northwestern University.

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Sermons by Rabbi Kirshner have?

Sermons by Rabbi Kirshner has 140 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on June 8, 2020.

What is Sermons by Rabbi Kirshner about?

Rabbi Kirshner is the Rabbi at Temple Emanu-el in Closter, New Jersey, the President of the New York Board of Rabbis, a member of the Chancellor's Rabbinic Cabinet at the Jewish Theological Seminary and was selected among 50 rabbis to participate in the inaugural class of the Kellogg School of...

How often does Sermons by Rabbi Kirshner release new episodes?

Sermons by Rabbi Kirshner publishes monthly, based on its 140 episodes since September 2010.

Who hosts Sermons by Rabbi Kirshner?

Sermons by Rabbi Kirshner is created and hosted by JCast Network.
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