Rosh Hashanah 2015
Who are we? This is the question I am holding up to the light this year, to explore from different angles.
When we say we are Jewish, what does it mean? When our children ask us what it means to be Jewish, what can we say to them? How much are we able to articulate, even to ourselves, this aspect of our identity?
Who are we Jews? This is not merely an academic question. I have been thinking a lot of about this question of Jewish identity all year, as a new generation of civil rights activists holds up a mirror to this country’s soul. Who are we Jews?
Last night I spoke about our tribal identity. This morning I want to go in a different direction:
Another way to explore our identity is to ask, what are the mythic stories we tell ourselves about who we are? One story that we Jews have been telling ourselves for thousands of years is that we were chosen to be in a special relationship with God. Or, as some people would put it, that we are the “chosen people.”
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Who are we? This is the question I am holding up to the light this year, to explore from different angles.
When we say we are Jewish, what does it mean? When our children ask us what it means to be Jewish, what can we say to them? How much are we able to articulate, even to ourselves, this aspect of our identity?
Who are we Jews? This is not merely an academic question. I have been thinking a lot of about this question of Jewish identity all year, as a new generation of civil rights activists holds up a mirror to this country’s soul. Who are we Jews?
Last night I spoke about our tribal identity. This morning I want to go in a different direction:
Another way to explore our identity is to ask, what are the mythic stories we tell ourselves about who we are? One story that we Jews have been telling ourselves for thousands of years is that we were chosen to be in a special relationship with God. Or, as some people would put it, that we are the “chosen people.”
click here for complete sermon