by Emily Kaufmann | May 23, 2022 | Blog, Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader, Uncategorized
My phone rings with a friend of mine calling. She is in tears because she is pregnant. She already has children and always thought she wanted a bigger family. But not right now. It’s just not the right time. Her marriage is falling apart and she doesn’t think they...
by Emily Kaufmann | Feb 11, 2022 | Blog, Rabbi Brett Krichiver
Thank you Mr. Chair and members of the committee for your time today. My name is Rabbi Brett Krichiver. I am the Senior Rabbi of Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, a board member of the Indiana Board of Rabbis, a participating member of the Center for Interfaith...
by Emily Kaufmann | Feb 7, 2022 | Rabbi Brett Krichiver, Sermons
And God said the Moses, ‘Say to the Israelite people: You are a stiff-necked people. If I were to go in your midst for one moment, I would destroy you. Now then, humble yourselves, and I will consider what to do with you.’ So they did. And Moses set up the Tent of...
by Emily Kaufmann | Jan 24, 2022 | Rabbi Brett Krichiver, Sermons, Uncategorized
After the 2018 attack on the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, we gathered together in this sanctuary and I read these words from our prayerbook, “It is a fearful thing to love what death can touch. A fearful thing to love, hope and dream, and to lose.” In that...
by Emily Kaufmann | Dec 27, 2021 | Rabbi Brett Krichiver, Sermons
This week we begin the book of Shemot, or Exodus with the birth and upbringing of Moses. For a character that will occupy such a large place in our collective imagination, scarcely anything is mentioned about who he is, or where he is from. “A Levite man and woman...
by Emily Kaufmann | Dec 20, 2021 | Rabbi Brett Krichiver, Sermons
Judaism has many gifts to offer the world. The Sabbath, the Psalms, centuries of musical legacy, and of course, bagels. But our most important contribution is a concept called, “machloket l’shem shamayim.” The phrase comes from the ancient rabbinic literature....
