by Emily Kaufmann | Oct 12, 2022 | Blog, Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader, Sermons
Have any of you seen a short animated feature called “Innerworkings?” If you have not, I highly recommend it. It is the best depiction of choosing to make the most of out of life that I have ever seen. It can easily be found on You tube and if you watch it, let me...
by Emily Kaufmann | Sep 8, 2022 | Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader, Sermons
Thank you for coming out today to show your support for reproductive rights. I am standing here today as a rabbi, a woman, a mother, a friend, advocating for the rights for women everywhere—here in Indiana and across the country as a whole—to make decide for...
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 | Sep 20, 2021 | Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader, Sermons
Sinai and Grief: We wander in the desert together In psychiatrist Elisabeth Kulber-Ross’s book “On Death and Dying,” she identifies five stages of grief that people experience after the loss of a loved one. While every person grieves in their own way, there are...
by Emily Kaufmann | Sep 20, 2021 | Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader, Sermons
Avinu Malkeinu in 5782 As you hear the beautiful notes that Cantor Marer just sang, what comes to mind? Is it hearing the Avinu Malkeinu a specific location? Was it a particular High Holy Days when this prayer was especially meaningful to you? Was it who was sitting...
by Sonja Kantor | Oct 7, 2020 | Rabbi Jordana Chernow-Reader, Sermons
As I begin my sermon this afternoon, I invite you to close your eyes and take a deep breath. Now I have a question for you: do you know anyone who is living or has lived a meaningful life? What is it about their lives that makes it so fulfilling? Take a moment,...
