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Archived Sermons
5785 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Jade Sank Ross, Erev Rosh Hashanah - Lo L’fached - Be Not Afraid | Video
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah (Day 1) - Wells of Living Waters | Video
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah (Day 1, Family Service) - I Sent You | Video
- Rabbi Lyle Rothman, Rosh Hashanah (Day 2), The Truth about Truth | Video
- Rabbi Jade Sank Ross, Kol Nidrei - We Are Each Other’s Songs of Ascent | Video
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur - Das Pintele Yid | Video
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yizkor - Memory: Pain, Blessing, Forgiveness | Video
5784 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Lyle S. Rothman, Rosh Hashanah (Day 1) - Finding Harmony in Vulnerability | Video
- Rabbi Jade Sank Ross, Kol Nidrei - How to Be More Jewish | Video
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur - It Begins and Ends with Kindness | Video
- Rabbi Lyle S. Rothman, Yizkor - Giving Life | Video
5783 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah (Day 1) - Lonely Together | Video
- Rabbi Jade Sank Ross, Rosh Hashanah (Day 2) - We Forget, But Are Never Forgotten | Video
- Rabbi Jade Sank Ross, Kol Nidrei - There is Me | Video
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur - Returning to... | Video
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yizkor - Broken and Whole | Video
5782 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah (Day 1) - Gut zu sein a Yid (Jewish Pride) | Video
- Rabbi Jade Sank Ross, Rosh Hashanah (Day 2) - Hineini | Video
- Rabbi Jade Sank Ross, Kol Nidrei - Bonim: That's How People Really Are | Video
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur - Regret and Live | Video
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yizkor - What a Mechayeh | Video
5781 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Jade Sank Ross, Erev Rosh Hashanah - Destruction to Revelation
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah (Day 1) - We are the Ram
- Rabbi Jade Sank Ross, Rosh Hashanah (Day 2) - Creation from Deepest Darkness
- Rabbi Jade Sank Ross, Kol Nidrei - Remember
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur - It's Not in Heaven
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yizkor - Dying Alone
5780 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Sam Pollak, Erev Rosh Hashanah - Because I Knew You (also on Rabbi Pollak's blog here)
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah (Day 1) - Change Comes From Within: A Statement on Interfaith Marriages
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur - Choose Life - Responding to Antisemitism
- Rabbi Sam Pollak, Kol Nidrei - What Are We So Afraid Of? (also on Rabbi Pollak's blog here)
- Rabbi Sam Pollak, Yizkor - The Bonds of Life (also on Rabbi Pollak's blog here)
5779 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Sam Pollak, Erev Rosh Hashanah - Seeing and Being Seen
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah (Day 1) - Tears and Tenderness
- Rabbi Sam Pollak, Rosh Hashanah (Day 2) - Olam Hesed Yibaneh
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur- Hope in Tomorrow
- Rabbi Sam Pollak, Kol Nidrei - For All the Wrong Reasons
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yizkor - Embracing Death
5778 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Sam Pollak, Erev Rosh Hashanah - Bridging the Gap
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah (Day 1) – Rise Up! Justice, Truth and Peace
- Rabbi Sam Pollak, Rosh Hashanah (Day 2) - It's All in the Way That You Look at Things
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Erev Yom Kippur (Kol Nidrei) - If It Weren’t for Second Chances
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur – The Memorials We Erect
- Rabbi Sam Pollak, Yom Kippur (Yizkor) - Carrying the Absence
5777 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah - Fear and Vision
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz - Not Remembering, Dreaming
5776 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz - A Statement on Jewish Vitality
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah - Tikkun haNefesh – Repairing the Soul
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz - The Burning Palace
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yizkor – The Mad Dash
5775 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah (Day 1), September 25, 2014 – Israel Now. More Than Ever.
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur Morning, October 5, 2014 – What Defines Us
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yizkor, October 5, 2014 – How's the Water? What Death Teaches Us About Living
5774 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah (Day 1), September 5, 2013 - Hear My Cry
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur, September 14, 2013 - The God I Believe In
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur Yizkor, September 14, 2013 - Stumbling Into Memory
5773 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah First Day 5773, September 18, 2012 - The Endurance of Hope
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Erev Yom Kippur 5773, September 25, 2012 - Where Are We Headed?
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur 5773, September 25, 2012 - The Meaning of My Life (To see the "Spritual Checklist," click here.)
5772 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Rosh Hashanah First Day 5772, September 29, 2011 - Digging in Our Parent's Wells
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Erev Yom Kippur 5772, October 7, 2011 - The Person I Ought To Be
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Yom Kippur 5772, October 8, 2011 - The World That Ought To Be
Additional Sermons
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Sunday, October 29, 2023 - Gathering for Israel: Both/And | Video
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Friday, October 27, 2023 - First Steps Out of Destruction | Video
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Friday, March 24, 2023 - When a Leader Sins
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Friday, November 2, 2018 - Kristallnacht 80th & In Remembrance of Pittsburgh
- Jill Rubin (Rabbinic Intern), Friday, October 25, 2018 - Tree of Life: Reflections on the First Anniversary of the Tree of Life (Pittsburgh) Shooting
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, “When a nation loses it’s way", March 17, 2017 - What does a nation do when it is gripped by fear?
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, The Immigrant Experience as Jewish paradigm, September 4, 2015 – A response to the world’s refugee crisis.
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, The Stubborn Heart: Racism Lives, January 16, 2015 – A response to the terror attacks in Paris and racism in America.
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Chanukah, December 14, 2012 - Darkest Before the Dawn (on National Tragedy)
- Rabbi Irwin Zeplowitz, Shabbat Nitzavim, September 14, 2012 - What Do We Stand For?
Rabbi Z's Videos To Inspire ...
- Rabbi Z on perspective and our approach
- Rabbi Z on alone-ness vs. loneliness
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Worship Schedule
Shabbat "Vayakhel" ~ "שבת "ויקהל
Friday, March 21
6:30 pm: Erev Shabbat, with engaging Israeli-American Educator, Uri Feinberg. Worship in person or watch on our Website. Open discussion following Oneg Shabbat.
Saturday, March 22
9:00 am – Shabbat Havurah Worship & Torah Study, in person in the Rozenberg Library or register here to join via Zoom.
10:15 am – Bagel Brunch in the Kiddush Room. RSVP to jgatz@commsyn.org.
10:30 am – Dialogue and Discussion on "Israel: Where are Things Now" with engaging Israeli-American Educator, Uri Feinberg (who led several past Israel trips for our synagogue), in person in the Beit T'fillah.
10:30 am – Shabbat Morning (Main Sanctuary)
B’nai Mitzvah of Hudson Chernosky & Mila Brodsky, worship in person or watch on our Website.