Rabbi David Baum

Parashat Vayikra 2024/Shabbat Zachor 5784 This summer, I was having lunch with a rabbi around my age, who was going through the same...

This week, we had the Oscars, but did you know that the Oscars have their own awards, for, the Oscars? Like, Biggest Surprise: Emma Stone...

Think back to a time when you felt transformed by leadership - something you were in charge of where you led others - what did you do,...

Think back to a time when you felt overlooked. Maybe it was at work when you did a lot of work for a group project but someone else took...

Parashat Bo We are now 105 days since October 7. For the hostages still being held in abhorrent conditions, many in tunnels underground,...

Wagons of Wisdom: The Enduring Legacy of Jewish Values© Rabbi David Baum - Vayigash December 23, 2023 Take a moment, and think: is there...

The Courage of Candle Lighting | Opinion by Rabbi David Baum "There has been a dramatic increase in antisemitism in America following the...

Rabbi David Baum Parashat Toldot 2023/5784 On December 6, 1987, my father went to Washington DC to take part in the Save Soviet Jewry...

Parashat Chayyei Sarah 2023/5784 Rabbi David Baum At the end of the movie Schindler’s List, as Schindler’s Jews are liberated from the...

In this week’s parashah, Lech Lecha, we are introduced to an important mitzvah: pidyon shvuyim , the redemption/ransoming of captives....

Last week, I said that the most difficult thing about writing a sermon is the beginning - it seems like the Torah portion solved that...

Last Friday night, we gathered as a congregation for a service of hope and healing. As many of you know, Friday night (when we’re not...

Photo by Jukan Tateisi on Unsplash People often ask, what’s the most difficult part about writing a sermon? I think most rabbis will tell...

Photo by Cole Keister on Unsplash Baruch Dayan HaEmet - Praised is the True Judge. I write to you today with an extremely heavy heart as...

From Descendant to Ancestor: The Power of Names© Yom Kippur Yizkor 5784/2023 Rabbi David Baum You may be surprised by the question I’m...

What Would Golda Do Today?© The 50th Anniversary of the Yom Kippur War and the Parallels to Today Rabbi David Baum Yom Kippur/Kol Nidre...

Rosh Hashanah Evening 5784/2023 Rabbi David Baum Photo by Danny Howe on Unsplash Click Here for an Audio Recording Twenty-three years...

Rosh Hashanah Rabbi David Baum Congregation Shaarei Kodesh 5784/2023 Click Here For An Audio Recording Click Box Below For Video I...

Rosh Hashanah 5784/2023 Rabbi David Baum Video Click Here for an Audio Recording This summer, one of our children, Harrison, was...

Photo by Hudson Hintze on Unsplash A man was lying in bed on Shabbat morning refusing to leave the room. Finally, his wife said to him,...