Rabbi Hirsch cries out about the need for moral teachers, moral training, and constant moral discipline to counteract the failure of America’s top leaders and educators to respond to October 7th.
Read moreRabbi Hirsch looks at the atrocities of history through the lens of Jewish intellectual Stefan Zweig in his Rosh Hashanah sermon which reminds us that events are not inevitable, and that repentance, prayer and charity can avert the severe decree.
Read moreRabbi Ammiel Hirsch delivers the keynote address for Re-Charging Reform Judaism, a conference of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue that convened clergy, educators and lay leaders to address the existential challenges facing the Reform Movement.
Read moreRabbi Hirsch finds inspiration in the recent discovery by Israeli archaeologists of textile scraps containing the brilliant color of purple, the same as mentioned in the Torah in reference to King Solomon’s court.
Read moreRabbi Hirsch reminds his congregation that throughout history the Jewish people have chosen life, and that today the tradition demands that we combat humanity’s evil impulses and instill the values of tolerance, compassion, respect and freedom.
Read moreIn the context of the recent elections in the US and Israel, Rabbi Hirsch interrogates the integrity of the democratic political system, and the growing extremism that is happening here and throughout the western world
Read moreLooking at the Torah’s description of the construction of the Tower of Babel, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch presents differing interpretations of the tower builders’ transgression and the contemporary significance for our times.
Read moreRabbi Hirsch delivers a Kol Nidre sermon to his congregation of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City
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