• Making Abraham an Upstander

    Parashat Vayera D’var 5786 – 8 November 2025 (A video of my reading this d’var is linked at the bottom) Years ago I heard Rabbi Donniel Hartman speak about the Abraham of Genesis 18:16 – 33 versus the Abraham of Genesis 22. Rabbi Donniel taught that our choice of which Abraham speaks to us said

  • Don’t be Jonah

    Darshan Jonah Yom Kippur 5784 Nance Morris Adler (I was honored to give the sermon on the Book of Jonah at my shul this Yom Kippur. This is my teaching. I dedicated it to my students who are always my teachers.) In 6th grade Jewmanities – that is what I call my classes at JDS