Rabbi Wilfond’s Message – November 3, 2023 In Bedford Hills near the intersection of Harris Road and Babbitt Road there is small cemetery that often goes […]

Rabbi Wilfond’s Message October 27, 2023 War is hell. This is the most difficult time for the Jewish community since theHolocaust. Last week I helped to […]

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, October 13th, 2023We are not alone Dear Friends, More than 1,500 Jews murdered on a single day. The worst attack […]

Watch a replay of the discussion and prayers from Wednesday, October 11th at 6:15pm. Click here: https://vimeo.com/873531678

This is a recording of the zoom session that Rabbi Wilfond held early this afternoon.  He condemns the attack on Israel and their innocent children and […]

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, September 29th , 2023 Something Extraordinary Dear Friends, Thirteen years ago, something extraordinary happened. I stood with a couple under […]

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, September 15th , 2023 Dear Friends,Tonight, we begin the New Year. Rosh Hashanah calls to enter the future. My sermon […]

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, September 1st , 2023 Praying with the Baptists Dear Friends, On Shabbes, I prayed with the Baptists. This past Saturday […]

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, August 11th , 2023 In the Summer of 1972 Johnny Nash released his classic song “I can see clearly now.”  […]

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, August 4th , 2023. Tonight, come taste the Fruit of the Vine This past week we witnessed the beauty of […]

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, July 7th, 2023. Dear Friends,“God Bless America,” wrote Irving Berlin as a soldier during World War I. Berlin wrote this […]

Rabbi David Wilfond’s Message – Friday, June 30, 2023 The world shuddered this past Saturday, as a military leader with a private army launched his forces […]

The art of disagreeing without being disagreeable Dear Friends, This week Putin repeated the lie.  “Our goal is to de-Nazify Ukraine,” he told The Moscow Times. […]

The Challah Path Forward Dear Friends, Have you ever had a panic attack? Have you ever felt anxieties suddenly grow larger than you thought you could […]

Dear Friends, When Miriam makes a racist slur against Moses’ wife because of her African origins, God intervenes to educate Miriam about how words can be […]

PRIDE in our Community Dear Friends, One of the oldest Jewish symbols is the Rainbow. Noah’s rainbow represents diversity and peace.   All the colors of […]

Dear Friends, This week we thanked Sharon Feldman for her hours of voluntary service as the President of our congregation. The Hebrew word for President, Nasi, […]

Dear Friends, For 15 months we have seen the devastating photos of Kyiv, Bachmut, and Bucha. We have heard the pleas for help, the cries of […]

Dear Friends, During our Shabbat service last Friday, when we got to the Shehechiyanu moments, celebrating happy events, Vivian Cohen spoke up, “The CDC has declared […]

Dear Friends, A few months before the invasion of Ukraine, congregant Harvey Doppelt and I travelled to the Ukrainian Mission at the UN to lead the […]

Dear Friends, This week Israel celebrated its 75th Birthday! The State of Israel is a modern miracle. Just three years after Jews walked out of Auschwitz, who […]

Dear Friends, This week we observed Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, on the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Thank you to our member Harvey Loeb […]

Dear Friends, While a professor at Harvard, Michael Walzer wrote a book “Exodus and Revolution” about the message of Passover. “So pharaonic oppression, deliverance, Sinai, and […]

Dear Friends, What makes this night (and this Passover) different?\ At the end of the Seder we proclaim the ancient dream “Next Year in Jerusalem!” This […]