Parashat Mishpatim 5771 In this terrible economy, there was a man who was in his car on his way to a very important job interview. After months of looking for work, he finally landed an interview – perhaps his only chance at restarting his career. The interview was downtown so he couldn’t find anywhere to [...]
We shouldn’t be surprised that many people are seeking to become Jewish. Parashat Yitro 5771 In a well-known episode of Seinfeld, Jerry’s dentist converts to Judaism and starts telling Jewish jokes. Jerry feels very uncomfortable with it and complains to his friend Elaine that he believes the dentist converted to Judaism just for the jokes. [...]
Following the shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and the murder of several bystanders, a number of you have asked me about a sermon I gave in April about violent anti-government rhetoric. Information so far about the shooter is limited and it is too early to know what his motives and influences where. We don’t know [...]
Shabbat: When There’s Nowhere You Have to Be After my sermon last week, someone came up to me and said, “so, rabbi, you like Christmas but you hate Halloween, huh?” What the person was referring to is that I gave a sermon before Halloween that was ever-so-slightly critical of Jews trick-or-treating; and last week I [...]
Rabbi Salomon Gruenwald has served as the Associate Rabbi of Congregation HEA in Denver, CO since his ordination from the Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies in Los Angeles in 2008. He also serves as a volunteer chaplain with the Denver Police Department. He and his spouse, Melanie Gruenwald, have three children.
