Parashat Mattot 5771 / 23 July 2011 Last week I attended a seminar sponsored by the Rose Community Foundation on the topic of innovation in the Jewish community. Three experts talked about the state of what some are calling the Jewish Innovation Economy. Jewish communal life today is often taking place outside the traditional institutions [...]
Parshat Mattot-Masei 5770 When you become a parent, your cultural context changes. My favorite poets used to be Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson. Nowadays I read a lot of Shel Silverstein poems. One of my favorites is called “The Bagpipe Who Didn’t Say No.” The poem is about a very brief romance between a lonely [...]
The discussion between Moses and the tribes of Reuven and Gad demonstrates some basic Jewish principles of social justice. Why Should I Care? – Mattot Masei 5769 Last week I gave a sermon that stirred up quite a lot of conversation. You’ll remember that I urged you to engage in respectful conversation with your friends [...]
Mattot 5768 – July 26, 2008 God is With Me, I Shall Not Fear The subtle and profound truth of Adon Olam is that in the overwhelming complexity and vastness of the universe, where God can feel so far away, there is order. “Do you like to pray? You davven don’t you?… so, do you [...]
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.
