Kol Jeshurun

Chanukah: A time to rededicate ourselves...

Rabbi Hannah Ellenson explores what a meaningful Chanukah may be, inviting us to rededicate ourselves to open the gates of justice, holiness, and kindness wide for all who want to enter.

Homecoming: Courage, Hope and Strength

A TBJ Tradition of Homecoming Shabbat on Thanksgiving weekend features Zach Rosen and Jordyn Lipkin. Listen as they share what life is like now as Jewish students at Cornell University and the University of Maryland. Through their experience, we encounter a modern theater of anti-Semitism. Listen and discover their courage, hope, and strength. Elevating their Jewish identity on campus, while playing lacrosse on the international stage and making Aliyah, Zach Rosen and Jordyn Lipkin are nothing short of inspirational.

AI: The Ethical, Existential and Spiritual Puzzle; 1 of a series

This episode is Rabbi Matthew D. Gewirtz's first sermon of an upcoming series on AI. Looking deeply into the the ethical, existential and spiritual puzzle brought by AI, Rabbi Gewirtz highlights the need for us, the creator of these machines and technology, to maintain our access to ourselves and the depths of our souls.

Bringing a Better Reality into Being

Rabbi Hannah Ellenson’s November 14, 2025 sermon calls for us to all celebrate life and bring a better reality into being. We are to be open to another side of the story that may have been hidden from our view. We watch as brothers reunite against the odds being stacked against them in this refreshing account of the story of Isaac and Ishmael.

October 7th, 2023: In Memoriam

A service of memory and hope in the wake of October 7th as we mark the somber 2 year anniversary of that dark day with prayer and music. Originally aired Erev Shabbat - October 10, 2025