by Mordecai Miller | Apr 5, 2023 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Dear Friend, On this eve of our annual celebration of this great Passover festival, I want to wish you and your family much joy and blessing. We are about to contemplate God’s miracle in rescuing our ancestors from their slavery to Pharaoh in the land of Egypt around...
by Mordecai Miller | Feb 18, 2023 | Rabbi’s Remarks
In response to Israeli Justice Minister Yariv Levin’s “Judicial Reforms” proposal, the Rabbinical Assembly (RA), the international association of Conservative/Masorti rabbis, issued the following statement: We are deeply alarmed by the attempted subversion...
by Mordecai Miller | Jun 28, 2022 | Rabbi’s Remarks
To begin, a lot of electrons have already been agitated responding to the general outcry to today’s Supreme Court decision to upend Roe vs. Wade. As the rabbi of Congregation Beth Ami, I go on record in voicing my concern at a decision that, for all practical...
by beth-ami | Jun 19, 2022 | Rabbi’s Remarks
Doctors chats help Santa Rosa rabbi see LGBTQ light: By Robert Nagler Miller | June 10, 2016, J Jewish News of northern California When Rabbi Mordecai Miller of Congregation Beth Ami in Santa Rosa marched with members of his synagogue at Sonoma County’s Pride Parade...
by Mordecai Miller | Apr 17, 2022 | Rabbi’s Remarks
As we prepare to celebrate our great festival of Pesach, I want to wish you much joy – simcha and blessing – b’racha. The Seder is a wonderful opportunity, not only to gather with family and friends to enjoy a delicious meal, but a chance to explore what...
by Mordecai Miller | Mar 31, 2022 | Rabbi’s Remarks
March 6, 2022 Essentially, there are two basic dynamics to the exercise of power, involving a balance of reward and punishment. Knowing how to apply this balance leads to a critical difference in results. You can try to lead primarily by physical force, through fear...