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HIGH HOLIDAY DRASHOT @ THE BAYIT 5772
Please enjoy Rabba Sara Hurwitz and Rabbi Steven Exler's Rosh Hashanah drashot, Rabbi Avi Weiss' Shabbat Shuvah discourse and the Yom Kippur drashot by clicking on the links below:

Rav Steven's Rosh Hashanah Drasha: "Encountering the King"

Rabba Sara's Rosh Hashanah Drasha: "Open Your Eyes"

Rav Avi's Shabbat Shuva Drasha: "Awakening Spirituality in Tefillah and Daily Life"



RABBI WEISS' COMMENTS ON RABBA, MARCH 6, 2010
Click here for an edited version of the talk Rav Avi delivered on Shabbat afternoon, March 6, 2010, on the recent events in our community surrounding the title change from Maharat to Rabba.



RABBI WEISS' RESPONSE TO THE
RECENT TERROR PLOT:
AS PUBLISHED BY THE DAILY NEWS

RABBI WEISS INTERVIEWED ON PBS:
Click on the link below to watch Rav Avi's revent interview on the PBS show "Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly"
LINK HERE


REFLECTIONS FROM MEDINAT YISRAEL
To read the moving personal reflections of Israeli identity from three Israeli members of the Bayit, Tomer and Efrat Grossman and Ariel Freidenberg, delivered Shabbat morning, April 25, 2009, please click here.



NEWSWEEK NAMES HIR ONE OF THE TOP 25 MOST VIBRANT SYNAGOGUES IN THE UNITED STATES! 
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RESPONSA AND CERIFICATE FROM MAHARAT SARA HURWITZ'S CONFERRAL CEREMONY
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Sara Hurwitz's speech given at conferral ceremony, March 22 2009
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Rabbi Joshua Maroof's speech,
March 22 2009

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FEAR, COURAGE, RESPONSIBILITY - A DIARY OF RABBI AVI WEISS' TRIP TO VENEZUELA (click here)




Click below to listen to HIR's Divrei Torah for Rosh Hashana 5767:
Habayta: Bringing Our Soldiers Home

When Rosh Hashana Falls on Shabbat The Great Shofar is Sounded

The Power of the Second

God's Unconditional Love of His People

Musical Selichot led by our very own Dr. Elli Kranzler, Sept. 16, 2006


RABBI WEISS' RECENT INTERVIEW ON NPR!

Click here to listen to Rabbi Weiss' recent interview on the National NPR show "On Point": Imam, Preacher, Rabbi on Islamic Center Near Ground Zero, Recorded: 8.25.10


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RABBI AVI WEISS: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE SITUATION IN ISRAEL (51 min.)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 2006

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RABBI WEISS' EXPERIENCES WHILE IN ISRAEL: INTERVIEW ON ISRAEL NATIONAL RADIO (10 min.)
MONDAY, JULY 24, 2006

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RABBI WEISS INTERVIEW ON: 1010 WIN RADIO (1 min.)
MONDAY, JULY 24, 2006

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RABBI WEISS INTERVIEW WITH: JM in the AM: NACHUM INTERVIEWS RABBI AVI WEISS (17 min.)
TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2006
INTERVIEW CAN ALSO BE SEEN AT:www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/19818/

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Rabbi Avi Weiss debates Arab American News Columnist Neal Abunab "What Next for the Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process?"
BBC News 01/30/2006














  
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