Sermons by Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker
How to Apologize Effectively
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Kol Nidre 5784 – September 24, 2023
You are part of the story: Telling our Jewish Story Today
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Rosh Hashanah 5784 – September 16, 2023
Apeirogon: The Many Sides of Israel
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March 17, 2023 – 25 Adar 5783
The Paths of the Hopeful
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Kol Nidre 5783 – October 4, 2022
Judaism’s Humility about Life: A Sermon about Reproductive Justice
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Rosh Hashanah 5783 – September 26, 2022
D’var Torah at OSRUI
July 15, 2022 / 16 Tammuz 5782
Inauguration of St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter
January 3, 2022 / 1 Shevat 5782
“Remembrance of the past two years” – Rabbi Adam Stock Spilker
Finding Faith Here All Along
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Kol Nidre 5782 – September 15, 2021
Our Voice Responding to the Teruah of Israelis and Palestinians
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Rosh Hashanah 5782 – September 7, 2021
Gratitude: The Cycle of Connection and Complacency
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Shabbat Services, July 31, 2021
An Understanding of Gender in the Torah from Binary to Merism
Shabbat Services, June 25, 2021
Making Sense of 15 Months of Physical Distance
Shabbat Services, June 18, 2021
Searching for Place
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Yizkor 5781– September 27, 2020
Faith
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Kol Nidre 5781– September 27, 2020
The Heart-Strength to Act Despite the Darkness
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Rosh Hashanah 5781 – September 19, 2020
Finding Joy in Times of Distress
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Kol Nidre 5780 – Oct 8, 2019
How Religion Will Save Our Planet
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Rosh Hashanah 5780 – Sept 30, 2019
Rabbi Spilker on Jewish Journal Rosner’s Torah Talk
Sept 28, 2018
Protecting Dignity
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Kol Nidre 5779 – Sept 18, 2018
Talking about Israel: Justice. Self-Preservation. Compromise
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Rosh Hashanah 5779 – Sept 10, 2018
Longing to Belong
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Kol Nidre 5778 – Sept 29, 2017
The Shofar Calls
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Rosh Hashanah 5778 – Sept 21, 2017
Making our Hands Wise for Equity and Justice
MLK Shabbat Service, January 13, 2017
Re-Soulment of Shabbat
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Kol Nidre 5777, October 11, 2016
Love Your Neighbor as Yourself
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Rosh Hashanah 5777 – Oct 3, 2016
Rabbi Spilker speaks at 50th Anniversary of Nostra Aetate
December 2, 2015
Blessing of Fellow Travelers
Yom Kippur 5776, September 23, 2015
To Forgive or Not to Forgive
Kol Nidre 5776 – September 22, 2015
Racial Justice in America
Rosh Hashanah 5776 – September 14, 2015
Holy and Broken Hallelujah
Kol Nidre 5775, October 3, 2014
Realistic Hope for 5775
Rosh Hashanah 5775, September 25, 2014
Cultivating Gratitude
Kol Nidre 5774, September 13, 2013
Blessing of Fellow Travelers
Kol Nidre 5774, September 13, 2013
A Mi Sheberach for Immigrants
Rosh Hashanah 5774, September 5, 2013
Blessings and Curses of Technology
Rosh Hashanah 5774, September 5, 2013
Evolution and Judaism
Evolution Weekend, February 8, 2013
A Story of Return and Longing
The Life of King David
Kol Nidre 5773, September 25, 2012
Speaking of Justice
Rosh Hashanah 5773, September 17, 2012
In the Image of God
Kol Nidre 5772, October 7, 2011
Choosing Chesed and Community
Rosh Hashanah 5772, September 29, 2011
Future of the St. Paul Jewish Community
Speech to UJFC Annual Gala, September 18, 2011
Marriage Equality Senate Testimony
MN Senate Testimony, April 29 2011
A Thanksgiving for Civility
November 26, 2010
Finding Home in Eretz Yisrael and Mount Zion
Kol Nidre 5771, September 17, 2010
Listening and Learning about Israel
Rosh Hashanah 5771, September 8, 2010
Choose Life – Our Stories of Health Care
Yom Kippur 5770, September 27, 2009
The Stories Behind Our Face
Rosh Hashanah 5770, September 19, 2009
We Stand with Israel; We Pray for Peace
Kol Nidre 5767, October 1, 2006
Chol Hamoed Sukkot
Sukkot 1996
Sermons by Rabbi Esther Adler
Overwhelm, Cynicism, and Despair: What are we to do?
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Yom Kippur 5784 – September 25, 2023
You are Unique
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Erev Rosh Hashanah 5784 – Sept 15, 2023
Yizkor Reflections
Yom Kippur 5783 – October 5, 2022
We Will Thrive: What Judaism Teaches us about Resilience
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Yom Kippur 5783– October 5, 2022
What’s in a Name?
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Erev Rosh Hashanah 5783 – Sept 25, 2022
The Day After Tomorrow
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Yom Kippur 5782– September 16, 2021
The Sacred In-Between
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Erev Rosh Hashanah 5782 – Sept 6, 2021
Compassion
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Yom Kippur 5781– September 28, 2020
A Gift of Values
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Yom Kippur 5780– Oct 9, 2019
What’s Good for the Jews
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Erev Rosh Hashanah 5780 – Sept 29, 2019
To Tell the Truth
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Yom Kippur 5779 – Sept 19, 2018
A Recipe for Hope
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Erev Rosh Hashanah 5779 – Sept 16, 2018
For You Know the Heart of the Stranger
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Yom Kippur 5778 – Sept 30, 2017
What Shall I Ask For?
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Erev Rosh Hashanah 5778 – Sept 20, 2017
The Conversation
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Yom Kippur 5777 – Oct 12, 2016
Mishkan HaNefesh: The Soul’s Sanctuary
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Erev Rosh Hashanah 5777 – Oct 2, 2016
It’s Awesome!
Yom Kippur 5776 – September 23, 2015
What Color is your Israel?
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5776 – September 22, 2015
It’s Not What You Look At
Yom Kippur 5775, October 4, 2014
Do Geese See God?
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5775, September 24, 2014
Chazak V’Ematz-Be strong & of Good Courage
Yom Kippur 5774, September 14, 2013
And God Wept- A modern Midrash
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5774, September 4, 2013
Prayer is a Complicated Thing
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5774, September 4, 2013
Don’t Stand Idly By – Voter ID
Yom Kippur 5773, September 26, 2012
For further reading: JCA Voter ID
A Welcoming Place for All
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5773, September 16, 2012
From Fear to Faith
Yom Kippur 5772, October 8, 2011
What Do You See
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5772, September 28, 2011
God-Wrestling
Yom Kippur 5771, September 18, 2010
Am Yisrael Chai – on Jewish Peoplehood
Rosh Hashanah 5771, September 9, 2010
Rosh Hashanah 2009
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5770, September 18, 2009
Un-Punishing Miriam: A Theology of Healing
Yom Kippur Healing Service 5770, September 28, 2009
Sh’ma Koleinu: A Sermon on Mental Illness
Yom Kippur 5764