Worship & Lifecycle
Past Sermons
The clergy at Congregation Beth Israel will occasionally print and publish their sermons online. The most recent clergy sermons and articles appear below.
Rabbi David. A Lyon Sermons
“Our Children and Israel’s Future”
(View the Sermon Here)
High Holy Day Sermons 2023/5784
Rabbi David Lyon
Erev Rosh Hashanah, 5784/2023, “The Way of Humanity in Urgent Times”
Rosh Hashanah (Day), 5784/2023, “When AI Reads Torah”
Kol Nidrei, 5784/2023, “Israel Lives Within Us”
High Holy Day Sermons 2021/5782
Rabbi David Lyon
Erev Rosh Hashanah, 5782/2021, “My Extra Life“
Rosh Hashanah (Day), 5782/2021, “We are Israel”
High Holy Day Sermons 2020/5781
Rabbi David Lyon
Kol Nidrei, 5781/2020, “Your Pure Soul”
Yizkor, 5781/2020 “Remembering Rabbi Samuel Karff with Our Own”
Rosh Hashanah (Day), 5781/2020, “Tekia Gedolah: The Future Calls Us”
Rosh Hashanah (Erev), 5781/2020, “Siver Linings in Troubled Times”
High Holy Day Sermons 2019/5780
Rabbi David Lyon
Kol Nidrei, 5780/2019, “Seeking Inner Liberty: Inquire Within”
Rosh Hashanah (Day), 5780/2019, “Israel in Interesting Times”
Rosh Hashanah (Erev), 5780/2019, “Judaism: Our Reliable Faith”
Rabbi Adrienne Scott
Yom Kippur, 5780/2019, “Prayer: Its Power and Possibilities”
Parshat Noah 5780/2019, “Escaping to the Vineyard“