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Authenticity, Attention & the Messiness of Life
Join Rabbi Will Hall at Temple Beth Shalom for a thoughtful Rosh Hashanah sermon about authentic presence, human connection, and the power of attention. Rabbi Hall reflects on a personal story about high school reunions, social media, and our obsession with visibility. He reminds us that: -Profiles aren’t people—photos and posts can’t capture the full story of a life. -Judaism embraces the messy, the imperfect, and the uncurated—from creation to our ancestors’ stories, holine
Dec 11, 2025


The Good Jew, the Bad Jew, and the Real Jew
In this courageous Yom Kippur sermon, Rabbi Will Hall of Temple Beth Shalom explores what it truly means to live as a Jew in today’s world — without apology, without auditioning for acceptance, and without shrinking our Jewishness to fit someone else’s definition of “good.” Tracing centuries of history, from ancient scapegoating to modern politics, Rabbi Hall reveals how antisemitism continually shifts — demanding either the “good Jew” who conforms or the “bad Jew” who is con
Nov 6, 2025
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