by Cantor Sally L. Neff | Dec 26, 2021 | D'var Torah, Exodus
This was sermon for Parshat Sheimot (Delivered via Zoom 12/24/21) In this week’s Torah portion, Parshat Shemot, we read that “a new king arose who did not know Joseph.” Because he did not know, learn or...
by Cantor Sally L. Neff | Apr 17, 2021 | Judaism
A little over a year ago, we started in fear and panic. Stores closed and those that remained open were out of essentials. If we ventured out of doors at all, we crossed the streets to avoid faceless, masked strangers. There was fear, death, isolation,...
by Cantor Sally L. Neff | Feb 12, 2021 | Creative Writing
I’ll take that flag back now You cannot claim it anymore. Don’t wear it on your hats, your t-shirts, your bandanas. Don’t hang it from your car Or in front of your home. You have forgotten what it stands for And your waving of it is a lie. That flag should be freedom...
by Cantor Sally L. Neff | Feb 9, 2020 | D'var Torah, Exodus
This past Shabbat, I was having a conversation with one of our congregants, Lillian Spier. Lillian just turned one-hundred years old. I half-jokingly asked her what the secret was to her longevity. I expected her to talk about being active, making healthy eating...
by Cantor Sally L. Neff | Jun 28, 2019 | D'var Torah, Judaism, Numbers
I have just returned from a wonderful four day cantorial conference in Atlanta, GA. The theme of the conference was social action. So many times over the course of the week people spoke about how helpless they felt in the face of so much horror happening in our...