Category Archives: Anti Semitism

Suing the Nazis: A Rosh Hashanah Sermon

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows

In my early twenties, I dreamt a version of the following dream many times:  I was a young adult in a Nazi concentration camp, and I was trying to save young children and babies from extermination. The dreams always ended before … Continue reading →

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We Mourn. We Get up. #SolidarityShabbat

Posted on November 6, 2018 by Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows

Here is a sermon I delivered Friday night November 2nd,  one week after eleven Jews were murdered at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Shabbat Morning.  The sermon was delivered from an outline, written-out a touch more fully … Continue reading →

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Out of Darkness

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows

On the short bus ride to Yad VaShem (The Jewish People’s living memorial to the Holocaust), Lana asked us to imagine a room that would fit 100 people, then think of a space that holds 500 people, a 1000 people and … Continue reading →

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We Will Not Be Silent. A Rosh Hashanah Sermon 5778 delivered at Congregation Beth Am, Buffalo Grove, IL

Posted on September 21, 2017 by Rabbi Lisa Sari Bellows

My husband Kyle has been a cook county court house manager for many years. A few years ago Kyle was sitting in the chambers of a Latino Judge and saw a ram’s horn prominently displayed on the judge’s shelf.  Kyle … Continue reading →

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