Tell Your Story (Yom Kippur Morning 5784, September 25, 2023)

Tell Your Story Yom Kippur Morning 5784 Rabbi David S. Widzer   Once upon a time, there was a camp named Kutz.  Owned and operated...more

September 25, 2023

Kol Haneshamah: Every Breath (Kol Nidrei 5784, September 24, 2023)

Kol Haneshamah:  Every Breath   Kol Nidrei 5784 September 24, 2023 Rabbi David S. Widzer   Over the summer, Karen and I went to the Kennedy...more

September 24, 2023

God Knows We Need a Break (Rosh HaShanah Morning 5784, September 16, 2023)

God Knows We Need a Break Rosh HaShanah Morning 5784 September 16, 2023 Rabbi David S. Widzer   On January 12, 2007, a Washington Post...more

September 16, 2023

Stories for a Clean Slate (Erev Rosh HaShanah, 5784, September 15, 2023)

Stories for a Clean Slate Erev Rosh HaShanah 5784 Temple B’nai Shalom Rabbi David S. Widzer   Did you know that many of our Religious...more

September 15, 2023

Rabbi Widzer’s Invocation Delivered to the VA House of Delegates on January 31, 2023

[video width="854" height="480" mp4="https://www.tbs-online.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/1-31-23-Morning-Prayer-RDW-Invocation-at-VA-House-of-Delegates.mp4"][/video] Invocation Virginia House of Delegates January 31, 2023 Rabbi David S. Widzer     Eternal Spirit of the Universe: We ask...more

February 3, 2023

Not Yet Ark Weather (R. Widzer’s Friday night Sermon, Oct. 28, 2022)

I mentioned that this week the Torah portion is the story of Noah.  I’ve been thinking about Noah and his experiences.  The Torah tells us...more

November 4, 2022

Using Our Power (Rabbi Widzer’s Sermon Yom Kippur Morning 5783 – October 5, 2022)

My family claims that I provide my own soundtrack to life.  And I suspect that’s true.  I’ll catch myself humming a tune or singing a...more

November 4, 2022

Your Heart Needs to Work Harder (Yom Kippur Morning 5782, September 16, 2021)

On this Yom Kippur day of repentance and confession, I have something to share with you all.  It may not come as much of a...more

September 20, 2021

Lost, Loved, Learned: Post Traumatic Growth (Kol Nidrei 5782, September 15, 2021)

There’s a cartoon I saw a couple weeks ago that captures how I’ve been feeling.  Maybe it speaks to you, too.  In case you can’t...more

September 20, 2021

Belongingness (Rosh HaShanah Morning Service sermon 5782, Rabbi David S. Widzer, 9/7/2021)

I spoke last night about living with uncertainty.  After a year of spiritual dislocation, and enough ups and downs and spins and turns to give...more

September 10, 2021