Category: Ordination Year 2026

Esav’s Guide to Being Content

In Micah Cowan's senior sermon at JTS, he spoke on Parashat Vayishlach and presented Esav's guide to being content.
December 22, 2025 JTS Senior Sermon Learning

Echoes of Legacies

In evaluating Parashat Hayyei Sarah, Rachel Cohn evaluates the echoes of legacies and how past lives continue living.
November 30, 2025 JTS Senior Sermon Learning
Too Many People Walk Alone

Too Many People Walk Alone

Walking together into difficulty, rather than alone, is a focal point of parashat Vayera, where God commands Abraham to do the impossible.
November 6, 2025 JTS Senior Sermon Learning

Go Forth: A Journey of Courage and Becoming

There is a story told about Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk, the fiery Kotzker Rebbe. A student once came to him, restless and uncertain. “Rebbe,” ...
November 5, 2025 JTS Senior Sermon Learning

Senior Sermon: Parashat Noach on Migdal Bavel

Originally given as a senior sermon at JTS. My whole life, I’ve loved to tell the story of who I am and the family I ...
November 4, 2025 JTS Senior Sermon Learning

How Creatures Emulate God

In her senior rabbinical school sermon for JTS, Sarah Rockford explores Parashat Bereishit and how creatures emulate God.
October 24, 2025 JTS Senior Sermon Learning