The Right Not To Remain Silent

A lifetime of hard-won wisdom and insight into the human heart is
contained in this collection of eighty impassioned essays on ethical and
spiritual issues ranging from racial injustice and the abuses of power to
the legacy of the Holocaust, from the evolving relationship between
American Jewry and Israel to raising morally sensitive children, from the
mystery of death to the meaning of God in the modern world. If there is
a single motif dominating this treasury of rabbinic wisdom, it is the need
for ethical accountability on the part of both individuals and institutions.

Each of these sermons faces life's dilemmas squarely with courage and
a deep understanding of the complexities of human nature. They do not
offer facile answers to difficult questions nor are they ever self-righteous
but rather thoughtful, reflective, sensitive, often funny, intensely Jewish
and deeply human, deriving their profound insights from Jewish tradition
and the joys and sufferings of the author's own life. The best sermon is a
reflection of wisdom forged by experience and infused with ancient
truths. The best sermon is a well-lived life.