WRITING & SERMONS — RABBI MICHAEL WEINSTEIN

Some of my Sermons:

Erev Rosh Hashanah 2023

Yom Kippur 2023

Erev Rosh Hashanah 2022

Yom Kippur 2022

Kol Nidre 2020

Yom Kippur Yizkor 2020

Some of my writing:

Selicha Bitte Please Sermon

As many of you know, I was born and raised in Cincinnati. Cincinnati is an interesting place to grow up. People from Cincinnati have a quirky practice which defines them as Cincinnatians. Anywhere in the world, when one Cincinnatian is confronted with another, the first question is always, “Where did you go to high school?” …..

Selicha Bitte Please Sermon

Duluth High School Baccalaureate

Allow me to tell you a little bit of my story. I was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1991, I graduated from High School—a Marianist all boys, Catholic School. Yes, I am Jewish, and have always been Jewish; I am a rabbi. I was not always a rabbi, however.

Duluth High School Baccalaureate

Eulogy of Steve Bovasso

Stephen Bovasso… Steve. The last opportunity I had to spend real time with Steve was during dinner, last New Year’s Eve. Less than fifteen weeks ago. Upon making eye contact, as anyone would, I asked: How are you? A very real question, to a man whose life’s vibrancy was fading. I expected a very real answer, to which he responded with a huge grin: I’m fine.

Eulogy of Steve Bovasso

Uvalde, Tulsa Active Shooter social media post

It is okay to not be okay. It is okay to be angry and outraged. This is not the first time we have asked- When is enough, enough? Last week, in Buffalo, New York, we said ‘enough.’ Since Sandy Hook, in 2012, there have been 3,500 mass shootings. Enough.