Rabbi Marx's Writings & Sermons
Rabbi Marx's Writings & Sermons
Shabbat Sermons & Messages
Rabbi Marx's Israel at 70 - April 18, 2018
From the Rabbis: Congregational Message in response to Las Vegas Shooting - October 2, 2017
From the Rabbis: Congregational Message in response to San Antonio Shooting - November 6, 2017
Articles
Three Rabbis Travel to Poland to Bear Witness and Help Ukrainian Refugees
Cover story in the Jewish Exponents, April 2022
Appeared in the Jewish Exponent, February 2020
Appeared in the Jewish Exponent, November 2019
Chabon's Criticisms Go Too Far
Appeared in the Jewish Exponent, June 2018
Caring is the Recipy for Redemption
Appeared in the Jewish Exponent, April 2018
Remember That Time Is on Your Side: Choosing Possessions Over Promise Has Consequences
Appeared in the Jewish Exponent, July 2017
Op-Ed: Synagogue Endowments Help To Ensure The Jewish Future
Appeared in the Jewish Exponent, June 2015
And Away We Go: Beth Or Rabbi A Source For Jackie Gleason Play
Appeared in Jewish Exponent, April 2015
Rabbi Marx Invokes His Experience At National Prayer Breakfast
Appeared in the Jewish Exponent, February 2015
Appeared in Ambler Gazette, March 2010
Video
Social Justice 2020: Rabbi Marx Addresses Bethlehem Baptist Church on Legacy of MLK, Jr., February 2020
High Holy Day Sermons
2021 - High Holy Day Sermons
- Rosh Hashanah - We are all Part of One Continent
- Kol Nidre - We Can Change
- Yom Kippur - Opening Our Mouths
2020 - High Holy Day Sermons
- Rosh Hashanah - What We Should Do When Drowning In Troubles
- Kol Nidre - Repentance | Ryann Milligan
- Yom Kippur - Everyone Wants to Be a Jew
2019 - High Holy Day Sermons
- Rosh Hashanah - Social Infrastructure
- Kol Nidre - Fritz Haber: Lessons from a Tragedy
- Yom Kippur - The Question Facing the Jewish People
2018 - High Holy Day Sermons
- Rosh Hashanah - Two Types of Jews
- Kol Nidre - The Soul We Cannot Ignore
- Yom Kippur - Forgiveness: Don't Let Me Die While I'm Still Alive
2017 - High Holy Day Sermons
- Kol Nidre - Religious Crossroads
- Yom Kipper - Gilligan's Island
2016 - High Holy Day Sermons
- Rosh Hashahah - Not In God's Name
- Kol Nidre - Life Knocks You Down
- Yom Kippur - High Cost of Hate
2015 - High Holy Day Sermons
- Rosh Hashanah - Who Do You Trust?
- Kol Nidre - Where Are We Headed?
- Yom Kippur - Living With Anxiety
2014 High Holy Day Sermons
- Rosh Hashanah - Beth Or Is Our Miklat
- Kol Nidre - Feeling Safe In An Unsafe World
- Yom Kippur - There Are Certain Things You Just Don't Say
Archives:
- Judaism: Balancing the Rewards with the Demands (Rosh Hashanah Sermon 2012)
- Cairo Genizah (Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon 2011)
- Empathy (Rosh Hashanah Sermon 2011)
- Kaddish (Kol Nidre Sermon 2011)
- Betting on Jewish Survival (Yom Kippur, Oct. '05)
- YK2000
- Our Regrets and Our Dreams (Yizkor, Sept., '02)
- Lack of Ethics (Yom Kippur, Sept. '02)
- The Dialect of Truth (Kol Nidre, Sept. '02)
- Or Zarua La'Tzaddik, Ule-yishray lev Simcha (Rosh Hashanah, Sept. '02)
- Auschwitz Or Sinai (Erev Rosh Hashanah, Sept. '02)
- The Book of Life (Kol Nidre, Sept. '01)
- In the Aftermath of the Attack of America (Rosh Hashanah, Sept. '01)
- Five Levels of Pleasure (Yom Kippur, Oct. '00)
- Rating Our Synagogue (Rosh Hashanah, Sept. '00)
- Joseph Lieberman and his Signifcance Today (Rosh Hashanah, Sept. '00)
- The Gold of Exodus (Rosh Hashanah, Sept. '98)
- Three Kinds of Love (Kol Nidre, Sept' 98)
- Messianism (Yom Kippur, Sept. '98)
- The Two Voices of God (Rosh Hashanah, Sept. '97)
- What Should We Do When We're Drowning in Troubles (High Holidays, Sept., '97)
- Secrets (Yom Kippur, Sept. '97)
- Lives in Balance (Rosh Hashanah, '96)
- Teach us to Shudder (Rosh Hashanah, '96)
- The Miracle of the First Day(December 10, 1996)
- We Build in Stone (Yom Kippur, Sept. '93)
Sun, July 3 2022
4 Tammuz 5782
Upcoming Events
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Monday, Jul 11th 10:00a to 12:00p
Meals That Matter meets monthly in the Beth Or main kitchen to prepare meals for KleinLife who distributes Kosher meals to those who are food insufficient. We welcome new volunteers at any time. Please contact Caren Gutman at carengutman@gmail.com if you wish to join us. No experience needed! We follow Beth Or safety protocols. At this time please be vaccinated and wear a mask. -
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Monday, Jul 11th 6:00p to 8:00p
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Wednesday ,
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Wednesday, Jul 13th 7:00p
The Beth Or Knitters meet twice a month on Wednesday evenings and Friday mornings in the Library or outside on the patio. All are welcome to participate. The knitters make afghans for Horsham Center for Jewish Living; hats for CHOP, Mitzvah Circle & Doylestown Hospital; scarves, sweaters & Stuffies for Mitzvah Circle and fleece-tie blanks for Fox Chase Cancer Center. Contact Faye Benshetler, febx@comcast.net with any questions. Click for the Summer/Fall 2022 schedule.