Beth Shalom Bloomington: A University Town Synagogue with Rabbi Noach Lawrence

Moses, meaning, and the non-pursuit of happiness | Yom Kippur 2026 • 5787

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach's Yom Kippur D’var Torah (sermon) for 2026 • 5787.

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and Rosh Hashanah, Part 2: Before Unetaneh Tokef

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach's words at Rosh Hashanah Day 1 morning services.

On the 25th anniversary of 9/11 and Rosh Hashanah, Part 1: Before Mourner's Kaddish

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach's words at Rosh Hashanah Day 1 evening services.

Talmudic wisdom for “a weird time to be Jewish” | Rosh Hashanah 2026 • 5787

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach's Rosh Hashanah D'var Torah (sermon) for 2026 • 5787.

Why "Only Joy" is Connected to Welcoming the Stranger - Parshat Re’eh

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach's d'var Torah for 25 Av 5786 • August 7, 2026, concluding with a retrospective look back at our mo

Devotion, Dissent, and Dialogue: On Shaping a Multi-Faceted Relationship with Israel

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach's d'var Torah (sermon) at Shabbat evening services, 4 Av 5786 • July 17, 2026, Parshat Devarim, Sh

America at 250, and Jeremiah and Emma Lazarus' Wisdom - Shabbat of 4th of July Weekend

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach's words at Shabbat evening services, July 3, 2026 • 19 Tammuz 5786.

The Iran War and Answering to a Higher Power - Parshat Sh’lach Lecha

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach's d'var Torah (sermon) at Shabbat evening services, 28 Sivan 5786 • June 12, 2026.

Selective Memory and its Political Consequences - Parshat Be-Ha'alotecha

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach's d'var Torah (sermon) at Shabbat evening services, June 5, 2026 • 21 Sivan 5786.

A Jewish response of solidarity with Muslims amid Islamophobia

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. The text in edited and expanded form can be found here: https://rabbinoach.substack.com/p/a-jewish-response-of

Singing "And You Shall Love" — Clergy Intern Molly & Rabbi Noach

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Clergy Intern Molly Singer & Rabbi Noach Lawrence lead us in Debbie Friedman's English V'Ahavta.

Singing for empathy & safety for all sides: Idan Raichel Project's "Chayim P'shutim," "Simple Life"

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach leads us in expressing our longings for restored safety and empathy for each other through the Isr

Why the Israeli Declaration of Independence's Twin Promises Are In Danger

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach's d'var Torah (sermon) for the Shabbat before Israeli Memorial Day and Independence Day, Yom HaZik

On the Michigan synagogue attack, followed by singing Mi Chamocha (song of crossing the Red Sea)

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. At Shabbat evening services for 25 Adar 5786 • March 13, 2026.

Pairing modern Hebrew poet Ra'hel's "Tiny Joys" & Psalm 96 sung for Shabbat

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. We shared in this dialogue between a modern, female voice in Israeli culture and this ancient psalm's uplift a

Singing “For My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples” - HIAS Refugee Shabbat

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. From Refugee Shabbat, a global initiative of HIAS (formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society), 5786 •

Moses' Most Underrated Leadership Trait - Parshat Shemot

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. Rabbi Noach's d'var Torah (sermon) at Shabbat evening services, 21 Tevet 5786 • January 10, 2026.

Matching "Scarborough Fair" to "Oseh Shalom," Rabbi Noach & Clergy Intern Nava

Hey! I'd love to hear your thoughts, send me a voice note. An original pairing by Rabbi Noach Lawrence sung by him and Clergy Intern Nava Teller, with Simon & Garfunkel'