On the Shabbat before MLK Day, Rabbi Zauzmer reminded us that while we can criticize the policies of our elected officials, we should celebrate religious diversity in leadership.

As the early voting period begins, Rabbi Zauzmer reminds us of our Jewish obligation both to vote and to choose the best available candidate.

On the two-year Hebrew anniversary of October 7, Rabbi Zauzmer invites us to consider the trauma that prompts us to create our world anew.

Rabbi Zauzmer leads a discussion on why Sukkot is known as the holiday of joy, encouraging us to let our walls down.

With the rapid rise of a new kind of antisemitism, we are not the first generation of Jews who have navigated this challenge. Rabbi Zauzmer compares our time to Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel's, imploring us to follow his example with three steps we can take in the fight against antisemitism.

When our hopes do not pan out, we often look back and wonder, were we wrong to have hope in the first place? Rabbi Zauzmer explores this question and encourages us to muster up the strength to hope again.

Remembering Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on her fifth yahrzeit, Rabbi Zauzmer urges us to disagree better and to see the humanity in everyone.

On the day before Tisha B'Av, Rabbi Zauzmer discusses repeating patterns — for the Israelites, for us today, and for our society — and how we can stop making the same mistakes over and over.

Rabbi Zauzmer leads a discussion about Moses' great sin and encourages us to take every opportunity to highlight the joys of being Jewish.

The Torah commands a sabbatical year for the land, called shmita, allowing the earth to rest like we do during Shabbat. Through various commentaries on this custom, Rabbi Zauzmer leads a discussion with the congregation on the importance of this ritual practiced once every seven years.

Rabbi Zauzmer implores us to call out antisemitism not only from the other side of the political spectrum, but from within our own political home as well.

Sharing memories of her own grandfather, Rabbi Zauzmer reminds us that even on the happiest of occasions, we don't gloss over the sadness of loss.

With a fast-moving news cycle and TikTok-length attention spans, we don't always prioritize studying our history. Rabbi Zauzmer implores us to learn the stories of our past, teaching that we cannot fully understand the present without the context of the past.

Citing examples from the Torah, other Jewish texts, and today's world, Rabbi Zauzmer argues that we cannot lose sight of protecting reproductive rights, even as so many other issues dominate Jews' minds at this time.

Rabbi Zauzmer leads a discussion about Joseph's vulnerability, questioning when we decide to filter ourselves and when we risk sharing it all.

On Shavuot, we read about the giving of the Torah and the entire community's acceptance of it, but what about individual acceptance? Rabbi Zauzmer leads an interactive discussion encouraging us to think about when and how we personally receive the lessons of the Torah, perhaps uncovering gifts th...

Rabbi Zauzmer brings us into an imagined conversation with an anti-Israel protestor on campus, giving us guidance for how to speak to our own friends even through vehement disagreement.

The last time we gathered for Yizkor was October 7. Now, we must keep the memories of those killed on that horrific day alive – not as history, but in our personal memories.

Rabbi Zauzmer leads a participatory discussion about the meaning behind counting the Omer and encourages us to be grateful for each new day.