The Pulpit Shelf

Selected sermons, articles, and media reviews by Rabbi Gertel…

On Being Honored by the Akiba-Schechter
  Jewish Day School (March 2012)
The New Regents Park Controversy (Nov. 2011)
Thanksgiving Hymn (November 2011)
Transitions (October 2011)
Viruses and Choices (September 2011)
On Transitions (September 2011)
To the Mayor of Chicago (September 2011)
With a Lev Shalem (Fall 2011)
Gratitude:  The Festivals and the Yizkor Service
A Serious Man (November 2009)
Funny People (October 2009)
The Hangover (September 2009)
Family Guy (October 2009)
Defiance (September 2009)
Remembering Our Neighbor and Friend,
   Rabbi Arnold Jacob Wolf (January 2009)
“Seeking Brothers”—In the Bernie Madoff Era
  (December 2008)
The Governor and Jacob and Laban
   (December 2008)
Thanksgiving Welcome (November 2008)
Post Election Day Thoughts (November 2008)
Nediv Lev — The Willing Heart (October 2008)
On Rabbi Gertel's Honorary Degree from JTS (December 2007)
Stand Up When You Read This Column (May 2006)
Ushpizin (November 2005)
Kal = 130 (October 2005)