blogs/mrunkle

     While visiting New York this summer, I quickly remembered why these two cities are so different. I'm not talking about skylines, museums, finance, or government. I'm also not talking about kosher restaurants or living in a shoebox. It's the arguments! You see, in New York people argue about which...Read more...

Sermon by Rabbi Steven I. Rein on Rosh Hashanah 5779 Day 1, September 10, 2018

     You know who's the worst? That guy who runs up to a crowded Yellow Line train at Pentagon City, pushing past the people waiting for passengers to get off, and forces his way through the doors. That guy got to me again one day...Read more...

Parashat Yitro 5778
3 February 2018

     It was the early morning of February 3, 1943, exactly 75 years ago today. The U.S.A.T. Dorchester was crowded to capacity, carrying 902 service men, merchant seamen and civilian workers. Once a luxury coastal liner, the 5,600-ton vessel had been converted into an Army transport ship. The Dorchester, one of three...Read more...

The following sermon was given by Rabbi Steve I. Rein for Kol Nidre 5778
You can email Rabbi Rein at srein@agudasachim-va.org.

In retrospect, he was probably right when he made the case for justice and righteousness, declaring that too much emphasis was being placed upon prosperity and peace. “This country of ours is heaving loose from its moorings,” he...Read more...

The following is a serman by Rabbi Steven I. Rein given on Rosh Hashanah 5778 - Day Two
You can email Rabbi Rein at srein@agudasachim-va.org.

In 1947, W.H. Auden published a very long poem that, despite winning a Pulitzer Prize, is now remembered less for its contents than for its title: “The Age of Anxiety.” Something about the idea that an age can be anxious must resonate...Read more...