Preaching Goes Viral

Lessons for the Pandemic (and after the Pandemic) Rosh Hashanah 5781

Politicians, religion, and the pandemic

R1: Main claim or thesis (supported by much of the sermon or primary source)

Fear of the Future

Race and racism

Laws, policies, and government

Ritual or worship changes

High Holidays, when COVID-adapted (Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur)

M2: Membership and audience attachment to a social group (not just to God, faith, or religious practices)

M3: Political agenda (for or against): politicians and current political debates

Here is something else that I know.  I know this about myself and I know this about you too. We come to these High Holidays already transformed. Simply put, we are no longer the same people who stood at CBI’s sanctuary during last year’s High Holidays services.  After more than six months of living under the threat of a global pandemic, after more than six months of sensing the economic fragility of this powerful nation, after more than six months of racial unrest in America’s streets, and, and, and, after the tragic loss of one of our community’s most beloved sons…we are no longer the same.  We have already been transformed. 

2022-12-13

Yonatan Cohen

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