Rabbi Jarrod Grover’s Save the Deli sermon…Shabbat special
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
Good Shabbos everyone. I know I shouldn’t even be on the computer, but as I’m back in Toronto for 24 hours, and it’s such a nice day, I wanted to share something with you. Two weeks back, my friend Amanda Blitz told me that her rabbi, Jarrod Grover, delivered the Saturday sermon at Toronto’s Beth Tikvah on the topic of Save the Deli. Well if that’s not the coolest thing I’ve ever heard, I don’t know what is.
And so, after a few weeks of transcribing, the good rabbi has sent me the text of that sermon, which I’m sharing here with you on this Shabbat:
Rabbi Jarrod Grover
Bereshit 2009
TWO TALES OF SELF-DESTRUCTION
This Shabbat I want to share with you two stories. One from our parsha and one that is a true story about a particularly modern trend. And both stories, I submit, are stories of self-destruction. (more…)
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Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009Philadelphia
In just two hours I’ll be talking at the Philadelphia Free Library, and boy and I thankful that the Phillies won last night. Otherwise it’d be a pretty hostile crowd. You haven’t heard from me in the past three days because I’ve been in Miami, where they have a little thing called sunshine and sand, where my ass was plopped when I wasn’t at deli related events. A good time had by all.
Tomorrow is Montreal, and the source of all this deli love, which is going to be great. Thursday night I’ll be talking at Paragraph bookstore, and the folks from Schwartz’s, Snowdon, Lester’s, Wilensky’s, and Abie’s will be slingin’ meat. It should be awesome. Come on out.
Now for the news roundup. (more…)
