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In this short essay, I share some of my thoughts about the Chauvin trial, verdict and the little and big injustices we encounter - or contribute to - each day.

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In this short episode, I consider the Atlanta shooter's racism and his feelings of relative impunity, his premeditation and his sense that the politicians he identified with would smile at his massacre.

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In this short episode, I reflect on the concept of Yom Kippur of wearing a mask and the ethical shortcoming in not doing so.

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In this short reflection, I give my reaction to the new racist Georgia law that is so blatantly voter suppressive, it comes right out of Nuremburg.

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In this short commentary, Rabbi Stanway reflects on what our response ought to be and can be in the shadow of the violent events at the Capitol on January 6, 2021

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In this podcast I explore the idea of the metaphor of the Jabbok, the essential change of Jacob and Esau and the bravery it takes to leave your old self behind but having first to expose it, not repress it.  

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Rabbi Stanway's Yom Kippur morning sermon from Temple Beth Miriam, Elberon, NJ.

The question of the Days of Awe.....Now What?

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The Corona and the Crown - Distancing from our ugly selves to embrace who we think we really are.  Yom Kippur Evening Sermon 2020

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Rosh Hashanna morning sermon from Temple Beth Miriam.  
Keeping the Ner Tamid alive and burning.

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Rabbi Cy Stanway's Erev Rosh Hashanna sermon