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      This page will feature and archive past sermons and speeches delivered by Rabbi Victor Urecki. They are downloadable and on pdf file or, more recently, in audio . Check back as more are added every month.


High Holiday 2017 Sermons

trafficking_in_hope_webfriendly_version.docx
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abrahams_three_mistakes_rosh_hashana_2017_day_2_webfriendly.docx
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kol_nidrei_master_where_you_stand_2017.docx
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Rosh Hashana Day 1 ("Trafficking in Hope")



Rosh Hashana Day 2 ("Abraham's Three Mistakes")


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Yom Kippur Kol Nidrei ("Where Do You Put You 'But'?")


Yom Kippur Yizkor ( "Tell Me Why It Matters")


tell_me_why_it_matters_yom_kippur_day_2017.docx
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"Letter in honor of B'nai Jacob on the anniversary of 30 years together" March 1986

Letter in honor of 30 years together
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Speech to the Interfaith Gathering at The Islamic Association of WV 12/7/15
getting_to_know_you_neighbor.docx
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 "30 Years From Now" (Kol Nidrei 2015)

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 "Fear of Death" (Yizkor 2015)

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"What Keeps Me Up At Night?" (Rosh Hashana Day 1, 2015)

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"Losing Our Neshama (Soul)" (Rosh Hashana Day 2 2015)

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"Flat White (January 2015)

sermon_flat_white_january_16th_2015.docx
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"Leaving One's Comfort Zone" (Yizkor 2014)

"Leaving One's Comfort Zone" Yizkor 2014
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"Averting The Evil Decree" (Kol Nidrei 2014)

"Averting The Evil Decree" Kol Nidrei 2014
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"The Sermon on Israel With a Warning Label"
 Rosh Hashana 2014 (Day 2)

"The Sermon on Israel With a Warning Label" (Rosh Hashana 2014 Day 2)
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"Three Words That Can Save American Jewry"

Rosh Hashana Day One 2014  


Three Words That Can Save American Jewry (Rosh Hashana 2014)
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"The Conversation About Israel We Should Be Having"-May 2014

"What Does 'In G-d We Trust' Means To me" - Essay for the University of Charleston March 2014

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"The Only Words That Can Comfort"-
March 2014

"The Conversation On Israel Worth Having"- February 2014

"To Be A Man"-Sermon for Parshat Yitro January 2014

"Someone To Lie To"- Sermon for Parshat Vayigash December 2013

"Meet Jacob and Hymie: The First Two American Jews to Fight in World War II" Veterans Day 2013

In Audio Format: "A Great Synagogue for West Virginia" (October 2013/Parashat Noach)

In Audio Format: "A Day Never To Forget" (Kol Nidrei 2013)

"A Day Never To Forget" Written Copy
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In Audio Format: "To Carry On One's Shoulders" ( Yizkor 2013)
In Audio Format: "The World's Most Interesting Man" (Rosh Hashana 2013 First Day Sermon)

In Audio Format: "Learning to Love G-d" (Rosh Hashana 2013 Second Day Sermon)

In Audio Format: "Israel at 65"-April 2013

In Audio Format: "Why Are Our Four Questions Not The Original Four Questions?" March 2013

In Audio Format: "The Legacy of Rabbi and Mrs. Cooper" February 2013

In Audio Format: "US/Israel Relationship: What Will It Look Like In 2013" February 2013

In Audio Format: "Tribute to Dr Martin Luther King Jr." January 2013

In Audio Format: "Cemeteries: Tradition and Modernity"-January 2013

 In Audio Format: "Why is there a Shammes Candle and What Does It Teach Us? - December 2012

In Audio Format: How Important Is This Election For Israel? ( November 2nd, 2012)

In Audio Format, "It is Not Good To Be Alone" ( October 12th, 2012)

In Audio Format, Neilah Tribute ( September 26th, 2012) to Cantor Moshe Weiss

 In Audio format, Kol Nidrei Sermon
(September 25th, 2012): "I Didn't Build This"

 In Audio format, Yizkor Sermon
(September 26th, 2012): "One More Day"

 In Audio, First Day Rosh Hashana Sermon (September 17th, 2012): " Life's Not Just About You" 

In Audio, Second Day Rosh Hashana Sermon (September 18th, 2012): "The Day After"

 In Audio and Text Format! (Audio may not work on a tablet or smart phone):
"Commencement Address at Charleston Catholic High School"
May 25, 2012

commence_address_may_25th_2012__internet_copy.doc
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In Audio Format! ( May not appear on a tablet):
"Israel at 64:
Cause for Optimism and the Challenges Ahead"


 "G-d and the Haiti Devastation"
January 2010

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 "No Good Deed Goes..."
January 2010

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 " The Six Ideas Everyone Should Remember"
Rosh Hashana 2005

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 "The Story of Isaac"
Rosh Hashana 2005

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 "Seeing Other Congregations"
May 2010

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 " The Hatred Gift"
Yizkor 2009

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 "What it Means to Be a Jew"
February  2008

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 "And Joseph Will Close Your Eyes."
January 2007  

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 "The Meaning of Forgiveness"
Yom Kippur 2008

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 "This is NOT a Hobby"
Rosh Hashana 5772/2011

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 "Jewish Optimism"
Rosh Hashana (Second Day) 5772/2011

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 "Talmudic Tweets"
Yom Kippur (Kol Nidrei) 5722/2011

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 "Finding Spirituality"
      Yom Kippur ( Yizkor) 5772/2011

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 " Israel: The Strategic and Global Challenges Ahead"
        November 4th,  2011

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 "Two Hundred and Three"
December 2006

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 " The Great Debate"
Yom Kippur 2006

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"Building a Better Community"
February 2008

"Eilu Va-Eilu"
March 2008

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 "Magic 8-Ball"
February, 2008

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 "The Only Important Holiday"
Purim 2008

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 "Flawed Thinking"
January 2008

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"During These Economic Time"
March 2009

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 "Believers, Behavers, Belongers"
Yom Kippur 2009

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In Audio Form! (May not appear on a tablet):
 "Can The West End Iran's Nuclear Drive?"
           March 23rd, 2012

In Audio Format! ( May not appear on a tablet or smart phone):
"Walking Among the People"

                                          More Coming Soon!

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