Rosh Hashannah Morning 5773 - The Men and Women with Nehemiah at the Water Gate

Is it just in our nature to be fearful of the stranger or the 'other' in our society?  What happens when Jews forget acceptance and understanding and even begin to create strangers out of fellow Jews in our midst?  This sermon examines the 'otherness' we experience in the world and in ourselves with a reminder that Nehemiah read before both men and women at Jerusalem's Water Gate. The Wedding that was not German Ban on Circumcision Salt, Without a Blue Image No Women Allowed... Nehemiah Chapter 8