Sara Y. Sapadin

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Jul 9, 2024, 12:14 AM

On the Dangers of Immoral Leadership

The story of America’s unlikely road to independence, is one grounded in impassioned rebellion and revolution. When the Patriots finally decided they’d had enough of British Rule, they rose up to fight for their liberty and self-determination. Today, we...

Mar 30, 2024, 11:08 AM

Sledding: A reflection on October 7th

Sledding (travnikovstudio/iStock)

In a world where everything we know can shift irrevocably in an instant, let’s hold tight to the blessings in our midst

Mar 8, 2020, 10:51 AM

Facing Uncertainty: Four Lessons from Purim for Our Unprecedented Times

As I dropped my children off at school this week, we were greeted by a line of administrators, reminding us to use the newly installed hand sanitizers at the door. Sanitization was a requisite for entry. No squirt, no...

Jul 22, 2018, 8:58 PM

Double Negatives and the Crisis of Moral Leadership

According to Dictionary.com, a double negative is defined as a “syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.” I never thought I would start a sermon with an introduction...

Mar 26, 2018, 8:52 AM

On Stephen Hawking, Leviticus and the Search for Divinity

Stephen Hawking died nearly two weeks ago, at the age of 76. His passing leaves a black-hole sized void in the world of science, but his legacy will surely endure. Dr. Hawking sought to answer the most elemental questions...

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About Me

Sara Sapadin is a rabbi and mother of four. Ordained by HUC-JIR, Sara currently serves as one of the rabbis at Temple Emanu-El in New York City, where her work primarily focuses on conversion, adult engagement, and interfaith initiatives. Sara has written for a number of Jewish publications and is also a proud contributor to The Sacred Calling: Four Decades of Women in the Rabbinate (CCAR Press).