Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman
Rabbi Harley Karz-Wagman is the spiritual leader of Mount Sinai Synagogue in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He also serves the Laramie Jewish Community Center and teaches at Laramie County Community College. Ordained in 1984 through the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Cincinnati, Ohio), he served as Rabbi for Temple of Israel in Wilmington, North Carolina; Temple Beth Or in Everett, Washington; and Congregation House of Israel in Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he was also Chaplain for Levi Hospital, Levi Hospice, and Levi Towers (B’nai B’rith) Retirement Community. Before that, he was a Director of Hillel (serving Jews on college campuses) at Tulane University, the University of Arizona, and the University of Colorado. A native of Los Angeles, Rabbi Karz-Wagman practiced for five years as an attorney, after graduating UCLA School of Law.
Rabbi Karz-Wagman’s community activism includes: organizing and teaching for Holocaust Education Committees; creating groups to celebrate diversity and fight prejudice; as well as leadership roles for -- Israel advocacy; domestic violence; interfaith education; and United Way.
His wife, Barbara, currently works for Wells Fargo Bank in Cheyenne. She previously worked in fund raising and non-profit management for American Red Cross, Arthritis Foundation, Jewish Federations, and Levi Hospital, as well as management and sales positions for Bank of America. They have two sons -- Daniel, a San Francisco based musician, audio-visual technician, and graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston; and Noah, who earned a degree in economics from the University of Washington and works in finance for a national children’s clothing company, in Seattle. Still living at home are their two dogs, Windy and Maya.
Sermon for Rosh Hashanah Evening 5768 - Images of God
Passover – Freedom Challenges our Status Quo
Torah Commentaries
2012 Torah Commentaries
January 27, 2012 - Procrastination and other Bad Habits
January 21, 2012 - Parashat Bo
January 14, 2012 - Fear of God over Pharoah
2011 Torah Commentaries
Torah Comments - Vayigash - December 30, 2011
Torah Comments - Torah Miketz - December 24, 2011
Torah Comments - Torah Vayeishev - December 17, 2011
Torah Comments - Vayishlach - December 10, 2011
Torah Comments - Vayetze - December 3, 2011
Torah Comments - Genesis - November 11, 2011
Torah Comments - Lech Lecha - November 4, 2011
Torah Comments - Ki Tavo - September 17, 2011
Torah Comments - Ki Titze - September 10, 2011
Torah Comments - Shoftim - August 27, 2011
Torah Comments - Eikev - August 20, 2011
Torah Comments - V’etchanan - August 13, 2011
Torah Comments - Devarim - July 22, 2011
Torah Comments - Pinchas - July 16, 2011
Torah Comments - Balak - July 9, 2011
Torah Comments - Korach, July 4th and Zionism - June 25, 2011
Torah Comments - Shelach Lecha - June 18, 2011
Torah Comments - Beha’alotecha - June 11, 2011
Torah Comments - Naso Numbers 5:11 to 30 - June 4, 2011
Torah Comments - Bamidbar - May 28, 2011
Torah Comments - B’chukotai - May 21, 2011
Torah Comments - Jubilee as model for peace among Israel and Arabs - May 14, 2011
Torah Comments - Shabbat of Chol Hamoed Pesach - April 23, 2011
Torah Comments - Acharei Mot - The Scapegoat - April 16, 2011
Torah Comments - Tazria - April 2, 2011
Torah Comments - Tzav - March 11, 2011
Torah Comments - Vayikra - March 4, 2011
Torah Comments - Vayakhel - February 25, 2011
Torah Comments - Tetzaveh - February 11, 2011
Torah Comments – Trumah 5771 A Sacred Canopy with Links for Global Development - February 4, 2011
Torah Comments on Mishpatim, Exodus 21 – 24 “Eye for an Eye”- January 21, 2011
Torah Comments for B’shalach - January 14, 2011
2010 Torah Commentaries
Vaeira - Why We Harden Our Hearts for Prejudice - December 31, 2010
Shemot - Moses, our Role Model, and the Bush - December 24, 2010
Torah Vayechi - Fragility of Family Reconciliations - December 17, 2010
Introduction to Vayigash - Reconciling with Family, or, at least “Drawing Closer - December 10, 2010
Hanukah 5771/ 2010 - November 27, 2010 |
