Rabbi Mark Glickman
Temple B’nai Tikvah welcomed Rabbi Mark S. Glickman as our Rabbi in July 2016. Rabbi Glickman previously served as the interim rabbi of Beth Shalom Synagogue in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He has also served congregations in Ohio, Washington State, and Colorado. In addition, Rabbi Glickman has been a religion columnist for the Seattle Times and the Tacoma News Tribune and has served on the faculties of Pacific Lutheran University and Seattle University.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio and raised in suburban Chicago, Rabbi Glickman graduated cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis in 1985. He received his rabbinical ordination from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati in 1990. His first book Sacred Treasure: The Cairo Genizah (Jewish Lights Publishing) was published in 2011. His second book Stolen Words: The Nazi Plunder of Jewish Books (Jewish Publication Society) was released in 2016.
On January 1, 2000, the Tacoma News Tribune named Rabbi Glickman one of the “20 People to Watch for the Century.”
Rabbi Glickman and his wife Caron have four children: Shoshana, Jacob, Kyleigh, and Taylor.
Recent Sermons
2024/5785
- On Humility (Yom Kippur 2024/5784)
- On the Value of Curiosity (Kol Nidre 2024/5785)
- Meet Robert; Meet Jessica: The Challenge of Jewish Diversity During Difficult Times (Rosh Hashanah 2024/5785)
- Sowing in Tears (Erev Rosh Hashanah 2024/5785)
2023/5784
- Standing with Israel in a Time of Need (Hatikvah: A Shabbat Service in Solidarity with Israel, October 13, 2023)
- Be a Person: Judaism, Humanity and the Sacred Demands of our New AI World (Yom Kippur 2023/5784)
- The Great Principle of Torah (Kol Nidre 2023/5784)
- Truth, Knowledge, and Hope: Jewish Responses to a Warming World (Rosh Hashanah 2023/5784)
- Shalom on the Shelf (Erev Rosh Hashanah 2023/5784)
2022/5783
- Forgiveness Doesn’t Matter (Yom Kippur 2022/5783)
- How to Fear … Jewishly (Kol Nidre 2022/5783)
- The Other Story Is-real, Too: On Learning from Other Canadians About the Jewish State (Rosh Hashanah 2022/5783)
- On the Virtue of Being Yourself (Erev Rosh Hashanah 2022/5783)
2021/5782
- Masks: They’re Just Not for Purim Anymore (Yom Kippur 2021/5782)
- Interesting Times? No, Wonderful Times! (Kol Nidre 2021/5782)
- Heal Us Now (Rosh Hashanah 2021/5782)
- A New Year for the Birds (Erev Rosh Hashanah 2021/5782)
2020/5781
- The Double Whammy (Yom Kippur 2020/5781)
- On Becoming Moonies (Kol Nidre 2020/5781)
- From Us-Them to Us-Us (Rosh Hashanah 2020/5781)
- 5781: Year of Mystery, Year of Hope (Erev Rosh Hashanah 2020/5781)
2019/5780
- On Apology (Yom Kippur 2019/5780)
- Conversations With Betty: The Challenge of Deep Compassion (Kol Nidre 2019/5780)
- Israel and Zionism: An Invitation to Talk (Rosh Hashanah 2019/5780)
- Big Little Things (Erev Rosh Hashanah 2019/5780)
2018/5779
- Sacred Arguing in an Age of Conflict (Yom Kippur 2018/5779)
- Mysteries Reveals in a Teriyaki Restaurant (Kol Nidre 2018/5779)
- Scrolling Forward: The Torah, Its Role in Jewish Life, and Our Next 40 Years (Rosh HaShanah 2018/5779)
- The Magnificent Fruit Plate: Why I’m Proud to be a Reform Jew, and Why You Should Be, Too (Erev Rosh HaShanah 2018/5779)
2017/5778
- Forgiveness: When to Do It and Why It’s Important (Yom Kippur 2017/5778)
- Flowers for the Future: The Blessing of a Mitzvah-Filled Life (Kol Nidre 2017/5778)
- The Real Real Thing: Judaism and the Messiah (Rosh HaShanah 2017/5778)
- What I Should Have Said Over Lunch: 15 Reflections About God and Life (Erev Rosh HaShanah 2017/5778)
2016/5777
- Installation Sermon (November 18, 2016)
- Inscribe These Words: Judaism and the Power of the Writing (Yom Kippur 2016/5777)
- No, It’s Not OK: On The Morality of Not Forgiving (Kol Nidre 2016/5777)
- Blasting our Way out of Time (Rosh HaShanah 2016/5777)
- Looking Up, Looking Down: Lessons on Imagination from 2,000 Feet (Erev Rosh HaShanah 2016/5777)