When Does Silence Become Complicity? – Rabbi Max Antman

Recorded live on July 10, 2026.

When does staying silent stop being neutral?

In this week's sermon on Parashat Matot-Masei, Rabbi Antman explores an ancient Torah law with a strikingly modern message: silence is never just the absence of words. Drawing on Jewish tradition, the Talmud, and recent Supreme Court dissents by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, he reflects on the moral responsibility to speak out when our values are at stake.

What do we owe our communities, our leaders, and one another? And when does choosing not to object make us complicit?

This sermon is a powerful invitation to find the courage to use our voices—even when speaking up is uncomfortable, unpopular, or comes at a cost.