A Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious
Tuesdays, August 12, 19 & 26 @ 6-8pm
Invite your friends and family to experience a “A Taste of Judaism: Are you Curious?”, a FREE, three session program open to unaffiliated only - Jews or non-Jews - all are welcome. For more information contact Catherine Fischer at 215-627-6747x46 or email at [email protected]. Taste of Judaism was created by the Union for Reform Judaism.
A Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious
Tuesdays, August 12, 19 & 26 @ 6-8pm
Invite your friends and family to experience a “A Taste of Judaism: Are you Curious?”, a FREE, three session program open to unaffiliated only - Jews or non-Jews - all are welcome. For more information contact Catherine Fischer at 215-627-6747x46 or email at [email protected]. Taste of Judaism was created by the Union for Reform Judaism.
Join us for this special dinner that celebrates the BA/RS spirit of diversity and support of LGBT freedom. The dinner following services will include an awards ceremony honoring:
Fred Strober and Eve Miller for their work and advocacy in support of LGBT rights, freedom and their contributions to making Rodeph Shalom a welcoming community.
A Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious
Tuesdays, August 12, 19 & 26 @ 6-8pm
Invite your friends and family to experience a “A Taste of Judaism: Are you Curious?”, a FREE, three session program open to unaffiliated only - Jews or non-Jews - all are welcome. For more information contact Catherine Fischer at 215-627-6747x46 or email at [email protected]. Taste of Judaism was created by the Union for Reform Judaism.
Wednesday, April 30 @ 7pm
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Hunger and Thirst in the Jewish World: Poverty, Food Insecurity and the Search for Community Speaker: DOV BEN-SHIMON, Executive Director of Strategic Partnerships for JDC
(American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee)
Witness to the Holocaust: Learning from a Survivor
Ralph Franklin was born in 1928 in Schlochau, Germany. During Kristallnacht, November 9-10, 1938, Ralph's teacher told him to return home because he was prohibited from attending a public school. When he arrived home the Gestapo was arresting his father and uncle. They were sent to the Sachsenhausen concentration camp.
This educational program has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Congregation Rodeph Shalom is a Reform congregation in Center City Philadelphia. As an inclusive community, we offer services, opportunities to engage & activities for a diverse population, including interfaith couples & individuals of varied backgrounds and sexual orientations.
Join us every Friday at 6pm when we come together to welcome Shabbat with a service which is participatory, warm, inclusive, welcoming, spiritual and meaningful, which helps everyone connect with each other, with the soul of Jewish prayer, and with God.
Buerger Early Learing Center at Rodeph Shalom is partnered with Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a leading national provider of early education and preschools. We provide a full day early childcare program for ages 6 weeks through 5 years old. Operating all year long from 8:00am to 6:00pm, we offer a warm and nurturing learning environment that weaves Jewish values and traditions into our everyday curriculum.
Our Jewish Learning Center engages students from Pre-K through 12th grade in living a Jewish life with knowledge and meaning. This year, re-imagined t'filah experiences for children in Pre-K through 7th grade, renovated spaces for teens and pre-teens, and new curriculum on Israel, God, and Torah, enrich the Berkman Mercaz Limud experience.
The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, located within historic Congregation Rodeph Shalom is dedicated to exhibiting contemporary art that illuminates the Jewish experience.
Learn about our many opportunities to engage at Rodeph Shalom.
Wednesday, November 28 at 7:00pm
This update on the current issues around immigration influences how we can have an impact. Panelists: Blanca Pacheco (New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia), Philippe Weisz (Managing Attorney, HIAS Pennsylvania, and RS congregant), Rabbi Chuck Briskin (co-chair of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism’s Immigrant Justice Campaign).
Friday, December 7 at 5:45pm
Bring your Hanukkiah and together, we will light them at 5:45pm before the 6:00pm Shabbat evening service. Following the service, join together at a Community Shabbat Dinner. $20/adult, $10/child. After November 28, the price is $25/adult, $10/child. New member families will be welcomed during the Shabbat service. RSVP here.
Wednesday, December 12
An opportunity for congregants to study together–Jewish topics or secular topics through a Jewish lens– to deepen profound connections to self, others, synagogue, Judaism, and God. Click here to see a list of classes & presenters. Register here
Reflect on life at RS today and its deep roots to our past. Upcoming events on our year-long celebration include:
Attend the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art Opening Reception & Artist Talk on Thursday, December 6 at 6:00pm with Diane Burko, Artist & Environmental Activist as examines the role of tikkun olam as it relates to climate change. Curated by Cynthia Haveson Veloric. Following the artist talk, join together for the Annual Latke/Vodka Fundraiser. RSVP for Latke/Vodka here.
In commemoration of the 90th anniversary of the RS sanctuary, our Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art docents will offer 45-minute tours of various parts of the 1928 building. Congregants are guaranteed to learn surprising history, architectural lessons, and fun facts. Tours will be given on Fridays, November 9, 16, 23, and 30 at 5:00pm and 7:15pm from the Levitt Gershman Lobby on Green Street. RSVPs required. RSVP here
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