by Rabbi Jill Maderer Is it enough to confess to God?  What if it’s too messy to mend a relationship with a person?  Last Friday night, our Interfaith Families Connection Group hosted […]

Can you name the first female rabbi? It’s a trick question, because almost 20 years ago, the answer changed. Most people familiar with the history of the rabbinate or Jewish […]

Separation of Church and State in Israel has never been achieved, and more than ever before, religious pluralism is under attack.    CONVERSION BILL: Leaders of the Reform Movement have been […]

JStreet V.P. Rachel Lerner’s remarks to Presbyterian Church video. JTA article “Facing Confrontation on Israel: Presbyterian Church Manages a Compromise.” Last week, the Presbyterian Church’s leadership met at their 2010 Assembly.  […]

The Buerger Early Learning Center: A Joint Program of Congregation Rodeph Shalom and Federation Early Learning Services, is preparing to open! There will be an Open House for parents interested […]

An interesting article caught the eye of RS member Matt Olesh.  A recent CNSNews.com piece, “Jewish Clergy Group: Elena Kagan Isn’t ‘Kosher’ to Serve on Supreme Court” reports on the […]

by Rabbi Jill Maderer In his recent New York Review of Books essay, “The Failure of the American Jewish Establishment,” Peter Beinart, professor of journalism and political science at CUNY, […]

by Rabbi Jill Maderer “My House Shall Be Called a House of Prayer for All People.”  All people?  What does the prophet Isaiah mean when he says “all people?”  We […]

Our RS members Amy and Keith Sutter are entering their last few months of their year of travel.  We have been following their adventures on their blog “Green Around the […]

One of the most common questions I am asked: Is the Torah true?  Did it happen?  Our liberal Jewish community is compelled to seek meaning in the Torah and understand […]