Toast for Trees
On June 23, the Young Friends of Rodeph Shalom hosted the Toast for Trees fundraiser to directly benefit the Buerger Early Learning Center, making it a better and greener place for kids to […]
On June 23, the Young Friends of Rodeph Shalom hosted the Toast for Trees fundraiser to directly benefit the Buerger Early Learning Center, making it a better and greener place for kids to […]
By Fred Strober, RS President I’m the first to admit it: I have a horrible singing voice. It’s easier for me to carry a 100 pound sack of flour than […]
By Fred Strober, RS President The weekend of March 4th through 6th is an important one for Rodeph Shalom. It represents a critical point in the “Visioning Initiative” that your clergy and […]
by Frederick D. Strober Rodeph Shalom President When I was 25, I wound up in a unique place, doing my best to help. In October, 1973, I visited Israel for […]
Meditations for Each Night of Chanukah (If you have special readings or traditions for Chanukah, please share them with us.) FREEDOM – – First Night: We kindle these Chanukah Lights […]
Mention the name Doris Garrett to any Rodeph Shalom long-time congregant and you will get the same reaction as that expressed by Ivan Gable upon hearing of her death on […]
By Catherine Fischer, Director of Programming and Membership The Torah, our Jewish guide to living, teaches over and over again, more times than any other mitzvah (commandment), that we are […]
By Jody Kidwell, Cantorial Soloist Last Shabbat, Rodeph Shalom had some uninvited “guests” on the sidewalk. The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) of Topeka, Kansas came to Philadelphia to stage protests at […]
Progressive Judaism celebrates a ground-breaking success of Jewish pluralism and religious freedom in Israel
Are new parents in my generation simply influenced by a character on the popular television show, "Friends," who named her daughter, Emma?