Reform Zionism: Shaping a Zionism That Reflects Who We Are
Maybe you’ve heard this one: The Chief Rabbi of Israel and the Pope are in a meeting in Rome. The Rabbi notices an unusually fancy phone in the Pope’s private […]
Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month
It was a few days before our Berman Mercaz Limud model seder. As I was heading home for the day, I said to Rabbi Maderer in passing, “I’m off to […]
Shabbat With Noah Aronson
Shabbat with Renowned Composer & Musician, Noah Aronson, on Friday, December 2 @ 6pm Sponsored by the Miles Jellinek Memorial Fund “Noah Aronson performs with joy, passion and a rich […]
Sermon for Erev Rosh HaShanah 5777 – Hakarat HaTov (Remembering the Good)
I’m sick and tired of all this sin and repentance stuff! I know, it’s only Erev Rosh Hashanah, we haven’t even gotten to Yom Kippur yet. But every year, it’s […]
Celebrate Children’s Sabbath
Help us Celebrate Philadelphia’s 23rd Annual Children’s Sabbath on Sunday, October 16 @ 3pm at Rodeph Shalom In Rab’s day, there was a teacher whose prayer for the rain was […]
Ben-Zion’s 80th Birthday Greetings
Girls and boys , we have won a lottery ! Yes , we have won a lottery. Which one , you wonder ? The SUPREME lottery . . Being Born […]
Campers, College-Bound and All Of Us: Just Be Who You Are
When the clergy decided to focus our summer Divrei Torah on profiles in Jewish Living, with a weekly look at an inspiring Jewish public figure, I could have guessed that […]
RS Common Ground Farmers’ Market
Important Facts About the Common Ground Farmers’ Market Well, it’s a farmers market. So that means all of your produce is fresh and local. It also means that you can […]
A Prayer for Love
Delivered by Cantor Frankel on June 17: Hashkiveinu Adonai Eloheinu L’Shalom, V’haamideinu Shomreinu L’chayim, Let us lie down in peace O God and rise up, our guardian, to life renewed. […]
RS in the URJ Resource Guide
Fran Martin’s article on Boomers at Rodeph Shalom was just published in URJ’s A Resource and Discussion Guide to Move Your Congregation Forward. Boomers in Transition: How Our Synagogue Meets […]