delivered by Rabbi Jill Maderer Yom Kippur morning So… Who lives in the Pope traffic box? Me, too. Although logistically complicated, I appreciate that this is […]
As we watch the horrifying photos and learn of the terrifying plight of the Syrian refugees, we know that we cannot turn away. As Jews, remembering our people who sought […]
Picture the scene: Thousands of African-Americans marching in the South for civil rights. Marching arm in arm, their voices raised in songs of protest. There are some white allies in […]
High Holy Days Services for Families with Young Children Contemporary Multi-generational Morning Services Requires a “pass”; please contact Catherine Fischer cfischer@rodephshalom.org to become a member or prospective member and get […]
I believe there are some of you here who are in the dating world, hoping to meet someone special. I thought of you when I read a recent column by […]
What is the point of being in touch with our vulnerability, as Jews are pushed to do during the High Holy Day season? Encountering the High Holy Day Prayer Book […]
“On the Jewish High Holy Days, should we be praying mostly for the Jewish people, or for all humankind?” One of the innovations of the Reform Movement’s new High Holy […]
“How can we use the month of Elul to prepare to turn the wrongs we have done into merits?” [From Mishkan HaNefesh, Yom Kippur service, new Reform High Holy Day […]
by Rabbi Jill Maderer So… Who is in the box? Who’s home falls in the Center City travel box when our special guest, the Pope, visits Philadelphia this fall? Me, […]
Torah reading: Deut 10:12-14 What does the Pope’s encyclical mean for the Jewish community? Text : The morning wind forever blows, the poem of creation is uninterrupted; but few […]
