Crowd Sourcing Sermon Topic for July 11
For the sermon on Friday, July 11, our clergy will be drawing inspiration from your comments to the question: “When have you taken a risk and done something outside your […]
Three Kidnapped Israeli Boys Found Dead Outside Hebron
‘A Voice Says: Cry Out! And I Say: What Shall I Cry?’ (Isaiah 40:6) With the discovery of the bodies of the three kidnapped and murdered students, Gilad Shaar, Naftali […]
The Presbyterian Church’s Divestment Decision and Jewish Community Response of Multi-faith Coalition
Thank you to URJ president Rabbi Rick Jacobs, who on CNN shared that in his address to the leaders of the Presbyterian Church, he explained the pain their decision to divest from […]
Crowd Sourcing Sermon Topic for July 4
For the sermon on Friday, July 4, our clergy will be drawing inspiration from your comments to the question: Have you ever felt that food is sacred? How does food […]
Crowd Sourcing Sermons
Imagine that you are a member of the Rodeph Shalom clergy team, and you could tap into the collective wisdom of our congregation to help you write your sermons this […]
The Work Of Jim Winters as discussed on ReformJudaism.org
A continuing theme running through the book of Exodus is the coming and going of both Moses and God. After the lengthy drama of the Exodus, Moses disappears up the […]
God Made You Holy: Buerger Early Learning Center Graduation poem
Rabbi Jill Maderer’s Blessing to the Buerger Early Learning Center Graduates, Congregation Rodeph Shalom, 2014 (Inspired by this year’s Dr. Seuss week…) The sun did not shine, It was […]
When Are We Afraid of the Wrong Thing?
Compelled by stories of catastrophe, novelist Karen Thomson Walker, recently (TED Talk) offered an interpretation of the story of the Whaleship Essex. In 1820, 3000 miles off the coast of […]
Counting the Omer: I stand with Ruth
On this final day of the Omer as we enter Shavuot and read the Book of Ruth, we reflect upon her immigration into the land and people of Israel, the loving-kindness with […]
Counting the Omer: To Go Up the Mountain and Really Be There
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY%3Fenablejsapi%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent%26rel%3D0%26showinfo%3D0 This Tuesday evening-Wednesday, June 3-4, the counting of the Omer concludes and Shavuot arrives with our Shavuot Night of Study (7pm). For all of you who have been counting […]