Finding Our “Different Spirit” for Gay Pride Month
Join us at RS tomorrow, Wednesday, June 5 at 7:00 pm for Love and Let Love: The State of LGBT Civil Rights in Pennsylvania. When the Israelite scouts went to […]
Gay Pride Celebration and Advocacy at Rodeph Shalom and Beth Ahavah
This month, we affirm our Jewish values of justice and righteousness as we celebrate Gay Pride month. Congregation Rodeph Shalom and Congregation Beth Ahavah invite you to join us for […]
The Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art Opening “Mis/Constructed Identities: Exploring Jewish Stereotypes” and our Jewish Path
Is Judaism an ethnicity? A faith? A family? A few years ago, Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman visited as our scholar and guide for our congregation’s vision. He taught us that modern […]
Rules to Live By?
It’s graduation season. Those of us who have the opportunity to address a group of college graduates, high school graduates or Confirmation students consider how to reduce all of life’s […]
Call-In Day for Immigration Reform
On Tuesday, May 21, lift up your voices together and call your Senators and tell them that you support comprehensive immigration reform to address our nation’s broken system. Along with others […]
Ani Kinor: The Rodeph Shalom Orchestra
Cantor Erin Frankel Back in October, the Philadelphia Inquirer ran a profile of Yannick Nezet-Seguin, the new music director of the Philadelphia Orchestra. I was amazed to learn in the […]
Mark Bittman, Cheesecake and Shavuot Celebration
We were freed from the slavery of Egypt, not to wander aimlessly, but to discover our people’s purpose through Torah. Tues. evening and Wed., we celebrate the gift of the […]
Shabbat: A Metaphor for Meditation
At our congregation’s Jewish Meditation just before Shabbat 2 weeks ago, Moshe (Mel) Seligsohn shared this intention (join us for our final week of this series of Meditation this Friday, 5:00-5:30 pm, […]
All That I Am, I Will Not Deny: Women’s Voice and Sheryl Sandberg
Rabbi Laura Geller, the third female rabbi ordained in the United States, shared these reflections on the fiftieth anniversary of the publication of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique: “In 1979, I […]
Phila City Council Passes Landmark LGBT Equality Bill
Proud of last year’s Board resolution for Marriage Equality, Rodeph Shalom and Beth Ahavah (a historic GLBT congregation housed at RS) have been exploring advocacy opportunities to further civil rights […]