Remarks at Catherine’s Dinner by Michael Hauptman
Catherine and I first met over coffee at the Starbucks at 16th & Arch in January 2008. She was the newly hired Membership Director, and I was Membership Chair. We […]
Remarks about Catherine Fischer by Hank Bernstein
On behalf of the Congregation, thank you Catherine and Richard for your amazing gift—establishing and funding the Community Engagement Innovation Fund. We’re here to celebrate and honor Catherine for all […]
Celebrating Catherine–Remarks from Fran Martin
Hello. Hello. As you are settling in, finding your people, your table and getting your food, I want to not only officially welcome you all to this stunning Celebrating of […]
Parashat Bo: World Zionist Congress Elections
Rabbi Freedman delivered this sermon at Shabbat evening service on January 31. We are still in Egypt. In this week’s Torah portion, we learn about the final three plagues, and […]
Immersed in the Waters of Torah: Responding to Antisemitism by Living Full Jewish Lives
Delivered by Rabbi Jill Maderer at Shabbat service on 1/3/2020. The lights of Hanukkah now dim, I can see as clearly as ever, how desperately the world needs our […]
A Giant Step In The Right Direction: A Long Road Remains Ahead
By Doug Rosenblum, Chair of the Rodeph Shalom Gun Violence Prevention Task Force In the wake of the Sandy Hook tragedy in 2012, the clergy of Rodeph Shalom convened a […]
The Covenant Reimagined with a More Savvy Abraham
By Carl W. Schneider* God’s first words to Abram (whose name had not yet changed to Abraham) in their initial communication were “Go forth…to a land that I will show […]
A Part of Something Greater Than Ourselves
Rabbi Jill Maderer wrote this article for the December Bulletin. I can picture, as a young child, sitting at my family’s Shabbat table on an evening when our Rabbi was […]
Reform Zionism: Rooted in Caring for Ourselves & Caring for the Other
Rabbi Jill Maderer wrote this article for the November RS Bulletin. I recently had the joy of co-leading a discussion in our 6th grade, along with Rabbi Freedman, during Berkman […]
Brit Olam: A Covenant With Our World
Rabbi Eli Freedman delivered this sermon during the Yom Kippur morning services. According to the Torah, who were the first Jews? I heard some Adam and Eves, I heard some […]