By Catherine Fischer, Director of Programming and Membership The Torah, our Jewish guide to living, teaches over and over again, more times than any other mitzvah (commandment), that we are […]
By Rabbi Jill Maderer This Friday, we continued our Shabbat summer series “Spiritual Power in Prayer” with a text that focuses on the one-line introduction to the Amidah: “O Lord, […]
By Rabbi Jill Maderer For generations and generations, Jewish communities have engaged a sofer (scribe) to pen a Torah scroll. Each scribe follows extremely specific regulations in order to make the […]
By Jody Kidwell, Cantorial Soloist Last Shabbat, Rodeph Shalom had some uninvited “guests” on the sidewalk. The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) of Topeka, Kansas came to Philadelphia to stage protests at […]
by Rabbi Jill Maderer What kinds of questions can Jewish art challenge us to face? This week’s new RS Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art (PMJA) show inspires its curator, Matt […]
By Rabbi William I. Kuhn Our Friday night Summer Casual Services are off to a great start. These are one hour services, casual dress, fun atmosphere, great discussion topics, lots of […]
What are Zionism and Anti-Zionism and why a standard of universal ethics is an inherently Anti Zionist position. I plea for some lefty intellectual Anti Zionist out there to answer the question, "What happens to the Jews the day after one-man, one-vote includes 6 million Palestinians and only 5.3 million...
by Rabbi Jill Maderer Last night, Abe Foxman, the National Director of the Anti-Defamation League, spoke with a small group of Rodeph Shalom members. His visit was a last-minute arrangement and […]
Progressive Judaism celebrates a ground-breaking success of Jewish pluralism and religious freedom in Israel
Are new parents in my generation simply influenced by a character on the popular television show, "Friends," who named her daughter, Emma?
