If These Walls Could Talk: 90 Years in the Sanctuary
Delivered by Rabbi Maderer Rosh Hashanah morning Some of you may have known one of Rodeph Shalom’s oldest, long-time members, Floss Feder, of blessed memory. In my last visit with […]
For All These Sins: Gender Justice and Learning from Me Too
Delivered by Rabbi Jill Maderer, Kol Nidre Avinu Malkenu: We have strayed and sinned before you. Anachnu chatanu/ We have done wrong. Al chet shechatanu lifanecha– For our sins, our […]
Erev Rosh Hashanah 5779 – Civic Engagement
Sermon given on Sunday, September 9 by Rabbi Eli Freedman HaYom Harat Olam; today is the birthday of the world. Tonight, Erev Rosh Hashanah, we begin the New Year of […]
Parental Leave is a Jewish Issue
I was on the phone with a friend last week after an especially long day watching Josephine and our new addition, Nora, all by myself. My friend asked, “So how […]
Mental Health Awareness
Earlier this summer, some high profile suicide deaths tragically reminded many of us of the critical, life-saving importance of mental health and mental health resources for this public health issue. […]
Parashat K’doshim: Happiness vs. Meaning
This past Wednesday night, we had the unique opportunity to host Anat Hoffman, a civil rights pioneer in Israel. Through her organizations, Women of the Wall and the Israeli Religious […]
Do Not Stand Idly By: A Different Focus for Gun Reform
In an intimate scene in parashat Ki Tisa, God says to Moses: “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and the grace that I grant and the compassion […]
We Are Crossing to the Other Side: Rabbi Maderer’s Message at the Philadelphia Women’s March 2018
Shabbat shalom! Today, I am grateful to gather—we who call God many different names, and we who choose not to call to God at all—I am grateful to gather together […]
Take the Long Road
As many of you know, I just returned from leading 18 teens to Israel along with our youth engagement coordinator, Jenn Reiss. On our first full day, after an amazing […]
Yerushalayim Shel Barzel (Jerusalem of Iron)
Naomi Shemer, hailed as the “first lady of Israeli song and poetry” is perhaps most famous for her song “Yerushlayim Shel Zahav” (“Jerusalem of Gold”) written in 1967 and often […]