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Rabbi Jill Maderer: “The Progressive Zionist Voice on the anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s Assassination”

Last week global Jewry reclaimed the righteousness of progressive Zionism at the World Zionist Congress.  I was honored to be…

Rabbi Emeritus Bill Kuhn Yom Kippur 5786 Address

Thank you, Rabbi Maderer for inviting me to speak today.  And I’d like to thank all of you for remaining…

Rabbi Emeritus Alan Fuchs Yom Kippur 5786 Address

Avinu Malkeinu, shema koleinu – Almighty and Merciful, hear our voice. Yom Kippur traditionally is a time of repentance, of…

RS President Jon Broder Yom Kippur 5786 Address

“Today you are all standing before the Lord your God.” (Deut. 29:9). “Do not separate yourself from the community”. (Pirkei…

Rabbi Freedman Yom Kippur 5786 Sermon: Firgun

Gut Yunteif. This summer, my daughter Nora came home from JCC Camps at Medford beaming. She had just finished Color…

Rabbi Maderer Kol Nidre 5786 Sermon: Fearing God, Only God: Spiritual Moral Courage

  I had read about the Nazi book-burning, but only when I saw the memorial with my own eyes could…

Rabbi Maderer Rosh Hashanah 5786 Sermon: Transcending the Harshness: Sacred Community in a Ferocious World

I trust you have heard the theory of 6 degrees of separation – the premise that all the world is…

Rabbi Freedman Erev Rosh Hashanah 5786 Sermon: Immigration, Dehumanization & Invisibility

Shanah Tovah. I want to begin tonight with a story from almost 20 years ago during my rabbinical school days,…

RS Security Update 6/11/2025

Congregation Rodeph Shalom, as a community, has been working together over the past several years to strike the right balance…

Update on the Search for a New Executive Director for RS

After years of extraordinary service, Executive Director Jeff Katz will retire in June. Our dedicated Search Committee, co-chaired by David…

RS President Jon Broder High Holy Days President's Address

A little over one year ago, I stood before you as the new President of Rodeph Shalom. We were still…