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Loyalty: To Bigotry No Sanction, Washington’s Slave Quarters, and the Holy Ground of Our Nation’s Struggle

August 25, 2019 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Community

Rabbi Maderer delivered this D’var Torah on Shabbat, 8/23                   Two days ago, the Reform Movement’s rabbinic arm released the following statement: “The […]

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Staying at the Table: The Women’s March and Anti-Semitism

January 13, 2019 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Community

This week’s Torah portion, Bo, includes a text from the Passover seder.  Through my family’s seder table ruckus, I always hear the special emphasis my family reads in this part. […]

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We Are Crossing to the Other Side: Rabbi Maderer’s Message at the Philadelphia Women’s March 2018

January 20, 2018 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Bulletin Article

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 […]

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Our Jewish Leadership Responding to #MeToo and Time’s Up​

January 16, 2018 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Bulletin Article

How has this sexual harassment and assault season of “Me Too” and “Time’s Up” had an impact on the way you think about our society, your social and professional circles, […]

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Installation: May We Enter in Thanks

November 9, 2017 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Bulletin Article

In the words inscribed on my tallit, taken from Psalms: Pitchu li sha-arey tzedek, avovam odeh-ya/Open for me the gates of righteousness and I will enter in thanks.  As I […]

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The Tower of Babel, Anita Hill, Unchecked Power, and the #MeToo’s of Sexual Harassment

October 21, 2017 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Community

We have seen the words, “Me Too” on our computer screens all week long.  In the wake of the most recent sexual harassment reports, actress Alyssa Milano tweeted: “If you’ve […]

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Neighbor is a Moral Concept* (Kol Nidrei 2017)

October 1, 2017 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Community

Or zarua latzadik / Light is sown for the righteous**, words we just sang as the introduction to Kol Nidrei. This Yom Kippur, we search for the light of righteousness […]

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When do we walk the path together?: Discernment in Establishing Coalitions

August 19, 2017 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Community

“See this day, I set before you, bracha uklalah — blessing and curse” (Deut 11:26).  It’s one or the other.  Elie Wiesel taught us: “We must take sides. Neutrality helps […]

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Whoever is in Pain, Lead Him to the Physician*

July 2, 2017 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Community

The 7-year old boy’s heart begins to beat faster as he listens to the story of Abraham preparing to sacrifice his son, Isaac.  The boy actually begins to sob with […]

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Resolution of the Board of Trustees of Congregation Rodeph Shalom concerning Egalitarian Prayer at the Western Wall and Conversion in the State of Israel – June 27, 2017

June 28, 2017 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Community

Resolution of the Board of Trustees of Congregation Rodeph Shalom concerning Egalitarian Prayer at the Western Wall and Conversion in the State of Israel – June 27, 2017 Background: This […]

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