Our Concealed Shortcomings: On Bias and Race
delivered by Rabbi Jill Maderer, Yom Kippur, Congregation Rodeph Shalom A story I love, from Rabbi Nachman of Brazslav. A young woman visits her family and shares that […]
delivered by Rabbi Jill Maderer, Yom Kippur, Congregation Rodeph Shalom A story I love, from Rabbi Nachman of Brazslav. A young woman visits her family and shares that […]
You may have noticed that our country is in a national election season! As a religious not-for-profit institution, we are very cautious to remain distant from endorsing or opposing candidates […]
This week, my 10-year old son reflected with me about a wonderful lesson in his class at Berkman Mercaz Limud (our religious school). The 4th graders learned about the siren […]
I have been horrified and heartbroken to hear hate speech spoken, and worse, accepted without repercussion, in so many circles of American life. From the anti-Israel and anti-Semitic “scholarship” and […]
This Passover (Passover celebration resources, here), as we celebrate our exodus from Egypt as refugees seeking freedom in a promised land, let’s also think of the refugees today escaping the […]
To what degree do you feel like you live in a bubble of people who are just like you? How often do you encounter people who challenge your assumptions, stretch […]
Passover is coming! Are you looking for resources? Start to eat down your bread, get your post-it’s ready if you’re preparing a seder, and check these out! A sweet Pesach […]
Thank you to our RS teen, Ella Komita Moussa, for creating this great resource sheet on mental illness and addiction for our evening with Patrick Kennedy Tues., April 12, 7:00pm! file:///C:/Users/Jill/Downloads/RS%20Lecture%20(1).pdf
Delivered this Shabbat in anticipation of former Congressman Patrick Kennedy’s upcoming talk at RS about mental health/addiction parity and de-stigmatization. At some point during my adolescent years, my father came […]
In former congressperson Patrick Kennedy’s Memoir, A Common Struggle: A Personal Journey through the Past and Future of Mental Illness and Addiction, he describes a scene that took […]