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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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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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What is Old, Make New; What is New, Make Holy*

June 14, 2017 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Bulletin Article

     I am so pleased to share with our RS congregants: “Lunch with Rabbi Maderer– Engaging with our New Senior Rabbi.” The Rodeph Shalom community and I have shared […]

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To Raise Dust with Our Feet: Opening Up Our Definition of Spirituality

December 18, 2016 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Community

(delivered by Rabbi Maderer at Shabbat service 12/18/16)  Last week I shared with you a time when I lived in the suburbs and my family overdid it in the area […]

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“Praise God, even if God takes your life”

November 15, 2016 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Adult Education

Thank you to RS Board member David Mandell, ScD, for offering these words on the post-election world, gratitude, and a congregational learning opportunity. “Praise God, even if God takes your […]

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Our Concealed Shortcomings: On Bias and Race

October 13, 2016 Posted By: Rabbi Jill Maderer Community

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 […]

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