The Clenched Fist or Guiding Hand of Self Judgment
by Rabbi Jill Maderer (Yom Kippur sermon delivered 9/28/09) Picture an old, bearded rabbi, sitting at the entrance to a Jewish cemetery on Long Island. In Tony Kushner’s play, Angels […]
by Rabbi Jill Maderer (Yom Kippur sermon delivered 9/28/09) Picture an old, bearded rabbi, sitting at the entrance to a Jewish cemetery on Long Island. In Tony Kushner’s play, Angels […]
by Rabbi Jill Maderer (Kol Nidre sermon delivered 9/27/09) “This evening I let my emotions get the best of me,” Congressman Joe Wilson said in a statement to the press. […]
By Rabbi Jill Maderer (Rosh Hashanah sermon delivered 9/19/09) “What’s on your mind?” asks Facebook. “Share and discover what’s happening right now, anywhere in the world,” invites Twitter. “Broadcast yourself,” challenges Youtube. […]
By Rabbi Jill Maderer L’shanah tovah umetukah. We wish each other a good and sweet new year. Typically, we celebrate our hope for a sweet new year by eating apples […]
By Rabbi William Kuhn Apples and honey are perfect symbols for the beginning of the Jewish New Year, because the sweetness of the apples is intensified by the honey taste […]
Rabbi Jill L. Maderer At last night’s “Taste of the New Year,” Philadelphia’s wine-tasting and synagogue-matching program for young adults, I met many people who are seeking a congregation. If […]
by Rabbi Jill Maderer How much do you want to reveal? How much do you want to know? A current debate about social networking gets to the heart about […]
By Catherine Fischer, Director of Programming and Membership The Torah, our Jewish guide to living, teaches over and over again, more times than any other mitzvah (commandment), that we are […]