Our rabbis joined the end of year celebration at the Buerger Early Learning Center wth Shabbat Blessings, which was almost as exciting as the fire engine, water ice and face painting.
Check out more pictures at Rodeph Shalom’s facebook page.
This Shabbat’s Profound Moment
This Shabbat, we continue our Understanding Profound Moments series with Michael Hauptman’s presentation and Rabbi Freedman’s teaching. Please join us tonight at 5:30pm for pre-oneg and blessings and 6:00pm for the service.
Thank you to all who have already presented! Last week, Fred Strober shared a beautiful moment that he experienced in Amsterdam. Holly Lentz Kleeman’s presentation from the first week of the series is now on the blog in its full text. Please comment on any and all of these and share your own profound moment!
A Profound Interaction with A Stranger
by Holly Lentz Kleeman, presented at July 1 Shabbat service
I am fortunate to have been blessed with many profound moments in my life. Many of these moments are what you would envision – the birth of a child, a tender moment with a loved one, a breakthrough about faith. But I have found that there are less obvious encounters that can be quite profound as well. I want to share one of these with you.
This past January I needed to pick up something from CVS. Continue reading
Understanding Profound Moments of Love
Last Shabbat, our congregant Ellen Kraftsow-Kogan offered a beautiful presentation on “Understanding Profound Moments.” Her focus on love was inspiring and provoked a lot of thought and conversation, both during the service and afterwards; we invite you to continue the discussion with comments here.
Join us to celebrate Shabbat this coming Friday, July 15 at 6:00 pm, as our immediate past president Fred Strober will present, along with Rabbi Maderer.
God in Our Profound Moments
by Rabbi Bill Kuhn
All too often, we Reform Jews have a difficult time discussing God. Sophisticated, cosmopolitan Jews of the 21st Century cannot relate easily to the ancient biblical understanding of the God concept. Adding to the confusion is the fact that there are many ways to understand God in Judaism. In fact, there is no single, unified Jewish theology, or philosophy of God. As a result, most of us are seekers, and some of us become convinced that there is no God. Continue reading
Lift Every Voice and Sing
By Fred Strober, RS President
I’m the first to admit it: I have a horrible singing voice. It’s easier for me to carry a 100 pound sack of flour than it is to carry a tune. You may not want to be near me when I sing. Your first instinct may be to move a few feet away once I’ve started. Continue reading
RS Visioning Initiative Weekend with Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman, March 4-6
Please learn about our Visioning Initiative, and join us for the visioning weekend opportunities with Rabbi Hoffman, listed below!
RS 2020: Creating Our Vision Together
6:00pm Shabbat Service, 7:00pm Dinner & Discussion
RSVP for Dinner to Marcia Biggs at 215-627-6747 x12 or mbiggs@rodephshalom.org. Cost for dinner is $20 per person.
Torah Study with Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman
Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 9:15am
RS 2020: Why the Next Generation Will Be Jewish
Sunday, March 6 at 10:30 AM
Please read more here for full descriptions of these conversations.Continue reading
A House of Prayer: Jewish Prayer and Spiritual Community
by Rabbi Jill Maderer
“My House Shall Be Called a House of Prayer for All People.” All people? What does the prophet Isaiah mean when he says “all people?” We typically understand this phrase to be a sign of welcome into the sanctuary, and it certainly is! Yet, this summer, we will add another layer of meaning. The synagogue is a house of prayer for all people because the fullness of Jewish prayer requires not only the singular “person,” but the plural, “people.” This summer, join us for community, prayer, and disuccion, as we explore how Jewish prayer is designed to spiritually connect us in community. Continue reading
A View of Urban History from Jewish Philadelphia
This introduction to Philadelphia Jewish history comes from Temple University’s Murray Friedman Chair of American Jewish History and director of the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History, Dr. Lila Corwin Berman. Dr. Berman will speak on this topic at Synaplex Shabbat this Friday night.
On Leaving, Staying, and Returning: A View of Urban History from Jewish Philadelphia, by Lila Corwin Berman
One of the perennial themes of Jewish history and lore is movement. God commands Abraham lech lecha, “Go away from your land, from your birthplace, and from your father’s house, to the land that I will show you.” Driven by trade, by decree, by economic instability, by violence, by the desire for a better life, Jews have moved. Some historians and thinkers have argued that the constancy of migration in Jewish life has bred a sense of Jewish detachment from land, territory, and place. Continue reading
Martin Luther King, Jr. Shabbat
By Rabbi Bill Kuhn
On Friday evening, January 15, 2010 at our 7:30 p.m. Shabbat Service, we will celebrate the national holiday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday. In what has become an annual event at Rodeph Shalom, we will share one of the most meaningful interfaith services of our calendar year as we welcome Reverend Kevin Johnson and the Bright Hope Baptist Church. Reverend Johnson will give the sermon that evening as we also welcome many members of his congregation and his choir. Those of you who have heard him speak and have heard their magnificent choir know what an unforgettable experience this is. Continue reading
