Shema: Free Speech & The Citizen’s Freedom to Hear
Our portion of the week, parashat New Hampshire, has gotten me thinking about democracy and free speech. When the campaign results were in on Tues. evening, I watched all of […]
Our portion of the week, parashat New Hampshire, has gotten me thinking about democracy and free speech. When the campaign results were in on Tues. evening, I watched all of […]
The Jewish Community Relations Council and Government Affairs groups of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia made great strides in advocacy this year. Here are 10 of their top successes: (Pick up the Super Sunday phone […]
Delivered by Rabbi Jill Maderer, Inauguration of Mayor and City Council, The Academy of Music, 1/4/16. Today, we who call God many different names, and we who choose not […]
At the foot of RS’ new Klehr Stairway we now have a bin where you can donate personal items and household goods to help the HIAS PA refugee resettlement. Please bring gently used […]
by Rabbi Jill Maderer In the face of the current atmosphere of fear and Islamophobia, many of us seek ways to demonstrate to Muslim neighbors that we are their allies and […]
In response to the desecration of the Al Aqsa Islamic Society, a mosque in our neighborhood, our congregation’s clergy has sent this letter of support to its Imam. […]
Today, our congregants Stephen and Sandra Sheller were honored for their generosity and vision in making the expansion of the 11th Street family Health Center at Drexel University a reality. […]
For parents of grade school children, it is Back to School Night season. This week, as my husband and I squeezed into the little 4th-grader chairs, we learned from our […]
As we watch the horrifying photos and learn of the terrifying plight of the Syrian refugees, we know that we cannot turn away. As Jews, remembering our people who sought […]
by Rabbi Jill Maderer So… Who is in the box? Who’s home falls in the Center City travel box when our special guest, the Pope, visits Philadelphia this fall? Me, […]