Our actions become our habits; our habits become our character; our character becomes our soul. Check out this short film The Science of Character to ignite your own process of […]
Were you able to find a seat ok? You may have noticed that when you enter this early part of the Yom Kippur afternoon service, it’s easy to find a […]
Delivered Yom Kippur morning by Rabbi Jill Maderer A woman sits at an airport gate, reading her book and eating a bag of cookies… begins Valerie Cox in her poem, […]
In an animated short film called, The Power of Empathy, Dr Brene Brown illustrates how empathy is different from sympathy.
Re-eh: see, the opening word of this week’s Torah portion. See, I set before you blessing and curse. Look hard. Sometimes it’s hard to see what is blessing and what […]
“You shall love the Eternal your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your might. Set these words upon your heart.” Why? Why does it say […]
Imagine that you are a member of the Rodeph Shalom clergy team, and you could tap into the collective wisdom of our congregation to help you write your sermons this […]
Compelled by stories of catastrophe, novelist Karen Thomson Walker, recently (TED Talk) offered an interpretation of the story of the Whaleship Essex. In 1820, 3000 miles off the coast of […]
On this final day of the Omer as we enter Shavuot and read the Book of Ruth, we reflect upon her immigration into the land and people of Israel, the loving-kindness with […]
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z7dLU6fk9QY%3Fenablejsapi%3D1%26wmode%3Dtransparent%26rel%3D0%26showinfo%3D0 This Tuesday evening-Wednesday, June 3-4, the counting of the Omer concludes and Shavuot arrives with our Shavuot Night of Study (7pm). For all of you who have been counting […]
