The Holiness in Protecting Ourselves and Each Other: Rabbi Jill Maderer
The Holiness in Protecting Ourselves and Each Other Perhaps you’ve heard the story of the man who lives by the river. He hears a radio report that a storm […]
Cantor Search Complete
Dear Rodeph Shalom Congregants, It is our great pleasure to announce that Cantor Bradley Hyman will be joining Congregation Rodeph Shalom as our permanent cantor on July 1, 2021. […]
Statement on Black Lives from Rodeph Shalom Clergy & Board of Directors
Statement for Black Lives from Rodeph Shalom Board of Directors and Rodeph Shalom Clergy Dear Congregants, Our Talmud inspires us with this teaching: “God creates a single person first, for […]
Rabbi Freedman: Yom Kippur Sermon: Middot (Character Values) for the Pandemic
Who here still has one of these? [middah bracelet] Last year, in conjunction with my Erev Rosh Hashanah sermon, we gave out these middot bracelets. Middot are the character virtues […]
Rabbi Maderer: Kol Nidre Sermon: And God is Waiting: The Racism Infecting Our Souls
Who shall live and who shall die? Who will be tranquil and who will be troubled? Life’s profound uncertainty is embedded in our ancient High Holy Day words. The Unetaneh […]
Rabbi Freedman: Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon: Hineini: Standing Up for Voting Rights
A Berkman Mercaz Limud class was studying the Akeidah, or “Binding of Isaac,” one of the traditional Torah readings for Rosh Hashanah morning. In the story God commands Abraham to sacrifice […]
Rabbi Maderer Rosh Hashanah Sermon: The Shofar of Loneliness Awakens
There is a new four-letter word in my household — plan. In these past months, we have essentially banned the word plan. We have hopes, we have scenarios, but when […]
The Binding of Isaac by Carl Schneider
A Commentary on Gen. 22:1-19 by Carl Schneider The Bible tells us Abe and Ike To Mount Moriah took a hike, To do the sacrificial bit. Who was the victim? […]
Breaking Bread on Broad Prayer by Ellen Poster
From Psalm 11 – a Sukkot Prayer for Breaking Bread on Broad Families Inspired by Rabbi Eli Freedman’s Sukkot sermon for 2020 There is a catastrophe happening. The foundations […]
“Lift Up Your Eyes on High and See: anti-Semitism and this Shabbat of Comfort”
Delivered by Rabbi Jill Maderer on Friday, July 31. Eicha—how could this be. These are the first words of the Book of Lamentations, the biblical book read this past week […]