Our Visioning Initiative Weekend with Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman (click here for Friday’s sermon) provided a meaningful and scholarly foundation for our community to immerse in profound conversations that will transform and deepen the relationships we share. To engage in the Visioning Initiative, comment on what you experienced this weekend (thoughts to...
The Buerger Early Learning Center: A Joint Program of Congregation Rodeph Shalom and Federation Early Learning Services, is preparing to open! There will be an Open House for parents interested in learning more about the center (619 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA. 19123) on Thursday, July 22, 4-7pm and on...
by Rabbi Jill Maderer When it comes to city living today, many of us are living on top of one another while we don’t even know each other. The neighborhood is so transient; one of the greatest challenges of our day is to make meaningful, lasting connections. Such ties are the...
by Rabbi Jill Maderer Do you feel comfortable commenting on a blog article publically? What would Moses do? One internet scholar explains that when social networking was first introduced, teen-agers were the most comfortable with it. Children of the internet, teens commented on any blog post that so moved them and often...
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 you are a young adult (22-40), missed the event but would like an invitation to High Holy Day services (“High...
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 supposed to welcome the stranger (aka a person whom we do not know). Being welcoming, showing compassion and doing acts...
