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Mah Jongg (In-Person)
Mah Jongg (In-Person)
Join us as in-person as we learn and play Mah Jongg. All levels are welcome! Don't forget your 2022 card! Please join us Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Please contact Andi Shuster, andishuster@yahoo.com, for more information
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Learn about Passover, Ramadan, and Easter with our Multi-Faith Neighbors
Learn about Passover, Ramadan, and Easter with our Multi-Faith Neighbors
Our holy books call us to love our neighbor, but so few of us know our neighbors or what they believe. This year, we are organizing a multi-faith delegation to visit our Jewish (Congregation Rodeph Shalom), Christian (The Perfecting Church) and Muslim (Masjidullah, Inc.) neighbors. As these three holidays coincide this year, discuss the traditions […]
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Community Morning Minyan
Community Morning Minyan
Every Thursday from 8:10-8:30 a.m. on Zoom Are you looking to perform a meaningful mitzvah for our community? Are you observing a yahrzeit? Have you lost a loved one in the past 11 months? Join us for a brief service where we come together to remember and support each other. Join Zoom here. Open to all. Contact Tomas Isakowitz.
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Torah Queeries
Torah Queeries
Come build queer CommUNITY at Torah Queeries: Nosh and Drash. Please bring your own dinner, and we will eat together as a community at 6:30 PM, followed by discussion with the Rabbi at 7:00 PM. And, you can join us either for dinner or discussion if you cannot stay for the whole evening! Although we […]
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Congregational Second Night Seder
Congregational Second Night Seder
Celebrate the second night of Passover in-person with your RS community at a seder on Thursday, April 6 at 5:30 p.m. Member Pricing Early Bird (by Friday, March 17): Adults: $50/pp; Children (3-12) $12/pp; Free for children under 3 After Friday, March 17: Adults: $55/pp; Children (3-12): $16/pp; Free for children under 3 Non-Member Pricing […]
Community Morning Minyan
Community Morning Minyan
Every Thursday from 8:10-8:30 a.m. on Zoom Are you looking to perform a meaningful mitzvah for our community? Are you observing a yahrzeit? Have you lost a loved one in the past 11 months? Join us for a brief service where we come together to remember and support each other. Join Zoom here. Open to all. Contact Tomas Isakowitz.
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Community Morning Minyan
Community Morning Minyan
Every Thursday from 8:10-8:30 a.m. on Zoom Are you looking to perform a meaningful mitzvah for our community? Are you observing a yahrzeit? Have you lost a loved one in the past 11 months? Join us for a brief service where we come together to remember and support each other. Join Zoom here. Open to all. Contact Tomas Isakowitz.
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Hear a Holocaust Witness Recall His Childhood in Occupied France: A String of Pearls: The Small Miracles of Charles Middleberg
Hear a Holocaust Witness Recall His Childhood in Occupied France: A String of Pearls: The Small Miracles of Charles Middleberg
Join for this screening, followed by a panel discussion with Holocaust witness Charles Middleberg, RS congregant and filmmaker Joseph G. Brin, Composer Roberto Pace, Arts Writer and RS congregant Matthew Singer, and Oral Historian Julia Meyer Gross. Refreshments served. Register here. Click here to watch the livestream. Sponsored by The Leo Brenner Holocaust Memorial Fund.
Mah Jongg (In-Person)
Mah Jongg (In-Person)
Join us as in-person as we learn and play Mah Jongg. All levels are welcome! Don't forget your 2022 card! Please join us Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Please contact Andi Shuster, andishuster@yahoo.com, for more information
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Yellow Candle Lighting with The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation (Virtual Only)
Yellow Candle Lighting with The Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation (Virtual Only)
Light candles and remember the six million Jews killed during the Holocaust. This program will explore artwork from survivors who have used their talents to express their stories of resilience and loss. Through this program, participants receive a yellow candle with a card about a Holocaust victim. To order a candle for $36, click here. […]
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Israel at 75 Mitzvah Project Assembly
Israel at 75 Mitzvah Project Assembly
Volunteers are needed from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on the 18th to sort the toys and books and get them ready for assembly by our kindergarten and first grade BML students and their parents on April 23rd in honor of Israel’s 75th anniversary. Click here for more information on the mitzvah project.
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Mitzvah Meals
Mitzvah Meals
Help cook and deliver meals for our member families in the midst of personal transitions such as surgeries, illness, or births. Click here to register to help prepare or deliver meals. Questions? Contact Cheryl Dougherty.
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Community Morning Minyan
Community Morning Minyan
Every Thursday from 8:10-8:30 a.m. on Zoom Are you looking to perform a meaningful mitzvah for our community? Are you observing a yahrzeit? Have you lost a loved one in the past 11 months? Join us for a brief service where we come together to remember and support each other. Join Zoom here. Open to all. Contact Tomas Isakowitz.
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Ukraine Talk & Oneg
Ukraine Talk & Oneg
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the largest Jewish humanitarian organization, has mounted a lifesaving effort to help the vulnerable Jews in Ukraine and the surrounding countries. Please join us on Friday, April 21 following the Shabbat evening service for an update on the effort from JDC Executive Director Sandy Katz. Register here.
Ukraine Update with American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Exec. Dir. Sandy Katz
Ukraine Update with American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee Exec. Dir. Sandy Katz
The American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee (JDC), the largest Jewish humanitarian organization, has mounted a lifesaving effort to help the vulnerable Jews in Ukraine and the surrounding countries. Please join us on Friday, April 21 following the Shabbat evening service for an update on the effort from JDC Executive Director Sandy Katz. Register here.
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Israel at 75
Israel at 75
Schedule of Events: 12:30-1:30 p.m.: Israeli dancing (FREE to all participants and open to all). Please bring cash to purchase your falafel platters, which will be available for sale at $10 per person. 2:00-4:00 p.m.: Learn more about wines from the land where the wine making industry began more than 2000 years ago! Arie Hochberg, principal […]
Mah Jongg (In-Person)
Mah Jongg (In-Person)
Join us as in-person as we learn and play Mah Jongg. All levels are welcome! Don't forget your 2022 card! Please join us Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Please contact Andi Shuster, andishuster@yahoo.com, for more information
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See Makheilah Perform at Sing Hallelujah
See Makheilah Perform at Sing Hallelujah
Wednesday, April 26, 8:00 p.m. at Verizon Hall Hear Cantor Hyman and Makheilah with the Sing Hallelujah choir, which includes congregational choirs from the Philadelphia region. This year, Sing Hallelujah celebrates 75 years of the State of Israel and its musical tradition. Purchase tickets for the concert by phone, in-person, or online using our Rodeph […]
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Community Morning Minyan
Community Morning Minyan
Every Thursday from 8:10-8:30 a.m. on Zoom Are you looking to perform a meaningful mitzvah for our community? Are you observing a yahrzeit? Have you lost a loved one in the past 11 months? Join us for a brief service where we come together to remember and support each other. Join Zoom here. Open to all. Contact Tomas Isakowitz.
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Scribes (Soferot) in Residence Weekend: Shabbat Dinner — Meet Scribe/Soferet Rabbi Bec Richman
Scribes (Soferot) in Residence Weekend: Shabbat Dinner — Meet Scribe/Soferet Rabbi Bec Richman
After services, gather together for a Shabbat dinner and meet one of our soferot (scribes: female), Rabbi Bec Richman, who will be working alongside Linda Coppleson to restore our Torah scrolls. Get a preview of this Soferot-in-Residence weekend, full of opportunities to learn, study, repair, and ultimately connect with our Torah scrolls. Register here.
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Shabbat Morning Torah Study with Rabbi Bec Richman
Shabbat Morning Torah Study with Rabbi Bec Richman
Join for a special scribal-arts focused Torah and text study led by our clergy with Rabbi Bec Richman.
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Community Torah Restoration Programs: RS Community
Community Torah Restoration Programs: RS Community
Our entire community will have an opportunity to help scribe a letter, word, or verse in one of our Torah scrolls, as we join together for an afternoon of programming.
Mah Jongg (In-Person)
Mah Jongg (In-Person)
Join us as in-person as we learn and play Mah Jongg. All levels are welcome! Don't forget your 2022 card! Please join us Sundays at 10:30 a.m. Please contact Andi Shuster, andishuster@yahoo.com, for more information
In Jewish communities worldwide, a Shehecheynu (our blessing for gratitude) is said the first time a fruit or vegetable is served each season. This month the RS Jewish Cookbook Club will celebrate spring vegetables like peas, asparagus, artichokes, and greens. Find a Jewish recipe featuring or highlighting vegetables, prepare it, and bring it to share […]
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Torah Queeries
Torah Queeries
Come build queer CommUNITY at Torah Queeries: Nosh and Drash. Please bring your own dinner, and we will eat together as a community at 6:30 PM, followed by discussion with the Rabbi at 7:00 PM. And, you can join us either for dinner or discussion if you cannot stay for the whole evening! Although we […]
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Community Morning Minyan
Community Morning Minyan
Every Thursday from 8:10-8:30 a.m. on Zoom Are you looking to perform a meaningful mitzvah for our community? Are you observing a yahrzeit? Have you lost a loved one in the past 11 months? Join us for a brief service where we come together to remember and support each other. Join Zoom here. Open to all. Contact Tomas Isakowitz.