Israel ConnectRS – Speaker Series: Yotam Polizer, Global CEO of IsraAID
Yotam Polizer, global CEO of IsraAID, Israel’s leading humanitarian aid organization, will discuss the organization’s response to tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, epidemics, and the devastating aftermaths of war in every corner of the world. Please register here .
Torah Study
Congregation Rodeph Shalom 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesThe cornerstone of our learning is our Saturday morning Torah Study. We discuss the weekly Torah portion and have a lively and spirited conversation as we relate this ancient text to our daily lives. No special training or prerequisite courses are necessary for you to attend. Neither is there an entrance requirement for the understanding […]
Shabbat Morning Services
Congregation Rodeph Shalom 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Berkman Mercaz Limud
Congregation Rodeph Shalom 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesAt Berkman Mercaz Limud (“learning center”) we foster a sense of love and joy engaging with being Jewish. Building friendships and helping our students feel connected to one another as part of a shared community is foundational and essential to all our programs. To enrich that engagement, we impart Jewish knowledge across a wide spectrum […]
Breaking Bread on Broad Distribution
Congregation Rodeph Shalom 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesBreaking Bread on Broad (BBoB) now provides food, diapers, and feminine hygiene supplies to up to one hundred families in need each Wednesday morning outside our Green Street entrance. BBoB partners with a variety of Philadelphia non-profits and our own RS members to obtain and distribute these necessary items. We fulfill our RS mission to […]
Our Closet in Your Neighborhood
Mark your calendars! OCIYN will be hosting their annual Coat Day at Congregation Rodeph Shalom and we need your help. Please join us (for one or more shifts) as we distribute warm coats to community members in need. Families, groups and individuals welcome! For more information, click here
Knitzvot- Fiber Art Connection Group
Join the new knitting and fiber arts group. We will share knowledge, stories, and resources. Contact Susan Roth at knitzvot@gmail.com for questions or concerns.
Torah Queeries
Here I Am: Seeing Silence and Possibility In our discussion of Parshat Vayera (Gen. 18:1 - 22:24), we will explore ways to confront silences and ambiguities in the text. Who is silent? Where can we see – or how might we see – possibility in silence? Content warnings: homophobia and violence. 6:30 we gather […]
Community Morning Minyan
Congregation Rodeph Shalom 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesEvery 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.
Broad Perspectives: Confronting Painful Pasts in our Polarized Times
Congregation Rodeph Shalom 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesPart of our Broad Perspectives Speaker Series co-presented with the Feinstein Center for American Jewish History at Temple University with Dr. Annie Polland, President of the Tenement Museum and Daniel Greene, Curator, US Holocaust Memorial Museum and leader of the Holocaust education component of the White House National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism; moderated by Dr. […]
Weekly Meditation Group
Congregation Rodeph Shalom 615 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesPlease join us each Friday evening from 4:30-5:30pm for Jewish mindfulness meditation. Our practice includes awareness of breath and body (yoga) to help us welcome Shabbat in the spirit of shalom. Come anytime. Beginners welcome. Join Zoom Meeting