At 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 (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 […]

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

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.  

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 […]

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.

Part 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. […]

Please 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

Join together for an uplifting and transformative worship service that attracts the diverse population within Rodeph Shalom, a service which is participatory, warm, inclusive, welcoming, spiritual and meaningful, which helps everyone connect with each other, with the soul of Jewish prayer, and with God. If you would like to access services virtually, click here to […]

You are invited to come to the first Shabbat Dinner En Blanc with a Twist. This event will be “dinner en blanc” theme but in an in-door, garden theme location and with a traditional Shabbat dinner. The location will be revealed the day of.    Traditional Shabbat Dinner with meat, vegan, & gluten-free options available. […]

Gather for singing, storytelling, a craft, and oneg at Tot Shabbat. RSVP to Andi Miller.