Torah Crew Workshop: Deep Dive into Community-Sustained Torah Repair
Congregation Rodeph Shalom 615 North Broad Street, PhiladelphiaWeek of Events
Berkman Mercaz Limud
Berkman Mercaz Limud
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 […]
Torah Crew Workshop: Deep Dive into Community-Sustained Torah Repair
Torah Crew Workshop: Deep Dive into Community-Sustained Torah Repair
Do you want to become part of the new Rodeph Shalom Torah Crew? Join Soferet Rabbi Bec Richman for a deep dive into beginner’s Torah maintenance and repair. We will learn how to properly lift, roll, and dress the scroll, as well as how to clean, sew seams, and patch tears. Together, we will learn […]
Days of Learning: Let There Be Laughter
Days of Learning: Let There Be Laughter
Let There Be Laughter 10:00 to 11:00 PM at RS Jerry Silverman They say Jews have the best sense of humor, so come and prove it. Bring your favorite stories or jokes. If you have nothing funny to share, you can still attend and spend an hour laughing. Bagels, spread and beverages provided. Register here.
Days of Learning: Getting to Know You
Days of Learning: Getting to Know You
Getting to Know You 12:00 to 1:00 PM at Rodeph Shalom Cara Schneider Bongiorno Let’s get to know each other better over lunch. Good company, food, and--knowing Cara--warmth and humor will abound. Whether you are a new member or have a long family history at RS, this is a wonderful opportunity to make our RS […]
Days of Learning: A Visit to the Rail Park and Jewish North Broad Street
Days of Learning: A Visit to the Rail Park and Jewish North Broad Street
A Visit to the Rail Park and Jewish North Broad Street 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM Jon Broder and Jerry Silverman Come for a walk on Philly's elevated rail park, located just steps away from Rodeph Shalom! You'll learn how German Jewish Philadelphia stepped off from where the Rail Park ends, moving north, and how […]
RS Women Rosh Chodesh New Moon Gathering
RS Women Rosh Chodesh New Moon Gathering
In celebration of Lag B'Omer, join for a picnic in the courtyard on Tuesday, May 7 at 1:00 p.m. Register here (bit.ly/roshchodeshmay). Contact Ellen Poster (ellenajme@aol.com).
Online Midweek Hebrew
Days of Learning: This Terrible True Thing
Days of Learning: This Terrible True Thing
This Terrible True Thing Jenny Laden 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM at Rodeph Shalom Hear from Jenny Laden, a life-long RS member who will discuss writing her debut novel, This Terrible True Thing, as quoted by Rabbi Maderer during Shabbat services. Jenny will discuss learning a new craft to tell her story and the larger […]
Breaking Bread on Broad Distribution
Breaking Bread on Broad Distribution
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 […]
Days of Learning: A Kosher Table at the Banquet
Days of Learning: A Kosher Table at the Banquet
A Kosher Table at the Banquet Rose Lerner 2:00-3:00 PM at Rodeph Shalom Historical romance author Rose Lerner shares her research into Jewish social, legal, and political life around the time of the American Revolution. Pennsylvania's Quaker founding offered Jews a kind of civic equality that was unavailable to them in Europe. Rose will shine […]
Midweek Hebrew
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.
A Holocaust Survivor’s Tale
A Holocaust Survivor’s Tale
A Holocaust Survivor's Tale Ben-Zion Friedman, Jeffrey Himmelstein, Frieda Tabak 6:30-8:00 PM Thrill to a story of courage and triumph as Frieda recounts her journey of survival from persecution by the Nazis and the Soviets, time in a displaced person's camp and finding a new life in the United States. Register here.
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.
Days of Learning: Hound Dog and other Great Jewish Songs of the 50’s
Days of Learning: Hound Dog and other Great Jewish Songs of the 50’s
Hound Dog and other Great Jewish Songs of the 50's Louis Bernstein, Jon Broder and Cantor Brad Hyman 12:30 to 1:30 PM at Rodeph Shalom Join us for the Days of Learning annual musical offering. We will focus on the 1950's & 1960's when Jewish composers penned unforgettable songs for Broadway, jazz, movies, rock and […]
Days of Learning: Right or Wrong: Moral Conundrums through a Jewish Lens
Days of Learning: Right or Wrong: Moral Conundrums through a Jewish Lens
Right or Wrong: Moral Conundrums through a Jewish Lens Rabbi Eli Freedman and Ben-Zion Friedman (no relation) 2:00 to 3:00 PM at Rodeph Shalom According to Professor Jonathan Haidt, "morality binds and blinds". Join us in looking at some provocative ethical dilemmas and discussing how they might be resolved using Jewish values. Register here.
Weekly Meditation Group
Weekly Meditation Group
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
Shabbat Evening Service
Shabbat Evening Service
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 […]
Torah Study
Torah Study
The 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 […]