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06 Dec E-Advocacy for December

Posted at 09:29h in Uncategorized

Help Protect Sexual Assault Survivors According to the National Women’s Law Center, one in five women drop out of school because their school won’t investigate their complaints of sexual violence. Things just got worse. Betsy DeVos, the Trump administration education secretary, has proposed new rules that will govern Title IX, the federal...

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04 Dec Sholom Sprouts Start Chanukah!

Posted at 15:28h in Uncategorized

Rodeph Sholom kicked off our Chanukah season with a Sholom Sprouts family celebration and concert this past Sunday.  The afternoon included Chanukah related crafts, a fill your-own-jelly (or chocolate!) donut station, and then a Chanukah Jam with song leaders in from Tkiya.  And don't worry,  you haven't missed out—this coming...

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28 Nov Sholom Sprouts Prepare for Chanukah!

Posted at 11:19h in Uncategorized

Fun was had and chanukiyot were made by all at our Sholom Sprouts Make Your Own Menorah event on Tuesday! Thanks to Lisa Schiff for organizing the event and Kirsten Major for taking photos. If you're still not in the Chanukah spirit, we have loads of special Chanukah events coming up---like...

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20 Nov Molly Ball on Midterm Elections

Posted at 12:27h in Uncategorized

This year's midterm elections were historical in terms of turnout and results so close it took days to figure out what the new lay of the political land would be.  On Monday, November 19th, Time magazine political correspondent Molly Ball, New York Times columnist Thomas Edsall and Tablet Magazine's Armin...

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13 Nov E-Advocacy for November 2018

Posted at 10:13h in Uncategorized

If you would like to receive our monthly E-Advocacy newsletter, please click here for the sign-up form.   E-advocacy for November 2018: Urge the Administration to withdraw its “public charge” proposal and protect immigrant families’ rights The Trump Administration kicks the tired, the poor, and the huddled masses yearning to breathe free to the curb; only...

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12 Nov Chamber Music Launches!

Posted at 14:41h in Uncategorized

The thirteenth season of Chamber Music at Rodeph Sholom launched on Thursday, November 8, with bravura performances by Artistic Director Eliot Bailen, Susan Rotholz, Michael Roth, Doori Na, Sarah Adams, Daniel Bailen and Peter Lurye. The program started with Sonata for Clarinet and Piano by Leonard Bernstein, continued to Prelude...

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08 Nov Mitzvah Weekend 5779

Posted at 10:47h in Uncategorized

Thank you to everyone who came out for our Mitzvah Weekend events to kick off 5779! You all made a huge difference in our community, both within our congregation and across the national Jewish community---and it looks like you had a great time while doing so. Check out these pictures...

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05 Nov #SolidarityShabbat brings 1,200

Posted at 10:01h in Uncategorized

This Friday, our Solidarity Shabbat service on Erev Shabbat brought in an estimated 1,000-1,200 people.  On the Wednesday before the service, The New York Times published a piece on the Solidarity Shabbat, stating that it was for Jews and non-Jews alike, which no doubt spurred many from our community to...

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31 Oct Stars of Hope from CRS in Pittsburgh

Posted at 17:34h in Uncategorized

[caption id="attachment_23152" align="aligncenter" width="940"] CRS Stars of Hope are the colorful painted ones underneath the white Stars of David.[/caption] “ 'People want to do something tangible, but what do you do in a tragedy like this?...

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31 Oct Solidarity Shabbat November 2

Posted at 14:52h in Uncategorized

This past Shabbat, we witnessed the deadliest act of anti-Semitism in North American history — the attack at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. This Shabbat, we are responding with our greatest show of solidarity. A continental Solidarity Shabbat with the Jewish community of Pittsburgh. Congregation Rodeph Sholom will join...

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