Senior Cantor Rebecca Garfein is the feature of a a recent issue of Hadassah Magazine on the topic of women breaking into the Reform cantorate, and then going on to comprise 60% of cantors. Reflecting on leading the High Holy Days Service, Cantor Garfein was quoted as saying, “[...
If we interpret the laws of our Torah to be those that engender moral kindness and decency, laws that work toward goodness and justice for all, then it is our obligation to object to the nomination of a Supreme Court Justice in the manner suggested by our current administration. ...
This past Friday, families came together to play and celebrate Shabbat. Highlights at the Sholom Sprouts Shabbat included a fun candle making station to make Shabbat candles, Shabbat songs, bubbles, and even a delicious pizza dinner with wine for the parents! ...
6 Av 5778 July 18, 2018 Dear Rodeph Sholom family, I am about to share some inspiring news with you. Allow me a few words of context. Jewish history began with immigration. Abraham and Sarah were invited to go to a land God would show them. Ever since, people all over the world have...
The United Nations high commissioner for human rights called the separation of children from their parents "government-sanctioned child abuse."...
This past Shabbat, on June 29th, Rabbi Ben Spratt delivered a beautiful sermon that felt deeply relevant to our current world, it is shared below. At the Brink of Everything “How dare they laugh?” A woman screamed on Columbus as she and a fellow diner observed a group of teens giggling as they huddled...
Congregation Rodeph Sholom and the Caring Community Committee are in the works of creating a Community as Family group....
Sisterhood at CRS recently published an article in the Women of Reform Judaism newsletter sharing the success of their running a chapter of Days for Girls. ...
The newest addition to our clergy team, Rabbi Juliana S. Karol, was supposed to receive her s'micha, her ordination, from Rabbi Aaron Panken, z"l, the president of the HUC-JIR. When news of his tragic death just days before her ordination tore through the Jewish community, Rabbi Karol was left reeling....
Few things have shaken the Rodeph Sholom family as much as the passing of Rabbi Aaron Panken, z"l. ...
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