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. ...
This past weekend on June 17th, Cantor Rebecca Garfein and the CRS choir were invited to perform by Master Voices in Naamah's Ark at Rockefeller Park. Henry Siegel, one of the choir singers, expressed that "it was a great honor to sing with such an amazing group of singers...
On Tuesday, June 12th, Rodeph Sholom had the pleasure of attending a Community Potluck dinner at the Fourth Universalist Church on Central Park West and 76th Street. The dinner brought together our religious communities, along with those of Ethical Culture and All Souls Church. Rabbi Levine, Rabbi Spratt, and Cantor...
Tell Your Member of Congress to Protect SNAP! The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps) provides basic food assistance for low-income families to combat hunger, food insecurity, and poverty. In 2016, SNAP lifted more than 3.5 million Americans above the poverty line, making it one of the government’s most effective...
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