We are delighted to announce that Arielle Stein will be joining Congregation Rodeph Sholom as Assistant Rabbi this July. Arielle served as a rabbinic intern here at Rodeph Sholom last summer through the Tisch Fellowship. She will be ordained in May by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in...
Dear CRS Community, Ten years ago, Larry and Elisabeth Lerner made a gift to our community that would shape generations of teens to come. By establishing the Susan Goodstein Lerner Youth Engagement Initiative in loving memory of their wife and mother, they paved the way for hundreds of CRS Confirmands to...
When the echoes of Michael Jackson's beats ignited a young Stefano Iacono's love for music, little did he know it would pave his way to becoming a cantor. Join Nicole Kelly as she chats with Stefano on Shebrew in the City and shares a symphony of anecdotes that illustrates how...
By Rabbi Joshua Stanton, Rabbi Benjamin Spratt A year and a half ago, we published a book on the awakenings transforming Jewish life for the better. While we found that mainstay organizations forged by community needs a century ago remained in decline, a burgeoning nonprofit sector of Jewish startups was rising to meet...
We are so proud of our CRS teens who completed the L'Taken Social Justice Advocacy weekend in January with the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism! They lobbied on Climate Change, Reproductive Rights, Support for Israel, and Raising the Minimum Wage. They also visited the staff of Senator Gillibrand and...
New York City kitchens are notoriously small. Nonetheless, on Friday Congregation Rodeph Sholom on the Upper West Side unveiled a 35-foot-long challah that they and their partners hope will break a world record. The gargantuan loaf was made in collaboration with the Jewish Federations of North America and the Orthodox Union...
When we invited our congregation to join us for an information session on October 4th about next year’s intergenerational trip to Israel, the world looked very different than it does today. As we continue to monitor the unfolding war in Gaza and the rebuilding efforts in Israel, we also know...
"I catch Shayna’s attention in the golden-hued lobby of the historic synagogue of Congregation Rodeph Sholom, walking past a myriad of smiling children beaming with excitement on a Friday morning. She has just finished her morning Shabbat lesson at the congregation’s Day School, which I could tell was the highlight of...
Congregation Rodeph Sholom mourns the loss of our longtime, beloved member and teacher, Rabbi David Ellenson, devoted husband of Rabbi Jacqueline Koch Ellenson. The family will observe Shiva at Congregation Rodeph Sholom from Monday, December 11th through Thursday, December 14th from 4pm-7pm with minyan services at 6pm. David and Jackie have been...
With 81 hostages now released, many of us feel the growth of hope for the 160 still held in captivity. The tearful reunions with family and friends capture the power of redemption, even while their testimonies reveal the horrific reality of the terror they endured at the hands of Hamas. Read...
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