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08 Feb Rude ‘Awakenings’: Communal transformations in our time of crisis

Posted at 13:48h in Rabbi Ben Spratt

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...

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02 Feb CRS Teens Lobby at the US Capital in Washington, D.C.

Posted at 10:17h in Uncategorized, Rabbi Juli Karol

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...

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22 Jan CRS In The News: A 35-foot challah in NYC attempts to break a Guinness World Record

Posted at 14:45h in Uncategorized

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...

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20 Dec In Solidarity: Rodeph Sholom Israel Trip

Posted at 12:00h in Uncategorized, Rabbi Ben Spratt, Cantor Shayna De Lowe

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...

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07 Dec Landmark West • A Musical Connection: Senior Cantor Shayna De Lowe

Posted at 19:16h in Cantor Shayna De Lowe

"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...

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07 Dec RABBI DAVID ELLENSON, z”l

Posted at 17:29h in Uncategorized

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...

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29 Nov Israel Emergency Fund – Support Kehillat YOZMA

Posted at 19:00h in Israel

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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01 Nov Holding Grief Alongside Vision

Posted at 19:30h in Israel

Dear Rodeph Sholom Family, I’m shattered most by the children. Israeli children slaughtered. Palestinian children used as human shields. The children of this congregation who feel abandoned in halls of learning and by friends, and afraid to show their Jewishness beyond their homes. For it is with the moral clarity of...

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29 Oct In Solidarity With Israel

Posted at 19:30h in Israel

Over the past three weeks, we have felt horror and heartbreak, moving from massacre to war and to increasing antisemitism and abandonment in New York City and around the world. As a community we have stood in solidarity with Israel and each other, ensuring that even in a time of...

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22 Oct CRS in the Press: The New York Times- At U.S. Synagogues, Calls for Peace and Too Many Emotions to Process

Posted at 18:33h in Uncategorized

“What I needed to do was get out of my house and be with my community,” said Isabel Hochman, 23, who attended the Saturday morning Sabbath service at Congregation Rodeph Sholom in Manhattan. (At U.S. Synagogues, Calls for Peace and Too Many Emotions to Process, The New York Times, October...

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