Click here to read the January/February eBulletin!
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Our congregation has truly leaned in to connection and provided support from congregant to congregant. And, guided by our enduring Jewish values and compelled to moral action, it has been vital during this pandemic to ensure that we are also caring for neighbors outside of the congregation. We are so grateful to the many congregants who are making Breaking Bread on Broad possible!
-Rodeph Shalom Clergy
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Breaking Bread on Broad Diaper Drive: A Cause You Can Get Behind |
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Food and diapers cost more than some neighborhood families, experiencing financial distress, can afford. The Breaking Bread on Broad (BBoB) social justice program helps address this need every Wednesday for at least 100 families.
BBoB is unable to meet our families’ needs for diapers without your help. Donate to assist a family in need at our Target Registry. To volunteer for BBoB, contact us at bbob@rodephshalom.org. Thank you for helping us repair the world!
Whether you are shopping at Target.com, through the Target Registry app, or in person at a Target store, use the above link to purchase from the registry. Thanks to the Snyder Plaza Target store for its support.
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Celebrate the Jewish New Year of the Trees at a Tu B'Shevat Seder
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Thursday, January 28 at 3:00-3:30pm
You are invited to a special tasting Tu B'Shevat Seder, celebrating the New Year of the Trees and the renewal of nature, led by Rabbi Eli Freedman and Cantor Rita Glassman.
Just as at a Passover seder, symbolic foods are eaten in a special order in celebration of the important role trees play in our life. Be ready to participate by having these items on hand. Join here. |
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Every other Tuesday from January 26 through June 1 at 6:00pm via Zoom
Enjoy Torah study through a queer lens with Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell. How do our beloved, yet often problematic, texts help us make ethical decisions and honor the sacredness of every human being? No Hebrew or text study background is necessary. RSVP here.
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Cook & Connect with Chef Adeena Sussman |
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Sunday, February 21, 10:30am-12:00pm EST
Join world-renowned chef Adeena Sussman to take a journey into Israeli and Arab cooking traditions. Learn how to make a delicious tahini smoothie and how food is a creative tool which can speak to our identity and bridge cultural differences. Sussman’s three most recent collaborations, including Cravings and Cravings: Hungry For More with Chrissy Teigen, were New York Times bestsellers. Sussman is the author of Sababa: Fresh, Sunny Flavors From My Israeli Kitchen, named a Best Fall 2019 cookbook by the New York Times. Register here.
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Order Your Mishloach Manot Gifts for Purim
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The joyous holiday of Purim begins February 25. Engage in the mitzvah of sending Purim gift bags filled with hamentashen and other delicious treats — “mishloach manot” — to friends, children, and others in our community. Recipients will feel the love of their Rodeph Shalom family. Sending and receiving mishloach manot is inspiring and powerful.
Look in your inbox for an email from Jennifer James with a personalized login code. Contact Esther Troetschel (etroetschel@rodephshalom.org) with questions. Proceeds benefit Berkman Mercaz Limud.
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ReadRS Discussion with Rabbi Emeritus Bill Kuhn |
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Wednesday, February 3 at 6:30pm via Zoom
Rabbi Kuhn is leading off the discussion with questions about The Chosen by Chaim Potok. To enhance the discussion, ReadRS now posts questions from the leader on the website a few weeks in advance. Click here to access the questions.
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Welcome to The Shiva House Play Reading |
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Saturday, February 6, 7:00pm & Sunday, February 7, 2:00pm via Zoom
Created by professional playwrights and congregants Benjamin Behrend and Logan Schulman, Welcome to The Shiva House is a 45-minute virtual theatrical experience utilizing digital performance, a guided walking meditation, and a companion booklet. This experience crystallizes the necessity of communal gathering, sharing grief, and storytelling. RSVP here. Contact Esther Troetschel for information. |
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Join Together for Shabbat & Torah Study |
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Friday, January 22 at 6:00pm
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Saturday, January 23 at 9:15am
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Upcoming Virtual Opportunities to Engage
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Click the blue links to join each Zoom event.
Thursday, January 21
Friday, January 22
Saturday, January 23
9:15am: Torah Study-- Parashat Bo; Recitation of Kaddish; Computer password: DS9zSM; Phone password: 564723
Sunday, January 24
9:30am: Berkman Mercaz Limud in session
Monday, January 25
Tuesday, January 26
7:00pm: Torah Queeries; Computer password: jX7NEc; Phone password: 181922; Register here
Wednesday, January 27
8:30am: Morning Minyan with Mourner's Kaddish; RSVP to Tomas Isakowitz for Zoom information 4:30pm: Midweek Hebrew
Thursday, January 28
Friday, January 29
Saturday, January 30
Sunday, January 31
9:30am: Berkman Mercaz Limud in session
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Boris Pasternak, son of William & Sherryl, on his Bar Mitzvah
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Steve & Sandy Sheller on the birth of their granddaughter, Willa Rae Sieber. Parents are Danielle & Brady Sieber.
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Our Condolences to the Family & Friends of |
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Naomi Reiner, mother of Richard (Emily) Reiner and grandmother of Lucas, Reese, and Skylar
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For Congregants Experiencing Financial Distress |
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The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia has created a Congregational Rabbis COVID-19 Emergency Fund to provide aid to our congregants and community members who are in need of financial assistance. This is to aid those suffering from the current pandemic. The funds are intended to help those in need of food, medical assistance, rent/mortgage payments and/or medical expenses. If you or a community member is in need of help, please contact one of our clergy or Jeff Katz.
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Parkinsingers Virtual Rehearsals
Mondays from 4:00-5:30pm
The Parkinsingers Choir unites people with Parkinson's Disease, care-partners, and friends in a community dedicated to making music of the highest quality in a welcoming environment. Contact Marjorie Samoff.
Red Cross Blood Drive in Our Neighborhood
For information on nearby blood drives, click here, and contact Kristin McKale with questions. |
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