Senior Rabbi, Congregation Rodeph Shalom @rodephshalom; tweets are my own
Philadelphia, PA
Joined December 2014
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Thank you #URJBiennial for teaching stories of gender bias.
'I've never seen such a sexy thing on the bima.'
'If my cantor had looked like you when I was a kid, I definitely would've paid attention in shul.
'You've really lost weight & you're sure showing it off in that dress!'
- Women clergy on real things said to them #URJBiennial
Blown away by 1st cantor Barbara Ostfeld’s words accepting award at #urjbiennial “real sounds break” and “we need all voices”
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Hotel keys- a great #URJBiennial launch for the Reform Jewish slate for progressive values in Israel in WZO election!
I just advocated here rac.org/ICE for immigrants and asylum seekers as I pictured my great-grandparents at the border years ago. #JewsWelcomeImmigrants
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Standing in spirit at the border with Reform Jewish and multi-faith colleagues for the rights of immigrants and asylum seekers.
Leader of the Union for Reform Judaism, @URJPresident Rabbi Rick Jacobs makes it clear:
👉 Being an immigrant is not a crime
👉 Being a refugee is not a crime
👉 Seeking asylum is not a crime
#JewsWelcomeImmigrants
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Steve Weisman, who will speak @rodephshalom 10/17 to kick off our 90th year in the sanctuary celebration, raises fascinating questions about historical sources of social justice in Reform and American Judaism: nytimes.com/2018/08/18/opini…
@SenBobCasey introduce a bill to end detention for immigrants and reunite families.
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Something to do about the brokenness in this world: do this ride interfaithcenterpa.org/ride with the @InterfaithPA or support the ride: ride-for-understanding.cause…
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When in conversations about the brokenness of our world, the most compelling solution that emerges: we need to know people who are different than we. This is why I'm going to Dare to Understand for @InterfaithPA tmro. There is still time to register!
interfaithcenterpa.org/award
Marking Equal Pay Day. We have work to do. cnbc.com/2018/04/10/today-is…
Excited to honor authenticity, support teens and parents and more: A Conversation about Trans Adolescent Health with Dr. Rachel Levine, Secretary of Health and Physician General of PA, 4/8, 10am, led by PRiSm @rodephshalom w @JFCS_Philly! All welcome!
facebook.com/events/19668722…
In this hate-tolerating climate, I'm certain that if we're to learn to appreciate difference, @InterfaithPA is the one to show us the way. Join me at Dare to Understand benefit honoring Jane Golden, Husnaa Hashim, Al-Bustan Percussion Ens--check them out: youtube.com/watch?v=BHM7i_-Z…
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At #CCAR18 Gun Violence Prevention panel: LA city attorney Mike Feuer: we have serious mental health work to do but countries across the globe have mental illness yet not pervasive gun violence.
Grateful to participate in Task Force on Women in the Rabbinate opening session and for #CCAR18 colleagues’ enthusiasm for our work for gender bias dismantling, pay equity, and gender justice in the Reform Mvmt and beyond.
LA Mayor Garcetti at #Ccar18: its not just time to resist and persist; it’s time to assist.
Holy holy moment at #CCAR18 as Rabbi Cindy Enger chanted Aliyah misheberach honoring justice and healing work of Women in the Rabbinate Task Force chairs Rabbis Ellen Weinberg Dreyfus and Amy Schwartzman!
Dahlia Lithwick: Faith leaders need to make faith arguments for civil rights and the courts. This isn’t just about cake-makers—we need religious arguments from our Jewish values. LGBT rights, anti-Muslim policy, and women’s rights depend on the protection of the courts. #CCAR18
Check out Husnaa Hashim, 2017-18 Youth Poet Laureate of Phila: vimeo.com/221503561, who will perform her spoken word & be honored at the @InterfaithPA Dare to Understand benefit next month! Consider joining me there: interfaithcenterpa.org/award
Thank you @Compassprobono for consulting w @InterfaithPA and presenting to our Board today! Great thinking in this time of rapid progress!
@rodephshalom congregants: please join us Wed., 4/4, 6pm for a conversation about how our congregation can partner in Philadelphia to leverage purchasing power to expand gun reform:
rodephshalom.wordpress.com/2…