Congregation Rodef Sholom

My wife and I attended Shabat services on Friday evening, and was pummeled with what is even beyond most far left beliefs. The Rabbi started talking about the false narritive related to black lives matter. She believed the black lives matter propaganda, even though the incident in Louisana was proven to be the fault of the unnarmed black man who was shot by the police. The proven facts, even by the black witnesses, was the he did not have his hands up, and that he was shot while struggling for the police officer’s gun. The Rabbi was praising the likes of Al Sharpton, after he blames Hollywood for being racist due to the lack of black Oscar nominees this year. They actually sang ‘we shall overcome’ as part of the service. Sorry Rodef Sholom, none of this belongs in the holiest holiday on the Jewish Calendar. (for those who are not aware, Shabat is the holiest day, as it is the only holiday mentioned in the 10 commandments). Not a place for politics, especially when it is based on lies.

I thought Congregation Rodef Sholom was unbelievable. Frankly, I was blown away by the warmth, the sincerity, and the meaningfulness of the bar mitzvah/​bat mitzvah I attended there. I thought Rabbi Stacy and Cantor David were warm, lovely people, so inclusive. If you are looking for someplace to join, boy, this seems to be the place. Everyone I know (okay, three families at this point) feels the same way about the place. I don’t want to say anything bad about any place else in comparison, because that’s not what I am saying. I am just saying that the congregation here is very lucky. They just went on a working post-​Katrina trip to New Orleans with high school students, and they have many other community programs. Caring is the word I would use to describe Congregation Rodef Sholom. It was wonderful.