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Welcome to Reform Congregation Oheb Sholom, founded in Reading, Pennsylvania on May 1, 1864
Our temple is a welcoming Reform congregation, enabling all to establish a personal connection based on spirituality, Jewish education, and a sense of community
We welcome and encourage congregants to get involved in all aspects of the synagogue

20 May

In-person Shabbat Service & Oneg

7:45 pm - 8:45 pm
22 May

Religious School

9:30 am - 11:30 am
22 May

In-person membership meeting

10:15 am - 11:15 am
23 May

Torah Study

12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
23 May

RCOS Board Meeting

7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
24 May

Hebrew School

3:45 pm - 6:45 pm

Parking Lot Shabbat

Join us for a Shabbat service in our parking lot on Friday, May 27th at 6:00 pm with Guest Song Leader Lella Michelson. Please bring your own chairs.

Oheb Sholom at The Fightin Phils

On Sunday, June 12th. Game time is 5:15pm. We’ll be at the Pro Max Fence Systems Foul Porch with an All-You-Can-Eat Buffet. Tickets are $32.00 per person. Only 30 tickets are available. Order by May 30th!

Musical Shabbat

Please join us for a Musical Shabbat featuring Song Leader David Malinger on Friday, June 3rd at 6pm. David Malinger grew up in NJ at Temple Sholom of Aberdeen where his father is the rabbi. David has been very involved in the NJ region of the National Federation of Temple Youth (NFTY) and attended Camp […]

Tikkun L’eil Shavuot

Tikkun L’eil Shavuot Join us on Saturday, June 4th 8:00 pm—Service 8:30 pm—Dessert & Movie in the Oheb Sholom Chapel

From the Union For Reform Judaism / Reform Movement

Netflix’s Russian Doll Season 2: Nesting Trauma in Three Generations of Jewish Women

Netflix’s Russian Doll Season 2: Nesting Trauma in Three Generations of Jewish Women jemerman May 18, 2022

Arts and Culture

In this season, time is immutable. It can be questioned, but not changed. Family can be understood, but not altered. The self, in this case, the result of intergenerational trauma, must be accepted. In Russian Doll, the only way to see the good in the world is to stop looking back, to stop journeying inward, and to the wake up in the present.

Q&A with Chinese Jewish Advocate and Educator Amy Albertson

Q&A with Chinese Jewish Advocate and Educator Amy Albertson jemerman May 4, 2022

Arts and Culture

Amy Albertson (she/her), 30, is a Chinese Jewish advocate and online educator living in Northern California. She works as a social media consultant for Jewish organizations.

Holy Sparks: Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate

Holy Sparks: Celebrating 50 Years of Women in the Rabbinate jemerman April 28, 2022

Arts and Culture

Heddy Breuer Abramowitz, Finding Her Home, 2021

On June 3, 1972, Rabbi Sally Priesand was ordained by Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion as the first woman rabbi in North America. To celebrate this milestone in Jewish and American history, HUC's Dr. Bernard Heller Museum in New York partnered with The Braid's Story Archive of Women Rabbis in Los Angeles to create the exhibition "Holy Sparks," presenting 24 ground-breaking women rabbis who were "firsts" in their time.

Combatting Loneliness, Poverty, and Trauma in the Lives of Holocaust Survivors

Combatting Loneliness, Poverty, and Trauma in the Lives of Holocaust Survivors jemerman April 25, 2022

Yom HaShoah

adapt a safta purim party volunteer daniel andhis adapted surviror grandmother luba

Yom HaShoah is also known as Holocaust Remembrance Day and occurs on the 27 th of the month of Nisan. It is a day to commemorate those who perished during the Holocaust and listen to survivors tell their stories. However, as the survivor population ages, many are needing more assistance.