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Clergy : William I. Kuhn, Rabbi 
rabbikuhn@rodephshalom.org 215-627-6747 William I. Kuhn became Senior Rabbi of Congregation Rodeph Shalom in 1998. Rabbi Kuhn was ordained in 1994 by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, became the senior rabbi of Congregation Rodeph Shalom in 1998 after having served as assistant and associate rabbi since 1994. He brings broad and distinctive life experience to the congregation's historic pulpit. Throughout his tenure, Rabbi Kuhn has initiated and overseen Rodeph Shalom's ambitious and wide-ranging efforts to encourage all members of the congregation to volunteer a significant amount of their time in the betterment of their community. A native and longtime resident of Nashville, Tennessee, Rabbi Kuhn's great love for Judaism was nurtured at Congregation Ohabai Sholom and within his family, which had founded the synagogue in the 1860's and remains vitally active in it to this day. He continued the Kuhn family tradition of leadership as a board member and officer of that congregation, particularly while chair of the Social Action Committee, when he was instrumental in establishing a homeless shelter based in the Temple. Rabbi Kuhn is a graduate of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. After leaving Penn, he served as vice-president of Kuhn's Big K Stores Corporation, a family-owned retail business, and later established and was president of General Property Investor's Corporation, a real-estate investment firm. Throughout this period, he was active in Nashville's Jewish and general community. In Philadelphia, Rabbi Kuhn is an active member of the boards of Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, Jewish Family and Children's Services and the National Conference for Community and Justice. He has served on Mayor Street's Transition Committee as co-chairman of the Volunteer and Faith-Based Organizations Sub-committee and has served as a Commissioner on the Human Relations Commission for the City of Philadelphia. Rabbi Kuhn and his wife, Emily, live in the Society Hill section of Philadelphia. Their two children Michael and Sarah Kuhn live in New York. They are blessed with two grandchildren, Esther Sarah Kuhn and Sasha Max Kuhn. Clergy : Jill L. Maderer, Rabbi 
rabbimaderer@rodephshalom.org 215-627-6747 x16 Jill L. Maderer has served Congregation Rodeph Shalom since her ordination from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion in New York in 2001. Rabbi Maderer's life was shaped by her involvement in the Reform youth movement and in her hometown Reform congregation in Westfield, New Jersey. She graduated from Brandeis University with a major in Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and minors in Women's Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies. At Rodeph Shalom, Rabbi Maderer works to build community, especially through study and ritual. She coordinates programs including Adult Education, the Multi-generational Alternative High Holy Day services, Tot Shabbat, the B'nei Mitzvah program, and she is participating in the congregation's exciting efforts to establish an Early Learning Center. Rabbi Maderer and her husband Len Lipkin reside in Chestnut Hill and are raising their children, Moshe and Pria (who can be found singing and dancing at Tot Shabbat!). Clergy : Michael G. Holzman, Rabbi 
rabbiholzman@rodephshalom.org 215-627-6747 x19 Michael G. Holzman hails from Miami, Florida, which explains his love of both canoeing and the Miami Dolphins. He met his wife Nicole at Washington University in St. Louis, where he graduated summa cum laude. They then moved to Washington, DC, where Michael was a paralegal at the U.S. Department of Justice prosecuting Environmental Crimes. After this experience, he matriculated at the HUC-JIR campus in Jerusalem and then New York. Rabbi Holzman has served congregations in Great Barrington, MA, and San Jose, Costa Rica. He is also the editor of a collection of essays entitled The Still Small Voice: Reflections on Being a Jewish Man (URJ Press, 2008). Rabbi Holzman and his wife Nicole, have two children, Avi and Talia. At RS, Michael focuses his energies on Social Action and Youth Education, leading our Mercaz Limud, Confirmation Academy and Youth Programs. Clergy : Alan D. Fuchs, Rabbi Emeritus 
rabbifuchs@rodephshalom.org 215-925-0690 Alan D. Fuchs holds a BA degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. He was ordained by the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in 1963. Rabbi Fuchs led Congregation Rodeph Shalom as Senior Rabbi from 1988 to 1998. Prior to that, Rabbi Fuchs served as Senior Rabbi of the Isaac M. Wise Temple in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was also rabbi at Temple Sinai in Pittsburgh, Congregation Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park, and Temple Beth El in Somerville, New Jersey, and served as a Chaplain in the US Army at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and Verdun, France. In July of 2001, Rabbi Fuchs served as interim Rabbi at Temple Beth El in Chappaqua, New York, while the congregation searched for a senior rabbi. Rabbi Fuchs and his wife, Carol, live in Center City Philadelphia and have two sons and five grandchildren. |
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