Please Contribute to an Appreciation Book for Kehilla’s Lead Custodian Josef Straub Who is Retiring!
Josef Straub, our lead custodian, is retiring on April 12, his 65th birthday, after 16 years of dedicated service to the Kehilla community. Sadly we’ve had to cancel his retirement […]
An Update from Kehilla’s Executive Director Michael Saxe-Taller
Dear Friends, As many of you know, I have been off work at Kehilla for the month of March. At the end of February, I had an intestinal obstruction and needed to have […]
Seder Preparation Classes by Chef Jesse Bloom – Via Zoom, April 7 & 8, 2:30-3:30pm AND April 7, 6-7pm
Sacred Kitchen’s Chef Jesse Bloom Seder was slated to cater our community seder and is excited to share the menu and recipes in an online format. Join him here on […]
Working Class/Low Income Group Meeting
Connect with other Kehilla members for our ongoing monthly meeting. The meetings will be held from 1-3pm on the second Sunday of the month, through Zoom. If you are working […]
Kehilla’s Folks With White Privilege Affinity Group
The next meeting of Kehilla’s Folks With White Privilege Affinity Group is Thursday, May 7th, 7-9pm — likely on zoom, or else in the Fireside Room. Everyone who identifies as […]
Homeless Action – Emergent Needs!!! by Sue Greenwald
More than 9,000 homeless individuals live in Oakland, currently at extremely high risk for COVID-19. The newly formed Homeless Action, a subcommittee of Kehilla’s longstanding Economic Justice Committee, had its […]
Sharing Kehilla’s Sustainability During Vulnerable Times by Kehilla’s Board of Trustees
Dear Community, To recap “A Community Conversation: Sustaining our Congregation,” the Board’s March article in Kol Kehilla, our congregation has almost reached the tremendous milestone of 500-member households, a moment […]
Kehilla Men’s Group Meets Monthly
An informal group of Kehilla men have been coming together as a monthly men’s group. A major focus has been creating relatively unstructured intimate space for sharing and listening. There […]
