Upcoming Events
I Never Knew Hebrew Could Be So Much Fun Class
Begins Wednesday, June 14, 7:00pm Taught by Bracha Stone Once again Bracha is offering her fabulous course in beginning Hebrew. Absolutely no previous Hebrew experience is required or expected. Come and find out why you don’t have to know very much at all in order to have Hebrew take on a very special place in your life. Bracha loves to teach this class since adults tend to be very compliant students and they ask such serious questions. Form a community…
Find out more »Shabbat Service
Join us for our Shabbat Service with Rabbi David and Julie Nesnansky. During the service, instead of a full Torah study, we will study the text of the Amida, especially parts we don't usually do out loud in Kehilla. Kiddush will follow the service. Bring veggie finger-food to share. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Kehilla Administrative Offices Closed For Independence Day
Our offices will be closed in observance of Independence Day, we will re-open on Wednesday, July 5th during our normal business hours.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service at 10am & Aaron Butler becoming Bar Mitzvah
Join us for Shabbat Service and Aaron Butler becoming Bar Mitzvah with Rabbi David, Julie Nesnansky, Natalie Boskin, and Debbie Fier. Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Aaron’s simcha. Kiddush provided by Aaron’s parents, Elissa Gershon & Michael Butler. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Protest at the Richmond Immigration Detention Center
Let Our People Go: Protest at the Richmond Detention Facility at the Richmond Detention Center (5555 Giant Highway) Join Kehilla Immigration Committee and Our Family Coalition, FOR JUST ONE HOUR (11 am-Noon). This is a multi-faith, accessible-for-all-ages action to call for an end to the detention/deportation and mass incarceration of our communities and neighbors. Bring signs and noisemakers to let those being interned—and forced to work—know we have not forgotten them. Let's show up now! If not now, when? We will be out…
Find out more »Special Monday Morning Service and Maera Klein becoming Bat Mitzvah
Join us for this Special Monday Morning Service and Maera Klein becoming Bar Mitzvah with Rabbi David, Julie Nesnansky, and Elizheva Hurvich. Join us as we celebrate the morning light and Maera’s simcha. Kiddush provided by Maera’s parents, Abby & Ari Klein. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Book Discussion Group
All Kehilla members are welcome to join us for our customary meetings on the second Monday of the month at 7pm. Love and Treasure by Ayelet Waldman A spellbinding new novel of contraband masterpieces, tragic love, and the unexpected legacies of forgotten crimes, Love and Treasure weaves a tale around the fascinating, true history of the Hungarian Gold Train in the World War II. A story of brilliantly drawn characters, Love and Treasure is a sad, funny, richly detailed work…
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Art Committee Meeting
Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »The Kehilla Annual Retreat! Shabbat in the Meadow
Come for Saturday or stay for the weekend! In Bort Meadow, Anthony Chabot Regional Park Click here to get registered Friday evening through Sunday Morning, with special emphasis on Shabbat, all day July 15th, we will be relaxing and eating and schmoozing and attending services and playshops and napping under the trees. Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and renew our spirits in the beauty of nature! At Bort Meadow, Chabot Regional Park in Oakland. Great food, great conversations, great “play-shops”…
Find out more »Shabbat Service at 10:15am at the Retreat in Bort Meadow, Chabot Regional Park
Join us for Shabbat Morning Service in the Redwoods at the Kehilla Annual Retreat in Bort Meadow, Chabot Regional Park in Oakland. Services on Saturday from 10:15am-12:30pm followed by lunch. Check here for more Retreat info
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Economic Justice Committee Meeting
Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »POP-UP Shabbat!
Join us for POP-UP Shabbat! At “Bites Off Broadway,” 45th Street between Broadway and Shafter. Pop-up Shabbat is back! Join Rabbi Dev and the Kehilla School's new Director Rabbi Gray Myrseth and friends to enjoy the Temescal’s delicious and festive Friday night food truck event. We’ll come together for Shabbat blessings, challah and grape juice at 6:30. You can get food from the food trucks (they open at 5:30), or bring a picnic with you. Look for our table near…
Find out more »Shabbat Service at 10am & Ben Melnick becoming Bar Mitzvah
Join us for Shabbat Service and Ben Melnick becoming Bar Mitzvah with Rabbi David, Julie Nesnansky, Natalie Boskin, and Debbie Fier. Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Ben’s simcha. Kiddush provided by Ben’s parents, Marc Melnick & Catherine Albiston. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Annual Retrospective Art Show Reception
One Tree - Richard Miles The Art Committee is pleased to present our annual retrospective exhibit of artists who have been featured in individual shows from September 2015 through December 2016. This year’s show will include Em Herzstein’s intuitive paintings and pastels inspired by nature, Barbara Petterson’s paintings, drawings and prints drawn from places of joy, contemplation and exploration, Allen Price’s photographs of old and new imagery arising from a rekindled interest in…
Find out more »Conversion Group
Led by Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin Kehilla’s conversion group is the communal portion of a process of individual inquiry that each participant anticipates will lead to adopting Judaism. Kehilla’s spiritual leaders, Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin, are available to guide participants in their reading, selection of classes, and experiences that inform their education toward discernment about this decision. The group is not an “introduction to Judaism” class, but rather a forum where participants reflect on and share…
Find out more »Board of Trustees Meeting
(Dinner at 6:15) All members are welcome. Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Tot Shabbat
Join us for Tot Shabbat, For children up to 5 years old (or older if they enjoy it) and their grown-ups. Led by Jen Miriam Kantor, Alon Altman and Jen’s puppet friends. Please bring a vegetarian potluck dish. In the Social Hall. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service at 10am & Lena Schoeniger becoming Bat Mitzvah
Join us for Shabbat Service and Lena Schoeniger becoming Bat Mitzvah with Rabbi David, Hazzan Shulamit, Sharon Grodin, and Debbie Fier. Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Lena’s simcha. Kiddush provided by Lena’s parents, Grace & Joe Schoeniger. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »EREV TISHA B’AV Gathering
Stay tuned for community Tisha B’av gatherings. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »MEPC Meeting
Fireside Room All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat as we light Shabbat candles and for a song-filled and soulful evening of spirited and contemplative prayer. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Saturday Morning Tot Shabbat!
Join us for Tot Morning Shabbat. With a special emphasis on babies and children up to 3 and their grown ups - but children up to 5 are welcome! Led by Jen Miriam Kantor, Alon Altman and Jen’s puppet friends. Gather for songs, prayers, and stories and end with challah and grape juice and bring a snack to share if you’d like. In the Back Classroom, Main Floor. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what…
Find out more »Shabbat Service
Join us for Shabbat Service. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Friday Night Peace Walk with OCO
Join Rabbi David in this walk for peace in our own community led by Oakland Community Organizations’ Ceasefire campaign. Second Fridays are when Kehilla folks are particularly encouraged to come. The Ceasefire campaign is many-sided including the training and mobilization of neighborhood peace interveners, the retraining of police, and a weekly peace walk with local congregations to support a “culture of peace and healing” in neighborhoods at risk. Rabbi David reports that he has done this many times and it…
Find out more »POP-UP Shabbat!
Join us for POP-UP Shabbat! At “Bites Off Broadway,” 45th Street between Broadway and Shafter. Pop-up Shabbat is back! Join Rabbi Dev and the Kehilla School's new Director Rabbi Gray Myrseth and friends to enjoy the Temescal’s delicious and festive Friday night food truck event. We’ll come together for Shabbat blessings, challah and grape juice at 6:30. You can get food from the food trucks (they open at 5:30), or bring a picnic with you. Look for our table near…
Find out more »Shabbat Service at 10am & Rye Alie becoming Bat Mitzvah
Join us for Shabbat Morning services as we celebrate Rye Alie becoming Bat Mitzvah. Visit this site later for more details. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Protest at the Richmond Immigration Detention Center
Let Our People Go: Protest at the Richmond Detention Facility at the Richmond Detention Center (5555 Giant Highway) Join Kehilla Immigration Committee and Our Family Coalition, FOR JUST ONE HOUR (11 am-Noon). This is a multi-faith, accessible-for-all-ages action to call for an end to the detention/deportation and mass incarceration of our communities and neighbors. Bring signs and noisemakers to let those being interned—and forced to work—know we have not forgotten them. Let's show up now! If not now, when? We will be out…
Find out more »Book Discussion Group
All Kehilla members are welcome to join us for our customary meetings on the second Monday of the month at 7pm. We will be selecting the books for the coming year. Please send suggestions of books to Joseph Sklar at jsklar3826@yahoo.com When suggesting a book, it must have "Jewish" associated with the book, which is loosely defined as having Jewish content, by a Jewish author, or interest to Jews. Please also provide information about the availability of the book through…
Find out more »Oakland A’s Jewish Heritage Night 2017
Join Kehilla for a special night of baseball at the Oakland A’s 7th annual Jewish Heritage night! Exclusive A's Jewish Heritage Night Beannie Special pregame party and performances Meal and non-alcoholic beverage provided FREE Parking Tuesday The deadline to order tickets is July 21. Cost: $35 per person (children under 2 years old are FREE) YOU CAN ORDER YOUR TICKETS HERE, or send check payable to Kehilla and indicate that it is for A’s Jewish Heritage Night 2017. PLEASE NOTE: There are no paper tickets, your…
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Economic Justice Committee Meeting
Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Art Committee Meeting
Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat. Join us to light Shabbat candles and for a song-filled and soulful evening of spirited and contemplative prayer. Kiddush follows the service. Bring veggie finger-food or dessert to share. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service at 10am & Sarah Ifcher becoming Bat Mitzvah
Join us for Shabbat Morning services as we celebrate Sarah Ifcher becoming Bat Mitzvah. Visit this site later for more details. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Conversion Group
Led by Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin Kehilla’s conversion group is the communal portion of a process of individual inquiry that each participant anticipates will lead to adopting Judaism. Kehilla’s spiritual leaders, Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin, are available to guide participants in their reading, selection of classes, and experiences that inform their education toward discernment about this decision. The group is not an “introduction to Judaism” class, but rather a forum where participants reflect on and share…
Find out more »Conversion Group
Led by Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin Kehilla’s conversion group is the communal portion of a process of individual inquiry that each participant anticipates will lead to adopting Judaism. Kehilla’s spiritual leaders, Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin, are available to guide participants in their reading, selection of classes, and experiences that inform their education toward discernment about this decision. The group is not an “introduction to Judaism” class, but rather a forum where participants reflect on and share…
Find out more »Board of Trustees Meeting
(Dinner at 6:15) All members are welcome. Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Tot Shabbat
Join us for Tot Shabbat, For children up to 5 years old (or older if they enjoy it) and their grown-ups. Led by Jen Miriam Kantor, Alon Altman and Jen’s puppet friends. Please bring a vegetarian potluck dish. In the Social Hall. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Elul Shabbat Service at Kehilla
Join us for ELUL Shabbat Service. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »MEPC Meeting
Fireside Room All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Friday Night Peace Walk with OCO
Join Rabbi David in this walk for peace in our own community led by Oakland Community Organizations’ Ceasefire campaign. Second Fridays are when Kehilla folks are particularly encouraged to come. The Ceasefire campaign is many-sided including the training and mobilization of neighborhood peace interveners, the retraining of police, and a weekly peace walk with local congregations to support a “culture of peace and healing” in neighborhoods at risk. Rabbi David reports that he has done this many times and it…
Find out more »Protest at the Richmond Immigration Detention Center
Let Our People Go: Protest at the Richmond Detention Facility at the Richmond Detention Center (5555 Giant Highway) Join Kehilla Immigration Committee and Our Family Coalition, FOR JUST ONE HOUR (11 am-Noon). This is a multi-faith, accessible-for-all-ages action to call for an end to the detention/deportation and mass incarceration of our communities and neighbors. Bring signs and noisemakers to let those being interned—and forced to work—know we have not forgotten them. Let's show up now! If not now, when? We will be out…
Find out more »Book Discussion Group
All Kehilla members are welcome to join us for our customary meetings on the second Monday of the month at 7pm. We will be selecting the books for the coming year. Please send suggestions of books to Joseph Sklar at jsklar3826@yahoo.com When suggesting a book, it must have "Jewish" associated with the book, which is loosely defined as having Jewish content, by a Jewish author, or interest to Jews. Please also provide information about the availability of the book through…
Find out more »Board of Trustees Meeting
(Dinner at 6:15) All members are welcome. Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Art Committee Meeting
Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Conversion Group
Led by Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin Kehilla’s conversion group is the communal portion of a process of individual inquiry that each participant anticipates will lead to adopting Judaism. Kehilla’s spiritual leaders, Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin, are available to guide participants in their reading, selection of classes, and experiences that inform their education toward discernment about this decision. The group is not an “introduction to Judaism” class, but rather a forum where participants reflect on and share…
Find out more »Conversion Group
Led by Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin Kehilla’s conversion group is the communal portion of a process of individual inquiry that each participant anticipates will lead to adopting Judaism. Kehilla’s spiritual leaders, Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin, are available to guide participants in their reading, selection of classes, and experiences that inform their education toward discernment about this decision. The group is not an “introduction to Judaism” class, but rather a forum where participants reflect on and share…
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Economic Justice Committee Meeting
Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »MEPC Meeting
Fireside Room All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Saturday Morning Tot Shabbat!
Join us for Tot Morning Shabbat. With a special emphasis on babies and children up to 3 and their grown ups - but children up to 5 are welcome! Led by Jen Miriam Kantor, Alon Altman and Jen’s puppet friends. Gather for songs, prayers, and stories and end with challah and grape juice and bring a snack to share if you’d like. In the Back Classroom, Main Floor. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what…
Find out more »Kehilla Neighborhood Brunches
If you have ever wanted to find out more about the Kehilla members in your neighborhood and to make connections in your local village - come to a Kehilla Neighborhood Brunch! This year our brunch is during Sukkot. WHAT: The hosts will provide juice, coffee and tea. Guests are asked to bring vegetarian brunch items to share. Save the Date and look for further announcements in the weekly emails! We hope to see you there!
Find out more »Protest at the Richmond Immigration Detention Center
Let Our People Go: Protest at the Richmond Detention Facility at the Richmond Detention Center (5555 Giant Highway) Join Kehilla Immigration Committee and Our Family Coalition, FOR JUST ONE HOUR (11 am-Noon). This is a multi-faith, accessible-for-all-ages action to call for an end to the detention/deportation and mass incarceration of our communities and neighbors. Bring signs and noisemakers to let those being interned—and forced to work—know we have not forgotten them. Let's show up now! If not now, when? We will be out…
Find out more »Book Discussion Group
All Kehilla members are welcome to join us for our customary meetings on the second Monday of the month at 7pm. We will be selecting the books for the coming year. Please send suggestions of books to Joseph Sklar at jsklar3826@yahoo.com When suggesting a book, it must have "Jewish" associated with the book, which is loosely defined as having Jewish content, by a Jewish author, or interest to Jews. Please also provide information about the availability of the book through…
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Friday Night Peace Walk with OCO
Join Rabbi David in this walk for peace in our own community led by Oakland Community Organizations’ Ceasefire campaign. Second Fridays are when Kehilla folks are particularly encouraged to come. The Ceasefire campaign is many-sided including the training and mobilization of neighborhood peace interveners, the retraining of police, and a weekly peace walk with local congregations to support a “culture of peace and healing” in neighborhoods at risk. Rabbi David reports that he has done this many times and it…
Find out more »Conversion Group
Led by Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin Kehilla’s conversion group is the communal portion of a process of individual inquiry that each participant anticipates will lead to adopting Judaism. Kehilla’s spiritual leaders, Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin, are available to guide participants in their reading, selection of classes, and experiences that inform their education toward discernment about this decision. The group is not an “introduction to Judaism” class, but rather a forum where participants reflect on and share…
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Economic Justice Committee Meeting
Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Art Committee Meeting
Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Board of Trustees Meeting
(Dinner at 6:15) All members are welcome. Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Tot Shabbat
Join us for Tot Shabbat, For children up to 5 years old (or older if they enjoy it) and their grown-ups. Led by Jen Miriam Kantor, Alon Altman and Jen’s puppet friends. Please bring a vegetarian potluck dish. In the Social Hall. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service at 10am & Alana Berger Moodie becoming Bat Mitzvah
Join us for Shabbat Morning services as we celebrate Alana Berger Moodie becoming Bat Mitzvah. Visit this site later for more details. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service at 10am & Ruby Cohen becoming Bat Mitzvah
Join us for Shabbat Morning services as we celebrate Ruby Cohen becoming Bat Mitzvah. Visit this site later for more details. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Saturday Morning Tot Shabbat!
Join us for Tot Morning Shabbat. With a special emphasis on babies and children up to 3 and their grown ups - but children up to 5 are welcome! Led by Jen Miriam Kantor, Alon Altman and Jen’s puppet friends. Gather for songs, prayers, and stories and end with challah and grape juice and bring a snack to share if you’d like. In the Back Classroom, Main Floor. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what…
Find out more »MEPC Meeting
Fireside Room All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Friday Night Peace Walk with OCO
Join Rabbi David in this walk for peace in our own community led by Oakland Community Organizations’ Ceasefire campaign. Second Fridays are when Kehilla folks are particularly encouraged to come. The Ceasefire campaign is many-sided including the training and mobilization of neighborhood peace interveners, the retraining of police, and a weekly peace walk with local congregations to support a “culture of peace and healing” in neighborhoods at risk. Rabbi David reports that he has done this many times and it…
Find out more »Protest at the Richmond Immigration Detention Center
Let Our People Go: Protest at the Richmond Detention Facility at the Richmond Detention Center (5555 Giant Highway) Join Kehilla Immigration Committee and Our Family Coalition, FOR JUST ONE HOUR (11 am-Noon). This is a multi-faith, accessible-for-all-ages action to call for an end to the detention/deportation and mass incarceration of our communities and neighbors. Bring signs and noisemakers to let those being interned—and forced to work—know we have not forgotten them. Let's show up now! If not now, when? We will be out…
Find out more »Book Discussion Group
All Kehilla members are welcome to join us for our customary meetings on the second Monday of the month at 7pm. We will be selecting the books for the coming year. Please send suggestions of books to Joseph Sklar at jsklar3826@yahoo.com When suggesting a book, it must have "Jewish" associated with the book, which is loosely defined as having Jewish content, by a Jewish author, or interest to Jews. Please also provide information about the availability of the book through…
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Economic Justice Committee Meeting
Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Art Committee Meeting
Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service at 10am & Max and Steven Schlosberg becoming B’Ney Mitzvah
Join us for Shabbat Morning services as we celebrate Max and Steven Schlosberg becoming B'Ney Mitzvah. Visit this site later for more details. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Conversion Group
Led by Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin Kehilla’s conversion group is the communal portion of a process of individual inquiry that each participant anticipates will lead to adopting Judaism. Kehilla’s spiritual leaders, Rabbi Dev Noily and Sharon Grodin, are available to guide participants in their reading, selection of classes, and experiences that inform their education toward discernment about this decision. The group is not an “introduction to Judaism” class, but rather a forum where participants reflect on and share…
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Board of Trustees Meeting
(Dinner at 6:15) All members are welcome. Fireside Room. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service at 10am & Clio Petty becoming Bat Mitzvah
Join us for Shabbat Morning services as we celebrate Clio Petty becoming Bat Mitzvah. Visit this site later for more details. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Saturday Morning Tot Shabbat!
Join us for Tot Morning Shabbat. With a special emphasis on babies and children up to 3 and their grown ups - but children up to 5 are welcome! Led by Jen Miriam Kantor, Alon Altman and Jen’s puppet friends. Gather for songs, prayers, and stories and end with challah and grape juice and bring a snack to share if you’d like. In the Back Classroom, Main Floor. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what…
Find out more »MEPC Meeting
Fireside Room All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Morning Meditation Sit
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview). Doors open at 7:50 a.m., short teaching at 7:55 a.m., silent sit from 8:00 – 8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Friday Night Peace Walk with OCO
Join Rabbi David in this walk for peace in our own community led by Oakland Community Organizations’ Ceasefire campaign. Second Fridays are when Kehilla folks are particularly encouraged to come. The Ceasefire campaign is many-sided including the training and mobilization of neighborhood peace interveners, the retraining of police, and a weekly peace walk with local congregations to support a “culture of peace and healing” in neighborhoods at risk. Rabbi David reports that he has done this many times and it…
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