Upcoming Events
Board of Trustees Meeting
(Dinner at 6:15) All members are welcome. Back Classroom (main floor, straight down the hall). 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 »Sumud and Solidarity
Join 4 members of the Bay Area Jewish community in reflecting on their experiences during The Sumud Freedom Tour in Palestine this past December. With Rabbi Lynn Gottlieb, Jesse Sachs, Lauren Holtzman and Kiki Lipsett. Join the conversation about where we go from here. In the Sanctuary All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Decoding Continued — Room for Newcomers!
Class taught by Bracha Stone REGISTER HERE We will continue where we left off in Lashon HaKodesh and practice reading, and learning together. I can work with newcomers to catch up with the class if needed. Location: At Bracha’s house (address given upon registration) Dates: Thursday's - April 26th, May 3rd, 10th, and 17th for 4 sessions. Time: 2:00 -2:45pm lesson and 2:45- 3:15 study hall (an important component to your success). These classes that can be continued with sufficient…
Find out more »Kehilla School
Kehilla School is from 4-6pm and students may be dropped off as early as 3:30pm.
Find out more »Tot Shabbat
Tot Shabbat with Jen Miriam Kantor & Alon Altman, Social Hall For children up to 5 years old (or older if they enjoy it) and their grown-ups. Join Jen, Alon and Jen’s puppet friends. Please bring a vegetarian potluck dish to share. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Morning Service
Shabbat Morning Service w/ Sharon Grodin, Rab. Intern SAM Luckey, and Julie Nesansky, Fireside Room. Join us for shabbat morning prayers. We will chant from the Torah, learning about the Biblical origins of counting the Omer and Shavuot in parashat Emor. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share for the Kiddush after services. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Diving into the Siddur: the Decoding* Adventure Continues
Class taught by Bracha Stone REGISTER HERE We will continue to build our decoding skills by acquainting ourselves with Kehilla’s Shabbat Siddur – We will practice reading, singing, chanting the prayers found therein We will study some very basic grammar found in the prayers And we will have time to form personal responses to these prayers and to the language itself. Location: At Bracha’s house (address given upon registration) Dates: Sunday's - April 29th, May 6th, 13th, and 20th -…
Find out more »700 Benches: Teshuvah at Chochmat HaLev
700 Benches: Teshuvah Come and learn about the origins of teshuvah - relational repair! REGISTER Here! Mondays, April 9 - May 14, 7-9pm, April 9, 16 and 23 at Kehilla, 1300 Grand Ave, Piedmont April 30, May 7 and May 14 at Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince Street, Berkeley $130 for members of Kehilla or Chochmat / $160 general ~ no one turned away for inability to pay. We’ll study the original texts in their original languages, Hebrew and Aramaic. While all…
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 »Decoding Continued — Room for Newcomers!
Class taught by Bracha Stone REGISTER HERE We will continue where we left off in Lashon HaKodesh and practice reading, and learning together. I can work with newcomers to catch up with the class if needed. Location: At Bracha’s house (address given upon registration) Dates: Thursday's - April 26th, May 3rd, 10th, and 17th for 4 sessions. Time: 2:00 -2:45pm lesson and 2:45- 3:15 study hall (an important component to your success). These classes that can be continued with sufficient…
Find out more »Kehilla School
Kehilla School is from 4-6pm and students may be dropped off as early as 3:30pm.
Find out more »CHAI Kabbalat Shabbat
6:30pm Potluck Dinner, 7:30pm Services and Kiddush Join us to celebrate CHAI Kabbalat Shabbat with a musically rich, soulful evening of spirited and contemplative prayer. For the Potluck before services: Please bring a vegetarian or fish dish for five or more people. Nice if it’s gluten-free but not required. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service @ 10am and Jasper Vyda becoming Bar Mitzvah
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Jasper's simcha. Please return to this site at a later date for more information. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Tot Shabbat
Join in the musical fun with Jen Miriam, Alon and their puppet friends. Our morning tot shabbat service is geared especially for children up to 3 years old, and siblings and friends are welcome. Kiddush with grape juice and matzah provided. Bring a vegetarian snack to share if you’d like: Passover Food Policy. In the Back Classroom (please enter through the door on Fairview Ave). All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Joyfully Jewish
Joyfully Jewish is our program for kindergartners and their parents who are looking for welcoming, creative, and (of course!) joyful Jewish experiences. Joyfully Jewish meets from 10-11:30am in the back classroom on the main floor of Kehilla. Families will be able to enter directly into the Joyfully Jewish classroom from the entrance on Fairview Avenue, around the corner from Kehilla’s main entrance on Grand Ave.
Find out more »Diving into the Siddur: the Decoding* Adventure Continues
Class taught by Bracha Stone REGISTER HERE We will continue to build our decoding skills by acquainting ourselves with Kehilla’s Shabbat Siddur – We will practice reading, singing, chanting the prayers found therein We will study some very basic grammar found in the prayers And we will have time to form personal responses to these prayers and to the language itself. Location: At Bracha’s house (address given upon registration) Dates: Sunday's - April 29th, May 6th, 13th, and 20th -…
Find out more »Class Discussion for Working Class/Low Income People in Our Community
Join other Kehilla members for a class discussion for working class/low income people in our community. We want to gather together to discuss how class effects our lives both in and outside our Kehilla community. If you have experienced class in ways that have impacted you as a Jew and/or in the Jewish community, and you are looking for a place to talk and get support, please join us. We will also discuss how to bring class dynamics consciously into our community for…
Find out more »Safety through Solidarity: Deadly Exchange Teach-In
In this Jewish Voice for Peace Bay Area teach-in, we will interrogate our Jewish histories with militarized violence, our own varied relationships to police, and link common struggles here and abroad. Through an experiential approach rooted in Jewish history, we will learn in chavruta (pairs) and envision a world of community safety for all. Join us for an evening of poetry and conversation with Rabbi Gray Myrseth, as we explore the long-standing tradition of rabbinic expansions on, departures from, and challenges…
Find out more »700 Benches: Teshuvah at Chochmat HaLev
700 Benches: Teshuvah Come and learn about the origins of teshuvah - relational repair! REGISTER Here! Mondays, April 9 - May 14, 7-9pm, April 9, 16 and 23 at Kehilla, 1300 Grand Ave, Piedmont April 30, May 7 and May 14 at Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince Street, Berkeley $130 for members of Kehilla or Chochmat / $160 general ~ no one turned away for inability to pay. We’ll study the original texts in their original languages, Hebrew and Aramaic. While all…
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 »Decoding Continued — Room for Newcomers!
Class taught by Bracha Stone REGISTER HERE We will continue where we left off in Lashon HaKodesh and practice reading, and learning together. I can work with newcomers to catch up with the class if needed. Location: At Bracha’s house (address given upon registration) Dates: Thursday's - April 26th, May 3rd, 10th, and 17th for 4 sessions. Time: 2:00 -2:45pm lesson and 2:45- 3:15 study hall (an important component to your success). These classes that can be continued with sufficient…
Find out more »Kehilla School
Kehilla School is from 4-6pm and students may be dropped off as early as 3:30pm.
Find out more »Economic Justice Committee
In the Fireside Room (entrance available through Courtyard). 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 »Kabbalat Shabbat
A liturgically traditional, radically inclusive service led by Rabbinic Intern SAM Luckey and Talya Husbands-Hankin, aka Lady Synagaga.
Find out more »Sanctuary Shabbat: Morning Service, Lunch & Community Conversation
Sanctuary Shabbat: Morning Service Followed by Lunch and Community Conversation ~ Cosponsored by Kehilla's Economic Justice Committee for Affordable Housing Week Kehilla has been a sanctuary synagogue since the 1980’s. In November of 2016 the Kehilla Board passed a resolution reaffirming this commitment. Kehilla members have been deeply involved in the many aspects of sanctuary work outlined in the resolution. However, one action item was left to consider more fully: to explore the feasibility of offering Kehilla’s space as a physical sanctuary…
Find out more »The Middle East Peace Committee Film Night: The Wanted 18
An animated documentary: a small Palestinian village bought 18 cows and stopped buying Israeli milk. This film will be shown at Kehilla Community Synagogue, 1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont. See the trailer here. Donation: $10-20 (no one turned away) to benefit The Center for Jewish Nonviolence. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Diving into the Siddur: the Decoding* Adventure Continues
Class taught by Bracha Stone REGISTER HERE We will continue to build our decoding skills by acquainting ourselves with Kehilla’s Shabbat Siddur – We will practice reading, singing, chanting the prayers found therein We will study some very basic grammar found in the prayers And we will have time to form personal responses to these prayers and to the language itself. Location: At Bracha’s house (address given upon registration) Dates: Sunday's - April 29th, May 6th, 13th, and 20th -…
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. May's selection: Let It Be Morning by Sayed Kashua Upcoming: June: The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday July: Judas by Amos Oz August: The English Teacher by Daniel Atir. For more information about the Book Group, contact Terry at mcglynnmandel@gmail.com. If you’re looking for other good books with a Jewish theme to read? The Kehilla Book Discussion…
Find out more »700 Benches: Teshuvah at Chochmat HaLev
700 Benches: Teshuvah Come and learn about the origins of teshuvah - relational repair! REGISTER Here! Mondays, April 9 - May 14, 7-9pm, April 9, 16 and 23 at Kehilla, 1300 Grand Ave, Piedmont April 30, May 7 and May 14 at Chochmat HaLev, 2215 Prince Street, Berkeley $130 for members of Kehilla or Chochmat / $160 general ~ no one turned away for inability to pay. We’ll study the original texts in their original languages, Hebrew and Aramaic. While all…
Find out more »Ten Essentials of Judaism
Ten Essentials of Judaism Join Rabbi Dev for a deep dive into some of the juiciest parts of Jewish practice and life. This monthly class is required for Conversion and Adult B’nei Mitzvah Students and is open to all. All Session will meet on Tuesday's from 7:00-9:00 pm in the Fireside Room. Please register here. October 17 Session 1: What is Judaism, Anyway? November 21 Session 2: A Brief History of Judaism Through Our Sacred Texts December 19 Session 3:…
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 »Kehilla’s Annual Community Meeting
Kehilla’s board, staff, spiritual leaders and committee chairs invite you to join us for: Kehilla’s Annual Community Meeting 6:45pm – Schmoozing and Snacks 7:00–9:15pm - Congregational Gathering Learn about the state of the congregation, share our successes, appreciate our congregational leadership and think about our hopes and goals for the coming year. And toss in some fun, music and food as well! In the Sanctuary. Any questions? Contact Michael Saxe-Taller at michael@kehillasynagogue.org or 510-547-2424 x101. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click…
Find out more »Decoding Continued — Room for Newcomers!
Class taught by Bracha Stone REGISTER HERE We will continue where we left off in Lashon HaKodesh and practice reading, and learning together. I can work with newcomers to catch up with the class if needed. Location: At Bracha’s house (address given upon registration) Dates: Thursday's - April 26th, May 3rd, 10th, and 17th for 4 sessions. Time: 2:00 -2:45pm lesson and 2:45- 3:15 study hall (an important component to your success). These classes that can be continued with sufficient…
Find out more »Kehilla School Graduation
Kehilla School is from 4-6pm and students may be dropped off as early as 3:30pm. There will be a graduation ceremony from 4:45-6pm today, parents and highly encouraged to come and Kehilla community members are welcome!
Find out more »“Welcome to the Cancer Cafe”
by Judith C., followed by a conversation with Judith and Rabbi Chaya Gusfield: Thursday, May 17, 7:30 in the sanctuary. Poster and More Info Here This one woman show about Judith's experiences with Myeloma, an incurable blood cancer, is inspiring, moving, funny, and very educational. This show benefits Charlotte Maxwell Clinic for low income women with cancer. Suggestion donation $20, no one turned away for lack of funds. (Cash or check only.) In the Sanctuary. All events at Kehilla are…
Find out more »Kabbalat Shabbat
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat to light Shabbat candles and for a song-filled and soulful evening of both spirited and contemplative prayer. Kiddush follows the service. Bring veggie finger-food to share. In the Sanctuary. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Morning Service
Join us for Shabbat Morning Service. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share for the Kiddush after services. In the Fireside Room All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Joyfully Jewish
Joyfully Jewish is our program for kindergartners and their parents who are looking for welcoming, creative, and (of course!) joyful Jewish experiences. Joyfully Jewish meets from 10-11:30am in the back classroom on the main floor of Kehilla. Families will be able to enter directly into the Joyfully Jewish classroom from the entrance on Fairview Avenue, around the corner from Kehilla’s main entrance on Grand Ave. This will be our last class of the year.
Find out more »Diving into the Siddur: the Decoding* Adventure Continues
Class taught by Bracha Stone REGISTER HERE We will continue to build our decoding skills by acquainting ourselves with Kehilla’s Shabbat Siddur – We will practice reading, singing, chanting the prayers found therein We will study some very basic grammar found in the prayers And we will have time to form personal responses to these prayers and to the language itself. Location: At Bracha’s house (address given upon registration) Dates: Sunday's - April 29th, May 6th, 13th, and 20th -…
Find out more »Kehilla Administrative Office Closed for Shavuot
Our offices will be closed in observance of Shavuot, we will re-open on Tuesday, May 22nd during our normal business hours.
Find out more »Board of Trustees Meeting
(Dinner at 6:15) All members are welcome. Back Classroom (main floor, straight down the hall). 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 Morning Service
Join us for Shabbat Morning Service. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share for the Kiddush after services. In the Fireside Room 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 American Memorial Day
Our offices will be closed in observance of American Memorial Day, we will re-open on Tuesday, May 29th 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 »Kabbalat Shabbat
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat to light Shabbat candles and for a song-filled and soulful evening of both spirited and contemplative prayer. Kiddush follows the service. Bring veggie finger-food to share. In the Sanctuary. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service @ 10am and Gus Goldstone becoming Bar Mitzvah
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Gus' simcha. Please return to this site at a later date for more information. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Tot Shabbat
Join in the musical fun with Jen Miriam, Alon and their puppet friends. Our morning tot shabbat service is geared especially for children up to 3 years old, and siblings and friends are welcome. Kiddush with grape juice and matzah provided. Bring a vegetarian snack to share if you’d like: Passover Food Policy. In the Back Classroom (please enter through the door on Fairview Ave). 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 »Shabbat Service @ 10am and Nathan Pompeani becoming Bar Mitzvah
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Nathan’s simcha. Please return to this site at a later date for more information. 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. June's selection: The Last Flight of Poxl West by Daniel Torday Upcoming books: July: Judas by Amos Oz August: The English Teacher by Daniel Atir. For more information about the Book Group, contact Terry at mcglynnmandel@gmail.com. If you’re looking for other good books with a Jewish theme to read? The Kehilla Book Discussion Group has been meeting monthly since 2008 and…
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
In the Fireside Room (entrance available through Courtyard). 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 to light Shabbat candles and for a song-filled and soulful evening of both spirited and contemplative prayer. Kiddush follows the service. Bring veggie finger-food to share. In the Sanctuary. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Morning Service
Join us for Shabbat Morning Service. Please bring a vegetarian dish to share for the Kiddush after services. In the Fireside Room All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Ten Essentials of Judaism
Ten Essentials of Judaism Join Rabbi Dev for a deep dive into some of the juiciest parts of Jewish practice and life. This monthly class is required for Conversion and Adult B’nei Mitzvah Students and is open to all. All Session will meet on Tuesday's from 7:00-9:00 pm in the Fireside Room. Please register here. October 17 Session 1: What is Judaism, Anyway? November 21 Session 2: A Brief History of Judaism Through Our Sacred Texts December 19 Session 3:…
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 »Moriel Rothman-Zecher at Moe’s Books
Book talk by Moriel Rothman-Zecher, cosponsored by Kehilla Community Synagogue Sadness is a White Bird: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/ book-reviews/moriel-rothman... /sadness-is-a-white-bird... https://www.jewishbookcouncil. org/book/sadness-is-a-white-bi rd www.dailycal.org/2018/02/18/ sadness-white-bird/ Moriel Rothman-Zecher is an American-Israeli writer, poet, and novelist. Born in Jerusalem, he graduated from Middlebury College with a degree in Arabic and political science. A recipient of a 2017 MacDowell Colony Fellowship for Literature, his work has been published in The New York Times, Haaretz, The Paris Review’s Daily, and elsewhere. Moriel lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio with his…
Find out more »Shabbat Service @ 10am and Raffi Cannon becoming Bar Mitzvah
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Raffi's simcha. Please return to this site at a later date for more information. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Board of Trustees Meeting
(Dinner at 6:15) All members are welcome. Back Classroom (main floor, straight down the hall). 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 @ 10am and Ruby Freedman becoming Bat Mitzvah
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Ruby's simcha. Please return to this site at a later date for more information. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-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 to light Shabbat candles and for a song-filled and soulful evening of both spirited and contemplative prayer. Kiddush follows the service. Bring veggie finger-food to share. In the Sanctuary. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service @ 10am and Adil Zamora Kantor becoming Bar Mitzvah
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Adil's simcha. Please return to this site at a later date for more information. 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. July's selection: Judas by Amos Oz Upcoming books: August: The English Teacher by Daniel Atir. For more information about the Book Group, contact Terry at mcglynnmandel@gmail.com. If you’re looking for other good books with a Jewish theme to read? The Kehilla Book Discussion Group has been meeting monthly since 2008 and we’ve read quite a few. Several people have recently…
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
In the Fireside Room (entrance available through Courtyard). All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service @ 10am and Lily Brown becoming Bat Mitzvah
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Lily's simcha. Please return to this site at a later date for more information. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Ten Essentials of Judaism
Ten Essentials of Judaism Join Rabbi Dev for a deep dive into some of the juiciest parts of Jewish practice and life. This monthly class is required for Conversion and Adult B’nei Mitzvah Students and is open to all. All Session will meet on Tuesday's from 7:00-9:00 pm in the Fireside Room. Please register here. October 17 Session 1: What is Judaism, Anyway? November 21 Session 2: A Brief History of Judaism Through Our Sacred Texts December 19 Session 3:…
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 to light Shabbat candles and for a song-filled and soulful evening of both spirited and contemplative prayer. Kiddush follows the service. Bring veggie finger-food to share. In the Sanctuary. 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. Back Classroom (main floor, straight down the hall). 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 @ 10am and Eitan Camacho becoming Bar Mitzvah
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Eitan's simcha. Please return to this site at a later date for more information. 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 »Kabbalat Shabbat
Join us for Kabbalat Shabbat to light Shabbat candles and for a song-filled and soulful evening of both spirited and contemplative prayer. Kiddush follows the service. Bring veggie finger-food to share. In the Sanctuary. All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service @ 10am and Sevan Minassian Godner becoming Bar Mitzvah
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Sevan's simcha. Please return to this site at a later date for more information. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about what it means to be scent-free.
Find out more »Tot Shabbat
Join in the musical fun with Jen Miriam, Alon and their puppet friends. Our morning tot shabbat service is geared especially for children up to 3 years old, and siblings and friends are welcome. Kiddush with grape juice and matzah provided. Bring a vegetarian snack to share if you’d like: Passover Food Policy. In the Back Classroom (please enter through the door on Fairview Ave). 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 »Oakland A’s Jewish Heritage Night
Join Kehilla for a special night of baseball on Wednesday, August 8th at the Oakland A’s 8th annual Jewish Heritage night! Jewish Heritage Night in the Championship Plaza Stadium Gates Open: 4:30 PM Jewish Heritage Night Special Pregame Event: 4:35pm to 7:05pm Pregame Event: Championship Plaza (between arena and Oracle) Food trucks will be available for a variety of food selections (including vegetarian & vegan) FREE Parking Vouchers Available Cost: $40 per person (children under 2 years old are FREE) GET YOUR TICKETS, or send…
Find out more »Economic Justice Committee
In the Fireside Room (entrance available through Courtyard). All events at Kehilla are fragrance-free. Click here for information about what it means to be fragrance-free.
Find out more »Shabbat Service @ 10am and Nadia Gaskin becoming Bat Mitzvah
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Nadia's simcha. Please return to this site at a later date for more information. 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. August's selection: Judas by Amos Oz For more information about the Book Group, contact Terry at mcglynnmandel@gmail.com. If you’re looking for other good books with a Jewish theme to read? The Kehilla Book Discussion Group has been meeting monthly since 2008 and we’ve read quite a few. Several people have recently asked for some names of books that we are…
Find out more »
© 2015 Kehilla Community Synagogue All Rights Reserved.
Site by Grey Graphic