Miriam Smolover’s Chanting CD Release Party
By Marcie Rubel Our beloved Jewish chanting and meditation teacher, Miriam Batia Smolover will be releasing her new CD The Source of the Sound. It is a compilation of […]
Stand Together CoCo
On March 1, a new immigration hotline to report ICE activity or to seek assistance for someone detained by ICE was launched to serve Contra Costa County residents: 925-900- 5151. […]
Save the Date: Sanctuary Shabbat Morning Service Followed by Lunch and Community Conversation
Sanctuary Shabbat: Morning Service Followed by Lunch and Community Conversation ~ Cosponsored by Kehilla’s Economic Justice Committee for Affordable Housing Week May 12th 10am-3:30pm Kehilla has been a sanctuary synagogue since the 1980’s. […]
Kehilla’s Deepening Sanctuary Work in Our Season of Liberation
by Rabbi Dev Noily ועשו לי מקדש ושכנתי בתוכם Together, make Me a sanctuary so that I may dwell among you. – Exodus 25:8 As we gather to celebrate Pesach […]
The Jewish Roots of Kehilla’s Values: Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Part 2
by Rabbi Burt Jacobson What were the Jewish origins of the spiritual and moral values that guided the fashioning of my vision of Kehilla Community Synagogue? Four prominent modern Jewish […]