Why is it Such a Big Event that Peter Beinart will be at Kehilla this Sunday besides that it’s important and free?
by Rabbi David J. Cooper It was like when Walter Cronkite came out against the war in Vietnam, at least it was for me. Four years ago, Peter Beinart, a […]
Prophetic Responsibility
at the Kehilla Seder with Oakland Community Organizations (OCO)& with Peter Beinart and our Middle East Peace Committee by Rabbi David J. Cooper “If you didn’t break it, you don’t […]
Kehilla Kashrut in Conscious Community
by Rabbi David J. Cooper Are we what we eat? Sometimes when I say the Motzi, I remind myself that it isn’t only the bread that is drawn from the […]
Kehilla’s Clergy at Conference on Revitalizing Jewish Life
by Rabbi David J. Cooper You know, for us, Kehilla is just our local community, and it’s just who we are. Here at home, we don’t have any sense of […]
Who’s in? Who’s out? What’s a Jew? Why I Need to See “Between Two Worlds” AGAIN
By Rabbi David J. Cooper [NOTE: “Between Two Worlds” will be shown at Kehilla on Saturday, January 25, 7pm.] Again? Yes I’ve seen it before and am looking forward to […]
Kehilla’s Moment in the Anti-Apartheid Struggle
By Rabbi David J. Cooper Nelson Mandela was still at that time in Pollsmoor Prison, and Kehilla was only one year old in May 1985, when protests broke out […]
Why we need to see “The Gatekeepers” this Saturday night
By Rabbi David Last night, I saw Rabbi Arik Asherman, the Israeli-American head of Rabbis for Human Rights, speak at an event jointly sponsored by Kehilla, Temple Beth El and […]
Holiness, Communications & Kehilla History
by Rabbi David J. Cooper In one of the most sacred texts of the Torah and of the Siddur, we are commanded to love and to communicate. Really. In […]
A Message from Rabbi David
Why we need to hear Yehuda Shaul & Breaking the Silence on Saturday, November 23, 7:00pm On the evening of the 23rd, I am going to be at […]
Latkes & Turkey: “Thanksgivukkah” 25th of Kislev & 28th of November
by Rabbi David J. Cooper Some say it won’t happen again for thousands of years—that the first light of Chanukah is on the evening before Thanksgiving. I’m not totally sure […]