Rabbi David J. Cooper’s quest is to integrate spirituality and politics, theistic and atheistic, ritual and daily life, all within a spiritually diverse loving community. Serving as Community Rabbi since 1999, he was part of the original group that founded Kehilla with Rabbi Burt in the early 80’s. Writings | Sermons | Contact: rabbidavid@kehillasynagogue.org
On Peter Beinart and the One-State Issue
By Rabbi David Cooper One of the hot topics of discussion about Israel/Palestine in the last few weeks has
A Land of Many Nations
See below for a PDF file with Texts on the Non-exclusivity of the land, equal rights of the non-Jew, and
Song Supplement and Links / Resources from the Kehilla 2020 Online Seder
Links for the Kehilla Seder THE KEHILLA HAGGADAH https://staging5.kehillasynagogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Home-Haggadah-2013-Heb-Eng.pdf ACORN ON THE SEDER PLATE https://staging5.kehillasynagogue.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/An-Acorn-on-the-Seder-Plate-5780.pdf SOGOREA TÉ LAND
Kehilla in the West Bank: The Palpable Reality of Occupation: A Report Back
by Rabbi David J. Cooper On Monday, February 17, Rabbi David, Jim Haber and Becca Heisler will report about their
Passover: The Quintessential Kehilla Holiday
by Rabbi David J. Cooper Between our Kehilla’s Annual Community Seder, our on-line downloadable Haggadah, Kehilla takes Passover seriously and
The Kehilla Trip to Israel/Palestine?
by Rabbi David J. Cooper For well more than a decade there has been some discussion about a trip to