Nevertheless – the Truth Persists / Eppur Si Muove: Sermon Yom Kippur Afternoon 2018-5779
Sermon Yom Kippur Afternoon 2018-5779 David J. Cooper It’s Yom Kippur afternoon. I figure it’s a good time to tell a story. Some of you might know that I’m a […]
RACIAL JUSTICE INVOCATION
by Aurora Levins Morales This piece was written for the Kehilla community and shared on Kol Nidre 5779/2018. In the heart of this congregation, we have planted the seeds of racial […]
Executively Speaking: Rosh Hashana Thoughts
By Michael Saxe-Taller, Executive Director The following is excerpted from a talk given on Erev Rosh Hashana I love my job! One thing I love is the view I get […]
High Holy Day Services 5779: Sermons and Videos
All of Kehilla’s Main Services were video-streamed, and can be found on our youtube channel here. You can read Rabbi Gray Myrseth’s Rosh Hashanah Sermon, Together at the Gates, here. […]
High Holy Days 5779 – 2018: Emet ~ Truth ~ אמת
High Holy Days 5779 – 2018 Emet ~ Truth ~ אמת מִי־יָג֣וּר בְּאָֽהֳלֶ֑ךָ מִֽי־יִ֜שְׁכֹּ֗ן בְּהַ֣ר קָדְש? הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֖מִים וּפֹעֵ֥ל צֶ֑דֶק וְדֹבֵ֥ר אֱ֜מֶ֗ת בִּלְבָבֽוֹ: Who lives within your tent? Who settles […]
Family Services
We would love to have your family join us during the upcoming High Holy Days in the beginning of October. Children and youth are welcome at all of Kehilla’s High […]
High Holy Day Sermons 5777/2016
Our High Holy Day Sermons are now available to read online: Erev Rosh Hashana Sermon by Rabbi Dev Noily: “A River Goes Out From Eden” Rosh Hashana Sermon by Rabbi […]
Erev Rosh Hashana Sermon by Rabbi Dev Noily: “A River Goes Out From Eden”
I want to talk with you tonight about home. About what it means to have a home, to be pushed out of our home, and to long for home. These […]
Yom Kippur Sermon by Rabbi Burt Jacobson: “The Quest for Inner Freedom”
Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, the day of at-one-ment, is drawing toward its close. The inner and outer work of the Ten Days of Teshuvah is almost complete. And […]
Kol Nidre Sermon by Rabbi David Cooper: “God, the Covenant, and the Inside-Outsider”
Ellis Island Story Referenced in Sermon Introduction to Hagar & Ishmael Torah Excerpt (Genesis 21:9-21) A few years ago, I was dropping my son Lev off at college. I helped […]