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 Sponsors Anti-Death Penalty Outreach
As we have for a number of years, Kehilla is again sponsoring the annual Fast & Vigil to Abolish the Death Penalty in Washington, D.C. Also known as “Starvin’ for […]
Beyond Shabbat
by Beth Bittle, Managing Director Welcome to Beyond Shabbat. As you know Kehilla is a very busy community with many events, fundraisers, community building activities, classes and Shabbat services. This […]
Board Member SAM Luckey Enrolls in Rabbinical School
by Laird Harrison Managing what Kehilla has faced in recent years – the stress of the financial crisis, civic strife from the Bay Area to the Middle East, and three […]
Report Back from Kehilla Activist Student & Her Social-Justice Arrest
[Note from Rabbi David: Rosa Petterson has been a part of Kehilla from birth. She was a high school activist on LGBTQI issues and during that time, she gave an […]
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 […]
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 […]
