An Interview with Glitter Kehilla Leader Jacob Klein
By Bill Lazarus After graduating from college at UCLA with a degree in creative writing and English literature, Jacob Klein moved to the Bay Area in August 2014, hooking onto […]
An Interview with Kehilla Congregant Jane Hoberman
By Bill Lazarus It was 1970, and Jane Hoberman, then 18, child of New York City and leftwing atheist parents, was eager for a change. “I didn’t finish high school […]
An Interview with Avi Brooks
by Bill Lazarus Kehilla member Avi Brooks finds connection to his Jewish and African American identities in the music of Passover seders and spirituals. “We say at seders, “Next year […]
An Interview with Kehilla Staff Member Maya Joshua
by Bill Lazarus Maya Joshua, Kehilla’s Programs and Communications Manager since the turn of the year, has ties to both Israel and the United States as well as to her […]
LECH L’CHA | A Dvar Torah about End-of-Life Decision Making
Lech L’cha | a Dvar Torah about End-of-Life Decision Making By Amy Shutkin In modern conversational Hebrew, the name of this week’s Torah portion, Lech L’cha, translates roughly into “Get […]
Wear Your Pronouns! – Another Way to Help Everyone Feel Welcome at Kehilla
Compiled for use at Kehilla Community Synagogue You’ll notice a new addition next to our name tag station. We now have pronoun stickers that you can add to your […]
Growing My Activist Voice
A message from Hazzan Shulamit During the past week, I’ve had several opportunities to be more visible as an activist clergy person in the public realm, and I thought it […]
Growing My Activist Voice
A message from Hazzan Shulamit During the past week, I’ve had several opportunities to be more visible as an activist clergy person in the public realm, and I thought it […]
A Note of Introduction from Kehilla School’s New Director from Rabbi Gray Myrseth
I am delighted to be joining the Kehilla community as School Director! Having grown up in the Bay Area and spent the last five years in rabbinical school in Boston, […]
Bar/Bat Mitzvah Class Group Poem
The students in the Bar/Bat Mitzvah Program recently had a workshop about spirituality with Rabbi Burt, Helen Stoltzfus, and Susan Schulman. One of the activities was to create a group […]