Why I support the Women’s March
I think it’s important for Jews to stay with the Women’s March, and to address the anti-semitism that surfaces there as a natural and expected part of working in broad coalitions. Black and brown women also have to address the white supremacy that surfaces, Muslim women have to address the Islamophobia that surfaces, trans women […]
The Full Guide to Counting the Omer
Click here for a PDF version of the booklet Sefirat Ha’Omer
Kehilla’s Deepening Sanctuary Work in Our Season of Liberation
by Rabbi Dev Noily ועשו לי מקדש ושכנתי בתוכם Together, make Me a sanctuary so that I may dwell among you. – Exodus 25:8 As we gather to celebrate Pesach this year Kehilla is taking the next step on our path as a Sanctuary congregation. As our Board took its vote on March 28, I […]
Update on Kehilla’s Racial Justice / Uncentering Whiteness Initiative
from Rabbi Dev Noily At High Holy Days last fall we announced an initiative to turn some focused attention to the ways that the structures of privileging whiteness in our society play out in our Kehilla community. We extended an open invitation to join in the process. Since then, Penny Rosenwasser and SAM Luckey, our […]
700 Benches: Come and Learn!
from Rabbi Dev Noily A story from the Talmud: Back in the time when our sages were creating a radical new practice that we now call Judaism, their laboratory was the Beit Midrash, the house of study, where they learned how to live in alignment with the wisdom of their ancestors, and with the truth […]
Thank you from Rabbi Dev
from Rabbi Dev Noily Dear beloved Kehilla community, I’m filled with love and gratitude from the Brit Kehilla weekend, and I know I’ll be savoring so many moments of joy and connection and tears for many years to come. I was so moved, again and again, by the beauty of our community, and by the […]
