Think twice before you give a hug

Posted by on Feb 28, 2018 in Announcements, Random Thoughts & Journeys | No Comments

by Chaya Gusfield I’m usually a hugger. When I see people I haven’t seen for a while or want to acknowledge someone in an open-hearted way, I often will automatically […]

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Bar/Bat Mitzvah Half Century Later

Posted by on May 24, 2014 in Announcements, Rabbi David's Blog, Random Thoughts & Journeys, Writings Rabbi David | 2 Comments

by Rabbi David J. Cooper A lot has changed in the 50 years since I celebrated becoming bar mitzvah on May 30, 1964, a few days after I turned 13 […]

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Kehilla’s Clergy at Conference on Revitalizing Jewish Life

Posted by on Jan 21, 2014 in Announcements, Kol Kehilla Newsletter, Rabbi David's Blog, Random Thoughts & Journeys, Writings Rabbi David | No Comments

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 […]

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Kehilla’s Moment in the Anti-Apartheid Struggle

Posted by on Dec 13, 2013 in Kol Kehilla Newsletter, Rabbi David's Blog, Random Thoughts & Journeys, Writings Rabbi David | 4 Comments

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 […]

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Latkes & Turkey: “Thanksgivukkah” 25th of Kislev & 28th of November

Posted by on Nov 13, 2013 in Announcements, Rabbi David's Blog, Random Thoughts & Journeys, Writings Rabbi David | No Comments

by Rabbi David J. Cooper Some say it won’t happen again for thousands of years—that the first light of Chanukah is on the evening before Thanksgiving. I’m not totally sure […]

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Some Thoughts on Israel’s 65th

Posted by on May 6, 2013 in Israel & Palestine, Peace, Justice & Security, Rabbi David's Blog, Random Thoughts & Journeys, Staff Writing, Staff, Student & Congregant Writing, Tikkun Olam Rabbi David's Blog, Writings Rabbi David | 2 Comments

Some Thoughts on Israel’s 65th by Rabbi David J. Cooper I wanted to share with you some of my thinking as we enter the month that marks the 65th anniversary […]

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Chanukah & Multiculturalism

Posted by on Dec 7, 2012 in Jewish Spirituality - Spiritual Iconoclasm, Rabbi David's Blog, Random Thoughts & Journeys, Writings Rabbi David | No Comments

  This piece was printed a few years back in Kol Kehilla. Rabbi Dev suggested that I post it to our website.  Rabbi David  Chanukah and Multiculturalism   by David […]

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AURORA LEVINS MORALES A Kehilla Member Facing Medical Crisis

Posted by on Nov 21, 2012 in Announcements, Rabbi David's Blog, Random Thoughts & Journeys, Writings Rabbi David | No Comments

  Beloved and long-time Kehilla member, Aurora Levins Morales, has written us about a very difficult medical emergency she is facing which is not covered by insurance. She must raise […]

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Rabbi David’s Cholent in the J Weekly

Posted by on Sep 6, 2012 in Rabbi David's Blog, Random Thoughts & Journeys, Writings Rabbi David | No Comments

  Faith Kramer, the food specialist in the local Jewish paper, the J Weekly, has printed my veggie cholent recipe slightly varied by emendations of hers, for her article on  […]

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On Hearing of Shulamith Firestone’s Death

Posted by on Sep 2, 2012 in Jewish Spirituality - Spiritual Iconoclasm, Rabbi David's Blog, Random Thoughts & Journeys, Tikkun Olam Rabbi David's Blog, Writings Rabbi David | No Comments

by Rabbi David J. Cooper [Upon receiving an email from Hannah Kranzberg about S. Firestone’s passing.]  I just read this. Thank you Hannah for sending this out.  This hits me […]

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