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, […]
Kehilla Staff Transition
Dear Beloved Kehilla Friends, I am writing to you with news of a bittersweet change for me. I want to let you know that I will soon be moving out […]
My Jewish Homeland: Oakland, California
by Rabbi Dev Noily On February 15, the New York Times reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said “that his government was encouraging a ‘mass immigration’ of Jews from […]
Some Thoughts on Israel’s 65th
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 […]
Talking to our Kids About the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict – A Message and Invitation from Rabbi Dev
How do we talk to our kids about Israel/Palestine? One of the most challenging things I face as a rabbi, an educator and a parent is finding developmentally appropriate ways […]