Join us at the Kehilla Retreat, this year at ‘home’ in our own sanctuary, for a celebratory Shabbat morning service with Rabbi Dev Noily, Hazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman, Julie Nesnansky and Debbie Fier exploring parashat Korach and singing Hallel for Rosh Chodesh Tamuz. Josephine Miller-Williams, Jon Rodney and Marsha Rosenblatt will join us as Torah […]
Registeration is Closed! Join us for Kehilla’s In-Gathering Retreat! Register NOW - Registration Closes 7/3!!Location: Kehilla Community Synagogue 1300 Grand Ave. Piedmont, CAThis year, we will be centered in and around our beloved building with sessions offered indoors and outdoors. We will open Shabbat services enriched by Hallel (special songs for the new month). We’ll […]
Kehilla's Chevra Kadisha welcomes you to participate in the first meeting of our congregation's Death Cafe. This is an opportunity to engage in an open discussion of a topic that we all face, though for many of us, seldom talk about. Bring whatever is on your mind and heart - grieving, caregiving, practical and spiritual preparation, […]
Join the Kehilla Immigration Committee and Pangea Legal Services for the film, Unseen, followed by community discussion. The film utilized experimental cinematography and focuses on the intersection of immigrants' rights, disability justice and mental health. Subtitles in English or Spanish. Translation provided for community discussion. LOCATION: In the Sanctuary For more information, contact immigrationcommitteechairs@kehillasynagogue.org RSVP […]
At Dracena Quarry Park, Piedmont Join Jen Altman of Jewish Baby Network and Kehilla and Rabbi SAM Luckey from Kehilla for a beautiful Shabbat Picnic in the park. Bring your chairs and blankets and a picnic dinner. Enjoy a Shabbat celebration under the trees with singing, puppets, dancing and community. More info and register here.
How do we, as Jews, approach death and dying rituals in our lives? The Chevra Kadisha, our Burial Society, is offering a series of 5 films focusing on issues concerning death, dying, and mourning practices. Please join us to watch films focusing on issues concerning death, dying, and mourning practices. We have selected what we […]
Join us for a celebratory Shabbat morning service. Rabbi Dev Noily, Hazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman, Yeshi Gusfield, and Debbie Fier will co-lead the service with Sora Freedman, exploring Parashat Matot-Masei. Sora will be called to the Torah as a b'mitzvah! Thanks to Sora’s family for sponsoring kiddush. Join us here. For in-person attendance, please adhere […]
Join us for a celebratory Shabbat morning service. Rabbi David Cooper, Julie Nesnansky, Natalie Boskin and Debbie Fier will co-lead the service with Shira Van-MacDermed, exploring parashat Devarim. Shira will be called to the Torah as a b'mitzvah! Thanks to Shira’s family for sponsoring kiddush. Join us here. For in-person attendance, please adhere to the […]
Monday night, August 12th Arrive 6:45 pm, start at 7:00 pm, chanting Eicha around 8:00 pm IN-PERSON ONLY, in the Courtyard at Kehilla ***See below for an online observance option We grieve for Gaza. We grieve for Palestine. We grieve for Israel. We grieve for the dead. We grieve for the wounded. We grieve for […]
Join us for a celebratory Shabbat morning service. Rabbi Dev Noily, Beth Dickinson, Rabbi SAM Luckey, and Debbie Fier will co-lead the service with Sivan Camacho, exploring Parashat Eikev. Sivan will be called to the Torah as a b'mitzvah! Thanks to Sivan’s family for sponsoring Kiddush. Join us here. For in-person attendance, please adhere to […]
Join us for a celebratory Shabbat morning service. Rabbi SAM Luckey, Beth Dickinson, Natalie Boskin and Debbie Fier will co-lead the service with Ara Thielrell, exploring parashat Re’eh. Ara will be called to the Torah as a b’mitzvah! Thanks to Ara’s family for sponsoring kiddush. Join us here. For in-person attendance, please adhere to the […]
The Kehilla Administrative Office is closed in observance of Labor Day, we will reopen on Tues., September 3 during our normal business hours.
Selichot - Saturday, September 28, 8:00 pm - Kehilla Synagogue Leil Selichot for Hebrew Year 5784 occurs after nightfall on Saturday, 28 September 2024 . Selichot or slichot (Hebrew: סליחות) are Jewish penitential poems and prayers, especially those said in the period leading up to the High Holidays, and on Fast Days.
Join us for our MULTI-ACCESS: Selichot Service from 8-9:30pm here at Kehilla. For in-person attendance, please adhere to the COVID Public Health Protocols: Please read the full Kehilla COVID Public Health Protocols here (updated January 1, 2024). Anyone experiencing ANY symptoms of potentially contagious illness should remain at home and access Kehilla events virtually. All people over the […]
Selichot is our portal into the Days of Awe and the process of teshuva, of turning inward with love and curiosity to face ourselves with clarity and truth. Selichot, as a practice, asks us to deepen our understanding of asking for and offering forgiveness. Before we enter the great time of Rosh Hashanah, we gather […]
The Kehilla Administrative Office is closed Wed., October 2 thru Fri., October 4 in observance of Rosh Hashanah, we will reopen on Mon., October 7 during our normal business hours.
The Kehilla Administrative Office is closed in observance of Yom Kippur, we will reopen on Mon., October 14 during our normal business hours. Kol Nidre, (Aramaic: “All Vows”), a prayer sung in Jewish synagogues at the beginning of the service on the eve of Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement).
Yom Kippur fast day is the holiest day of the year, when we are closest to God and to the essence of our souls. Yom Kippur means “Day of Atonement,” as the verse states, “For on this day He will forgive you, to purify you, that you be cleansed from all your sins."
The Kehilla Administrative Office is closed in observance of Simchat Torah, we will reopen on Mon., October 28 during our normal business hours.
The Kehilla Administrative Office is Thurs., November 28 thru Fri., November 29 closed in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, we will reopen on Fri., July 5 during our normal business hours.
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