Event Series VIRTUAL – Morning Meditation Sit

VIRTUAL – Morning Meditation Sit

Zoom

A meditation sit led by Rabbi Dev Noily. Join us for sitting practice, framed by the weekly Torah portion and the season in Jewish time. Wednesday & Friday meditations will continue as virtual meetings. Zoom room opens at 7:50am, short teaching at 7:55am, silent sit from 8:00-8:30am, followed by mourner’s kaddish and time to share […]

In-Person: New Member Potluck and Kabbalat Shabbat Services

New Kehilla Members! We’re thrilled to gather with the newest members of our community! To celebrate, we are inviting you to a New Member Potluck and Shabbat Services (everyone is welcome!). Here are some details: New Member Potluck and Kabbalat Shabbat Services Friday, December 6, 2024 Potluck and smooze: 5:30 ~ 6:50 pm (come when […]

Online: New Member Gathering and Kabbalat Shabbat Services

New Kehilla Members! We’re thrilled to gather with the newest members of our community! We will have a short online gathering for our new remote folks just before Shabbat services! If you are gathering online: We will host a breakout room 20 minutes prior to the Kabbalat Services (starting at 5:35pm) in order for remote […]

Event Series MULTI-ACCESS – Kabbalat Shabbat (CC)

MULTI-ACCESS – Kabbalat Shabbat

Kehilla Community Synagogue 1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont, CA, United States

Join us as we welcome Shabbat with music, prayer and community, led by Hazzan Shulamit Wise Fairman, Julie Nesnansky and Debbie Fier. Sweet and Savory kiddush to follow.  Join us here For in-person attendance, please adhere to the COVID Public Health Protocols: Kehilla requires masking at all in-person, indoor events. See the full Kehilla COVID Public […]

Event Series MULTI-ACCESS: Shabbat Morning

MULTI-ACCESS Shabbat Morning and Emmett Kleinman becoming Bar Mitzvah

Kehilla Community Synagogue 1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont, CA, United States

Join us for a celebratory Shabbat morning service. Rabbi SAM Luckey, Julie Nesnansky, Beth Dickinson and Debbie Fier will co-lead the service with Emmett Kleinman, exploring parashat Vayetzei. Emmett will be called to the Torah as a bar mitzvah! Thanks to Emmett’s family for sponsoring kiddush. Join us here For in-person attendance, please adhere to […]

Event Series IN-PERSON: Tot Shabbat

CANCELED: IN-PERSON: Tot Shabbat

Kehilla Community Synagogue 1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont, CA, United States

with Jen Miriam and Alon Altman with their Puppet Friends Designed for babies, tots, and children up to 5 with their families! Join us for Shabbat songs and prayers, dancing and puppets and community. LOCATION: Back Classroom/Back Garden – access from Main Parking Lot. For in-person attendance, please adhere to the COVID Public Health Protocols: […]

VIRTUAL: Face-to-Face – a Jewish/Palestinian Reparations Alliance

Zoom

VIRTUAL: Face-to-Face – a Jewish/Palestinian Reparations Alliance NOTE: Time Change to 11am start for Second Sundays (effective 07/17/2023) Meeting Days: Second Sundays every month, 11am-12:30pm/Fourth Sundays every month, 6-7:30pm Learn how Kehilla is engaged in Palestinian allyship with Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. Our regular Sunday meetings address the current work of the Committee and […]

In-Person: Kehilla Sings! 

Fireside Room, In-Person Only Join Hazzan Shulamit and Musical Prayer Leader Beth Dickinson to circle 'round, learn and sing together in community. We'll feature songs and prayers of healing and solidarity, a beautiful melody for Chanukah candle lighting, and take our time learning a more complex nigun (wordless melody) attributed to the Baal Shem Tov. If you attended […]

Event Series ONLINE – Book Discussion Group

ONLINE – Book Discussion Group

Zoom

This meeting will be held via Zoom; the Sunday before we meet, you can request the Zoom meeting link from the group by emailing: bookgroupcontact@kehillasynagogue.org Kehilla Book Group 2024-2025 Book Selections All Kehilla members are welcome to join us online when. The book group meets second Monday of each month at 7 p.m. To participate, email this […]

Event Series Essentials of Judaism

Essentials of Judaism

Title: Essentials of Judaism Taught by: Rabbi SAM Luckey, Rabbi Dev Noily and guests   Weekly on Mondays from 7-9 pm for 7 sessions, in person only* Together, we will get oriented to the depth and breadth of Judaism and dive into some of the juiciest parts of Jewish practice and life. This class, or […]

Event Series VIRTUAL – Morning Meditation Sit

VIRTUAL – Morning Meditation Sit

Zoom

Join for Morning Meditation – VIRTUAL ONLY at 7:45am. Look for the password to join Meditation in the Kehilla Weekly Email. A meditation sit led by Rabbi Dev Noily. Join us for sitting practice, framed by the weekly Torah portion and the season in Jewish time. All Morning Meditations (Wednesdays & Fridays) will be online ONLY.

Renewing Kehilla: Virtual Kick Off for Kehilla’s Organizational Development Process

Zoom

Register Here! Kehilla's leadership has been working toward launching an organizational development process for more than five years, and we're thrilled to finally begin. Over the past eight years, our beloved community has grown by 50%—a testament to the vibrant, welcoming space we've created together. Now, we're embarking on a thoughtful process to ensure our […]

IN-PERSON: Regional Council for Unrecognized Villages (RCUV) Leaders in Conversation

Lobna Sana and Yeela Raanan in conversation with R' David Cooper. The RCUV works to address the significant challenges facing the Bedouin population in the Negev from the unrecognized villages, advocating for their rights and needs. They have helped shape a master plan for the remaining unrecognized villages, ensuring these plans reflect the cultural and […]

Event Series VIRTUAL – Morning Meditation Sit

VIRTUAL – Morning Meditation Sit

Zoom

A meditation sit led by Rabbi Dev Noily. Join us for sitting practice, framed by the weekly Torah portion and the season in Jewish time. Wednesday & Friday meditations will continue as virtual meetings. Zoom room opens at 7:50am, short teaching at 7:55am, silent sit from 8:00-8:30am, followed by mourner’s kaddish and time to share […]

VIRTUAL: Disability Justice Committee Meeting

Zoom

UPDATED - New Mtg. Info (as of 11/05/24) The Disability Justice Committee (DJC) seeks to promote accessibility, recognition, and belonging for disabled people at Kehilla by providing emotional and spiritual support for disabled Kehillans, addressing inaccessibility, and integrating disability justice principles into Kehilla practices. The DJC has a new meeting schedule. Our meetings will be […]

Event Series IN PERSON: BIPOC & Beloveds Shabbat

IN PERSON: BIPOC & Beloveds Shabbat

Kehilla Community Synagogue 1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont, CA, United States

BIPOC Shabbat – Beloved community, this space is for Black, Brown and Indigenous folks, and folks who identify as People of Color AND their Beloveds!! Join us as we slow down, embody self-care and step fully into our time of rest. We’ll gather at 6:45 and at 7pm we will light candles and invoke sacred […]

Event Series MULTI-ACCESS: Shabbat Morning

MULTI-ACCESS Shabbat Morning and Salma Rached becoming Bat Mitzvah

Kehilla Community Synagogue 1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont, CA, United States

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 Salma Rached, exploring parashat Vayishlach. Salma will be called to the Torah as a bat mitzvah! Thanks to Salma’s family for sponsoring kiddush. Join us here For in-person attendance, please […]

ONLINE: “What do American Jews Need to Know about the West Bank?” with Hagar Shezaf, Haaretz’s West Bank correspondent

In this conversation with award-winning Haaretz West Bank correspondent Hagar Shezaf, we will explore some of the most recent developments in the ongoing dispossession of Palestinians in the West Bank, the impact of the Gaza War on Palestinians in the West Bank, the rise of the extreme settler movement into the highest ranks in the Israeli […]

IN-PERSON: SACRED LAND WORKDAY

The Sacred Land Committee is dedicated to honoring the heritage of the Lisjan Ohlone people and our own Jewish heritage. We are seeking to bring the unceded land (called Huchiun) of the Lisjan Ohlone people, on which Kehilla rests, into harmony with Indigenous and Jewish values. On the third Friday of each month we will be refurbishing the outside spaces (like the courtyard, and front and back gardens) and reconnecting with the land and its spirit. […]

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