Kehilla Homeless Action Committee Presents a Sukkot Speakout in the Kehilla Sukkah

Sukkot is a meditation on the transience and impermanence of shelter and life, a collective memory of the time our people were homeless and struggling in the face of the unknown. To make this holiday and theme meaningful to us here and now, we have convened a panel of unhoused and recently housed Oakland activists, […]

VIRTUAL: Disability Justice Committee Meeting

Zoom

UPDATED - New Mtg. Info (as of 03/04/24) 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. Our meetings will be every month on the forth Tuesday from […]

VIRTUAL: High Holy Days for Rookies (and we are all rookies!)

Zoom

Taught by: Rabbi SAM Luckey  This class is for eight ONLINE only sessions. From Elul (the month before Rosh Hashanah) through Sukkot (the harvest festival after Yom Kippur) and Simchat Torah (the party for finishing and renewing the Torah reading cycle), Judaism goes big for this annual waterfall of holy times. What is it all […]

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.

Simchat Torah: Urban Adamah

A Simchat Torah Bash w. Kehilla Community Synagogue & Chochmat HaLev!   Services will be indoors and music will be outdoors. Sliding Scale: $10 to $36 per person. Purchase tickets for Simchat Torah Here! Join Urban Adamah, Kehilla Community Synagogue, Chochmat HaLev, and friends for another year of joyous and multi-generational celebration of Torah! Thanks to the Kehilla […]

VIRTUAL: White Folx Decentering Whiteness Affinity Group Meeting

We invite anyone who identifies as white, whether or not you've been to these meetings before! We work experientially on de-centering whiteness at Kehilla and in ourselves -- so that Kehilla is more welcoming for people of color. Email us for the Zoom link: wfdwhitenesscontact@kehillasynagogue.org. Info at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1R5AyZAuK4CLpvQU7mJwDjqDjpCzXNg5C/edit

Simchat Torah – Office Closed

The Kehilla Administrative Office is closed in observance of Simchat Torah, we will reopen on Mon., October 28 during our normal business hours.

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 […]

Event Series MULTI-ACCESS: Shabbat Morning

ONLINE ONLY: Shabbat Morning – Bereshit

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

Join us for a celebratory online only Shabbat morning service with Avi Rose and Ore Ganin-Pinto, exploring Parashat Bereshit, the very beginning of the Torah.   Zoom Link: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJMtdeqorj0oHNILx2xFVEAevzMO94IjpeyJ  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 […]

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 […]

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.

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 […]

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 IN-PERSON: Tot Shabbat

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: […]

Event Series MULTI-ACCESS: Shabbat Morning

CANCELED: MULTI-ACCESS: Shabbat Morning – Noach

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

Please join us on Saturday, Nov. 9th, for our next Shabbat morning service.   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 Health Protocols here, and see other accessibility information here. All events at Kehilla are scent-free. Click here for information about […]

VIRTUAL: Sacred Land Monthly Committee Meeting

Zoom

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 […]

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 […]

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