December 27, 2018 || 19th of Tevet, 5779 || י״ט בְּטֵבֵת תשע״ט
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Kehilla Administrative Offices Closed For the Winter Holiday
Please note that our offices are closed through Tuesday, January 1st
and will reopen with regular hours on Wednesday, January 2nd at 9am.
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Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, Dec 29, 10:30am-12:15pm
We begin the second book of the Bible: Exodus/Shemot, the start of the central mythos of the Jewish people. Moses is called forth at the Burning Bush and, before he accepts his mission, he demands to know God’s name. Bring veggie or dairy finger food to share.
Learn more here
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Morning Meditation Sit
Wednesday, Jan 2, 7:50am
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room (Enter through the patio entrance on Fairview Ave).
Learn more here.
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Kabbalat Shabbat: Friday, Jan 4, 7:30-9pm
Shabbat Morning Service: Saturday, Jan 5, 10:30am-12:15pm
Tot Shabbat: Saturday, Jan 5, 10:30am-12pm
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Come to Barbara's art reception!
Sunday, Jan 6, 3-5pm in the Fireside Room
Paintings and transformed photos by Barbara Haber, Kehilla artist: look, talk, nosh, discover...
(plus something a little different starting around 3:45!)
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Decoding Hebrew Continued with Bracha Stone
Sunday, Jan 6, 10:30am-12pm
Hebrew language springs from the deepest of wells, each letter, an entity with something practical and something mystical to teach us. We need only scratch the surface...and you’ve accessed a part of your past and your connection to the way our prayers, our psalms, our yearnings are expressed.
Learn more here.
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The Art of Seeing Mindfully
Tuesday, Jan 15, 6:30-8:30pm, with Betsy Imershein
Deepen and expand your mindfulness practice • Learn & practice how to observe and pay attention more deeply• Connect your heart and sight to deepen your compassion.
The Program:
Learn to see, not just look | Awaken your ‘field of sight’ | Using your smartphone as a tool to focus.
“The camera is an instrument that teaches people how to see without a camera.” With Betsy Imershein,
Learn more here.
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Tu B'Shvat in the Redwoods
with
Wilderness Torah
& Kehilla!
Sunday, January 20, 10am-3:45pm
East Bay Regional Park in Oakland
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Join us to celebrate the coming awakening of spring!
We will gather in the morning in the forest to create an experiential Tu B’Shvat seder that connects us to the trees and the elements and takes us on a journey from the physical world to the spiritual world.
We will delight in p’ri ha-etz (the fruit of the trees) and celebrate the season together through the five senses, song, meditation, and Tu B’Shvat teachings.
In the afternoon, join us for a variety of fun, informative, and inspired Tu B’Shvat offerings.
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Housing Search
An extended member of our Kehilla community, Cole, is looking for new housing in the East Bay, ideally in Oakland or Berkeley. He’s lived in Oakland for eleven years and is a consultant and leadership coach. He doesn’t have any pets, but is great with dogs and allergic to cats. Do you have a room becoming available in your home or have other housing leads? If so, please send a note to Kehilla member Rachel Bloch at
rkbshapiro@gmail.com
. Thank you!
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A Note of Gratitude from Naomi Baran
Dear Kehilla,
Thank you for all your loving support over the past two years through Ariel's fight with cancer. This community has offered my family more than I can possibly express. Thank you for meals and errands, thank you for calls, emails, texts, cards, thank you for coming to the shivas and memorial service, and for all your love and prayers through illness and death.
I am so deeply grateful.
Love,
Naomi
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Have you joined yet?
Norah Needs You!
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Our own Zachary & Rachel Gratz-Lazarus’ daughter, Norah, needs our help. Read what Norah's family wrote, and follow the button below
to register with ‘Be the Match’
today:
Norah is an expert joke-teller, modern-dancer, ice cream-licker, and loving big sister. At four years old, she takes her jobs pretty seriously.
Norah was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder called Fanconi Anemia (FA). Essentially, FA interferes with her body’s ability to properly repair its DNA. If untreated, it increases her risk of leukemia or bone marrow failure to 90%.
Norah will need a bone marrow transplant. Unfortunately, none of Norah's family members are a match for her. Norah has a donor match out there – it could be YOU. Join the “Be The Match” registry with a simple, painless cheek swab to help save Norah’s life. Adding donors to the registry increases the likelihood of finding a life-saving match for Norah and others in need.
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Changes in your household? Update us!
Sometimes you move to a new place, or drop your phone in a lake and get a new phone number. Sometimes partnerships change, and a person is added to, or leaves, a household. These are important changes, and we would love to get an update from you if you've had one in the last year. Update me at maya@kehillasynagogue.org. Feel free to add tidbits of gossip about your kids, or attach your favorite new recipe.
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The Kehilla Library is getting an upgrade!
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Over the coming months, we will be cataloguing, organizing and moving our books to the Emma Goldman room, the new home of our abundant and rich but sometimes under-used Synagogue library. Rachel Bloch is working on this effort and may need volunteers and/or community input as the project progresses.
Here
is a sampling of what our online catalog will look like. (Note that you can press the "Covers" on the top menu, which is a prettier view than the list; and you can search and advance pages on the upper right.) This is only one bookcase, so there is obviously much more to come! Get excited!
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Exploring
The Zohar
with Daniel Matt
Beginning January 16, 2019 (through February 20), 6-session course on Wednesday evenings, from 6 pm – 7:15 pm
Rabbi Dev says:
Daniel Matt is a treasure of our generation who just happens to live in Berkeley. This is an amazing opportunity to learn with him!
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Don’t Kvetch, Organize!
A seven week online training course guided by experienced trainers and instructors, to examine different ways that community organizing has been used to build a more just world for all and how Jewish tradition and history inform our own commitments and approaches to acting for justice.
Learn more & register here.
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Hear from our Community Leaders
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Kehilla Community Synagogue is comprised of people of all colors, genders, sexual orientations, including people with a wide range of religious and spiritual persuasions. We are committed to being a safe and welcoming place for everyone in our community.
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