April 25, 2019 || 20th of Nisan, 5779 || כ׳ בְּנִיסָן תשע״ט
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Shabbat Service &
Reba Sadie Gamson-Knight becoming Bat Mitzvah
Saturday, April 27, 10am-12:30pm
Join us for a celebratory Shabbat morning, exploring special torah verses from Deuteronomy in honor of the 8th Day of Passover! Everyone is welcome! Kiddush provided by Reba’s parents, Joshua Gamson and Richard Knight.
Learn more here.
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Torah-scope: Study Torah with Rabbi Chaya Gusfield
in a Small Group (6-8)
Mondays, 7-9pm: April 29, May 13, 20, June 3, 17
Use your birth portion as a lens into our sacred Torah text. Your birth portion is the Torah portion that was being read during the week you were born. (Hebrew birth date). At Kehilla in the Heschel room.
Learn more here.
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Morning Meditation Sit
Wednesday, May 1, 7:50am
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room
(Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview).
Learn more here.
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Teens and Adults, let’s do this, one aliyah at a time Join us for Shabbat morning services and share your skills and love of leynen with our community.
See dates and learn more here!!
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Kabbalat CHAI Shabbat
Friday, May 3, 6:30-9:30 pm
A musically rich, soulful evening of spirited and contemplative prayer. 6:30pm Potluck Dinner, 7:30pm Services and Kiddush
For the Potluck before services: Please bring a vegetarian or fish dish for five or more people. Nice if it’s gluten-free but not required.
Learn more here.
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Shabbat Service and Josie Green becoming Bat Mitzvah
Saturday, May 4, 10am-12:30pm
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat and Josie’s simcha. More info coming soon.
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Tot Shabbat
Saturday, May 4, 10:30 am - 11:15 am
With Jen Miriam and Alon Altman with their Puppet Friends. Especially for the littlest tots (0-3 years) and their grown ups; children up to 5 are welcome! Bring a snack to share at Kiddush if you’d like.
Learn more here.
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Folks with White Privilege Affinity Group Meeting
Sunday, May 5, 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Kehilla community members are welcome whether or not you have attended before – we’d love to have you! This is part of Kehilla’s Racial Justice Initiative.
Learn more here.
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Looking for a ride from Petaluma to Berkeley on May 11th for Kehilla's Event,
Many Stories: Shared Liberation, An Evening with Alicia Garza - for Aurora, who will be on the stage that evening. Able and willing to help? Please email
dee@kehillasynagogue.org
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Have you fulfilled your Avodah commitment for this membership year?
We have less than three months left!
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The Youth Spirit Artworks Tiny House Is Coming to Kehillla
The Kehilla Economic Justice Committee is working with Youth Spirit Artworks (YSA) and East Bay Housing Organizations (EBHO) to bring a YSA Tiny House to Kehilla's parking lot on Thursday, May 23rd – Friday, May 24th so the community can learn more about this YSA project to provide housing for youth.
Learn more here.
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Passover Action: Donate to the Bay Area Immigration Bond Fund
This Passover, join members of Kehilla, Shaar Zahav, the Kitchen & Mission Minyan to raise money for the Bay Area Immigration Bond Fund, empowering immigrants to fight deportation.
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Photography by Glenn Shor
& Mixed Media & More by Lynn Lazarus
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Vacuum Cleaner + Kitchen Table for Immigrant Family
A family that one of our accompaniment teams is working with is moving into a new home. They could use an expandable kitchen table and a vacuum cleaner in good condition. If you have either of these items to donate, please contact Lili Shidlovski at lili.shidlov@gmail.com. Thanks so much!
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Casual work urgently needed for young Honduran man
William is reliable and eager to do any odd jobs around your home or yard. Do you want some help in your garden? Any repairs needed in your home? No project too small! William is currently living with us and we can recommend him. Please call me, Esther Ehrlich, with any questions or offers of work: (510) 847-0628
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This is Aurora Levins Morales, a resident poet of Kehilla. You’ve heard me read my work during services for years. Now, other synagogues are using my poetry, too, and asking me to write pieces for them. While it’s fun and rewarding, it’s a disorganized and mostly unpaid way to work.
Learn more here.
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Have you joined yet?
Norah Needs You!
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Norah is an expert joke-teller, modern-dancer, ice cream-licker, and loving big sister. At five 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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Donate Supplies to Help
People Experiencing Homelessness
Please help Tayla Husbands-Hankin support our homeless population by donating
new
& used
tents, tarps, blankets, warm socks, warm men’s coats, sweatshirts & sweaters! A large box is located by the sanctuary door at Kehilla.
Please fill it with these items only
. Talya will pick up the items periodically and deliver them to people who need them. Questions? Contact Jeanne Finberg,
jeanne.finberg@gmail.com
. Thank you!
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KEHILLA MEMBERS
IN THE WIDER COMMUNITY
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Simplify Your Life. Join Sue Kearney for Simplici-Tea.
Let’s talk about the many ways you can Simplify Your Life. Come to as many SimpliciTeas as you like.
This is not about a specific method or technique. It's a journey. Let's explore together. A v
ariety of dates and times, details in link.
Free!
Learn more here.
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Queering Jewish Diasporas: Non-Zionist Imaginaries
Sat., May 4 - Sat., May 11 6:30pm
An eight-night multimedia art exhibit and performance series highlighting diasporic Jewish artists creating works that challenge the paradigm that Jewish Liberation=Zionism.
Learn more here.
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Lenore Weiss published
The Glimmerine
: A Children's Book!
The book is an urban environmental fantasy for middle grade readers and their parents and friends—set at the edge of a condo development where we meet 10-year-old Leah who has been labeled as the school weirdo. Why? Because she talks to something hidden inside her backpack. But Leah doesn’t care how much she’s teased. She has other friends.
Learn more here.
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CJM Program - Claude Cahun: Pioneering, Gender-Defying, Jewish Radical
Thursday, May 9, 2019 6:30–8pm at the Contemporary Jewish Museum
Scholars Jennifer Shaw and Tirza True Latimer come together in conversation to explore 20th Century avant-garde artists Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore’s work, legacy, and Jewish life.
Learn more here.
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The Urban Adamah Residency
MAY 15 or JUN 1 – NOV 30, 2019
What is it? Open to any individual age 21 - 35, the
Urban Adamah Residency
is a program that offers partially subsidized housing in exchange for hosting some Urban Adamah programs and other peer events.
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The City of Berkeley's 17th Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day Program
Sunday, April 28th, 11:30am - 1:30pm
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley
The Program will honor Ralph Samuel, a survivor of the Holocaust, who at the age of 7 was sent alone to England on a Kindertransport to escape the Nazi's. Live music, candle lighting and more.
Learn more here.
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When We Fight We Win: Building Community Power To Dismantle the Prison System
Saturday, May 2, 2019, 7-9pm
First Congregational Church of Oakland, 2501 Harrison Street, Oakland, CA, 94612
Featuring four incredible movement leaders at the frontlines you'll hear about victories, strategies, and the importance of campaigns and coalitions in the movement to dismantle the PIC.
Learn more here
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Hear from our Community Leaders
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Need to book a room at Kehilla for an event or committee meeting?
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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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