June 20, 2019 || 17th of Sivan, 5779 || י״ז בְּסִיוָן תשע״ט
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Our Fiscal Year is Ending!!
Are you up to date on your dues / tuition / BBM payments?
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We ask that you check your books and make sure you're up to date with payments! If you're not sure what you owe, contact our bookkeeper, Molly, at
molly@kehillasyangogue.org
or at 510.547.2424 x 102. She's here on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
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** Membership Renewal Coming Up!! **
The primary contact in your household will receive an email with a link to your form on July 1
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Shabbat Service & Noa Leifer becoming Bat Mitzvah
Saturday, June 22, 10am-12:30pm
Join us as we celebrate Shabbat Morning Service and Noa Leifer becoming Bat Mitzvah with Rabbi Dev, Hazzan Shulamit, Red Karpman, and Debbie Fier. Join us for a celebratory and musical Shabbat morning service exploring Parashat Beha’olotecha. Everyone is welcome! Kiddush provided by Noa’s parents, Dee (Diane) Cherix and David Leifer.
Learn more here
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A Criminal Justice Reform Workshop -
Re-entry after Incarceration
Tuesday, June 25, 6-8pm in Kehilla's Fireside Room
Kehilla’s Economic Justice Committee (& Plymouth Church) are presenting a workshop where speakers will talk about the challenges of re-entry, and volunteer opportunities will be shared.
Light dinner will be served.
Please RSVP by Saturday, 6/22 to
Carolyn.ellison5@gmail.com.
Learn more here.
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Morning Meditation Sit
Wednesday, June 26, 7:50am
With Rabbi Dev. In the Fireside Room
(Enter through the Patio entrance on Fairview).
Learn more here.
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Shabbat picnic at Trans March 2019
Friday, June 28, 5-6:30pm in Mission Dolores Park, SF
Join Glitter Kehilla for a Shabbat picnic at the Trans* March. Come meet new folks, eat food, and celebrate Trans* March! Bring a picnic dish to share, and BYOG (bring your own glitter).
Learn more here.
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Kehilla's Annual Retreat: July 12-14 at Bort Meadow
Pack up the babies and come join us -
there will be childcare and youth programming!
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A unique opportunity to get away from the hustle of our busy lives
and spend some time in community in connection with nature.
We hope you can join!
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The Lost and Found Closet at Kehilla Empties July 1
Perhaps you left a water bottle, a jacket, a beloved sock?
We have them all! Contents of the Lost and Found Closet at Kehilla will be taken to goodwill on July 1 - if you've perchance lost an item, please come check to see if it's there! (door in the lobby with a sign that says 'lost and found')
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Immigration Committee Requests
Jon and Karen are Kehilla Immigration Committee members who will be providing Dora, who holds Temporary Protected Status (TPS), with housing while she pursues her immigration case in the courts, seeking the right to remain in the US permanently. Dora has held Temporary Protected Status (TPS) since 2001, but the current Administration is seeking to terminate TPS for her and hundreds of thousands of other immigrants.
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I have housed and accompanied a lovely Guatemalan family over the last 2 1/2 years. In the past month, 3 of their close relatives have arrived as asylum-seekers. After an awful stint in detention, they are thrilled to be here. The Kehilla Accompaniment Team helped post bond for them, and I've taken the responsibility of being their sponsor.
They are looking for casual work opportunities -- house-cleaning or repairing, gardening, painting, cooking. If you have any questions or opportunities, please contact me, Lili, at either 510-599-3611 or
lili.shidlov@gmail.com
or Juan, their brother, at 510-837-2771. I trust them and have appreciated the fine work they've already done for me.
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Have you fulfilled your Avodah commitment for this membership year?
We have only one month left!
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Norah Needs You!!
Norah is a 5 year old in our Kehilla Community who needs a bone-marrow donor. You might save a life by joining the marrow-donor registry, which is easy and free to do. If that isn't an option for you, there are other ways you can help. We invite you to step in and help us find Norah a match!!
Learn more here.
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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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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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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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Photography by Glenn Shor
& Mixed Media & More by Lynn Lazarus
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Pride Comedy Night
Sunday, June 23, 7pm, at the Freight & Salvage
A multicultural LGBT comedy fest with Marga Gomez, Sampson McCormick, Irene Tu, and Lisa Geduldig. A Kung Pao Kosher Comedy production. Also in Santa Cruz Sat June 22. Tix: $25 adv/$30 door.
Learn more here.
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Obereks, Mazurkas, and Polkas Oh My!
Sunday, June 23, 3:30-6:30pm in Kehilla's Social Hall
In this workshop for instrumentalists, we will examine some Polish folk tunes and compare Jewish and Polish styles of playing them. Teachers: Cookie Segelstein and Stefan Puchalski.
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Beauty and Terror: Robin Bernstein at Transmission Gallery
Saturday, July 13, 2-4 pm
Beautiful and intricate art works by Robin Bernstein commemorate little known horrors of the Holocaust at Transmission Gallery in Oakland through July 20. Artist's Talk July 13th.
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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