October 9, 2020 | 21st of Tishrei, 5781 | כ״א בְּתִשְׁרֵי תשפ״א |
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An Invitation to Leadership on the Kehilla Board
This is an invitation to step up as a leader in your community. Kehilla is our home, our place of worship and learning, the place and the people we go to in times of hardship, an anchor for our social justice work. If you are interested in exploring participation on the Board of Trustees please fill out this short application and learn more here.
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Join the Kehilla Jews of Color Facebook Group!
This group is for Black, Indigenous, People of Color or those who as identify as People of Color only. Join our Facebook Group here! Please contact Ruthie Levin, POC Organizer, for more information: ruthie@kehillasynagogue.org
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Still have your machzor (prayerbook) from High Holy Days?
Please drop off your machzor at Kehilla's main entrance by mid-October or make a contribution of $10-$20 here to keep it. Also, you can watch the High Holy Day recordings below under Community Announcements!
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Urgent Clergy Appointments Only Until Oct. 19th
Rabbi Dev welcomes one-on-one conversations with Kehilla members! They will next be available for regular appointments starting October 19th. As always, Rabbi Dev and the Kehilla clergy are available at all times for urgent pastoral care (including illness, death and dying, birth, and other urgent matters). Please contact Dee and she will help you schedule time with them.
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Special Note: We are adding Zoom registration for public services going forward as a security step. You can register before a meeting or right when you join. Please email Elle with questions!
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POC Shabbat - **Extended Service Time!**
Friday, October 9, 5:30pm - 7pm
Beloved community, it is time to slow down, embody self-care and feel the liberation of stepping into this special time of the week. We’ll light the candles together to invoke our time of rest. Please feel free to bring ritual items if so moved and share elements of your own practice as we deepen connection and community. This space is for us, created by us. Please contact Ruthie Levin, POC Organizer at ruthie@kehillasynagogue.org if you would like to co-lead, lead or contribute.
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Shabbat and Sh’mini Atzeret services with Yizkor
Saturday, October 10, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Join Rabbi Dev and Hazzan Shulamit to celebrate Shabbat and Sh’mini Atzeret, a day of doubly deep rest, joy, mystery and prayer. We will sing Tefillat Geshem, a prayer to usher in the rainy season, Hallel, extra songs of longing and praise and we’ll observe Yizkor in remembrance of those who died in years past. Join us here!
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Simchat Torah Dance Party!!
Saturday, October 10, 7pm-9pm
Join Kehilla and Chochmat HaLev and put on your dancing shoes and join us for an online dance party to close out the High Holy Days and celebrate the Torah! Dance circuits will be curated by Bruce Bierman, Talia Cooper, and Julie Emden, culminating with a virtual performance by our Community Klezmer Band, led by Mike Perlmutter. We won’t read the Torah together this year, but she’ll know how much we love her when she sees us dance! Co-Sponsored by the Aquarian Minyan, Beit Tikkun, Embodied Jewish Learning and Temple Beth Shalom, San Leandro.
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Torah from the Beginning: The Book of Genesis
Begins Monday, October 12, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Join Rebecca Kaplan and occasional guest speakers for an opportunity to study the Torah as it unfolds week by week for 12 weeks; each class covers the same parasha that will be read/discussed at that week’s Shabbat service.
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Book Discussion Group
Monday, October 12, , 7pm-9pm
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Wednesday Morning Meditation Sit
Wednesday, October 14, 7:50am-8:45am
With Rabbi Dev. Short teaching at 7:55, silent sit from 8:00-8:30, mourner’s kaddish and announcements at 8:30.
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Economic Justice Committee
Wednesday, October 14, 6:30pm-9pm
If you are interested in social and economic justice work, we invite you to join us.
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Jews on Ohlone Land
Wednesday, October 14, 7pm-8:30pm
Organizing to maximize Jewish participation in the Shuumi Land Tax throughout the East Bay.
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Save the Date: Urban Adamah
Friday, October 16, 7pm-8:15pm
Join SHAMATi, the Jewish Soul of Oakland, for a special virtual performance from the farm to celebrate Shabbat and the harvest season. SHAMATi performs a wide variety of musical styles from Jewish to Bluegrass, Classic Rock to Hora, Latin to Motown and just about everything in between. They are guaranteed to take any party to the next level! Register here
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Liturgically Traditional, Radically Inclusive Kabbalat Shabbat
Friday, October 16, 5pm-6pm
A more traditional davenning style of Kabbalat Shabbat: songful and in Hebrew, following the full liturgy. Whether this type of prayer service is new for you, familiar, or intimately known, ALL are welcome!
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Shabbat Morning Service
Saturday, October 17, 10:30am - 12:15pm
Join Sharon Grodin and Beth Dickinson for a celebration of Shabbat Morning Service as we begin the new cycle of reading from the Torah with parashat Breishit.
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Tikkun Ha-Nefesh: Healing Racism, Unpackaging White Privilege
Sunday, October 18, 10am - 11:30am
Pre-registration is not required, but RSVP’s are strongly encouraged to give facilitators a sense of how many people to expect. To RSVP email Laura at lafitch@gmail.com
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Beginning Hebrew: Decoding the Alef-Bet
Sunday, October 18, 7:20pm-8:45pm
Join Bracha Stone for a series designed for those who desire to get friendly and familiar with this precious language.If you have absolutely NO knowledge of Hebrew, this is the right place for you! Register here
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Kehilla Offices Closed Monday, Oct. 12 & Limited Availability Until Oct. 19
Kehilla's offices will be closed on Monday, October 12 in observance of Simchat Torah. We will be operating at limited availability until Monday, October 19. Rotating staff members will be available to assist for essential administrative needs from Tuesday Oct. 13 through Friday Oct. 16 which you can learn more about at (510) 547-2424. Urgent pastoral care will remain available.
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Note on the Weekly Submission Deadline
Due to our limited operations next week, please submit to the Weekly newsletter before Monday at midnight for inclusion in the next community newsletter. Thank you!
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Hineinu Campaign
Like a Havdalah candle, we are braided together. Now more than ever, we need to build our resilience. Please consider joining our Hineinu Campaign with a sustaining gift to Kehilla. Your contributions make it possible for us to house immigrants, support those who are struggling, care for our building, and sustain Kehilla’s people by clicking here.
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Kehilla Food Drive with Alameda County Community Food Bank
For every $1 donated, $7 in food is provided for those in need. Please use this link to access our Virtual Food Drive page then Select Kehilla from the green 'Select Your Group' menu to connect to our groups page and to donate!
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High Holy Day 5781/2020 Recordings
Thank you for joining our meanginful services! Do you want to revisit a sermon, see a service you missed, or experience it all again? You can! Click below to see the recordings for each service on YouTube.
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#SHOFARS4SHUUMI
Join us in our practice of Teshuvah as we pay the Shuumi Land Tax as Jews living on Ohlone Land. The Shuumi Land Tax supports the powerful work of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust. This is a small step towards acknowledging the history of genocide on this land and contributing to its healing. Click here to learn more.
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Chevra Kadisha Services
We want to let all congregants know that the Chevra Kadisha is still offering tahara and shmira for your deceased loved ones. During these times,we are performing these rituals virtually. Please contact Cathy Steirn at (510) 333-1848.
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Interfaith Panel on Covid-19, Social Justice and Race
Sunday, October 18, 9:45am-11am
Kehilla member Beth Weinberger will participate in Berkeley Buddhist Temple's annual interfaith panel on the current multiple crises and how faith communities might deal with them. Panel starts at 9:45 a.m. following a short Buddhist service at 9:30. Panelists include members of Muslim, Christian, Buddhist, Jewish and Sunday Assembly congregations. Tune in here!
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Banner Drop Day of Action
The Immigration Committee participated in a statewide action to demand that the governor take action to stop the spread of COVID in California's jails, prisons and ICE facilities. See more here.
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Join Us for A Ballot Night with St. Colomba Catholic Church
Wednesday,October 14, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Join the Economic Justice Committee on a ballot night sponsored by St. Colomba, an Oakland African-American Traditions Catholic Church, to learn about vital propositions. Zoom links here!
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Multiethnic Bone Marrow Donors Needed
Jordan Jackson-Clarke, a 24-year-old former camp counselor at the East Bay JCC, is seeking a bone marrow donor - Black and Jewish donors are especially desired but all donors are needed. Order your swab kit now and join the registry. Learn more and donate to the bone marrow registry here
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Not Sure How to Vote on Propositions? Get Your Voter Guide Here!
A voter guide to all 2020 ballot propositions compiled by the Economic Justice Committee is linked here. Please email the guide to 10 people you know and ask each of them to email it to 10 people.
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Immigration Committee Requests
1: Items in good condition needed for immigrant family: dining room table & chairs, blender, toaster oven, pots & pans, kitchen garbage can with lid. To donate, contact Yael at: falicov@gmail.com
2: Work needed for immigrants in our accompaniment program. Jobs like small construction projects, cleaning and yard work all welcome! Contact us here!
3: Low cost housing urgently needed for Latinx transgender asylum seeker. Prefer separate unit near public transportation. Contact us here!
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Kehilla Family Seeking Childcare
The Noam Perry household is seeking someone to supplement their regular nanny, who is working part time. The household has two children: a 1-year-old and 7-year-old, plus a dog (who they do not need help with!) Ideally, the person would cover Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons, plus some hours on the weekend - these are somewhat flexible. Caregivers would need to go through a background check for the family's adoption agency. Please contact Noam directly at noam.perry@gmail.com with any leads!
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Automated Payment Notices!
This is a friendly reminder that we have launched a new system that automatically sends emails to folks when their monthly payments are overdue. If you see one but have already sent in a check or paid the balance, please disregard the email. If you have any questions or feedback please contact our bookkeeper Molly at molly@kehillasynagogue.org or call (510) 929-0602 (Tuesdays and Thursday, 2pm-7pm).
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The Rabbis’ Discretionary Fund is Here for You
Through the generosity of many in our community, the Rabbis' Discretionary Fund (RDF) can help with modest financial challenges: Learn more here.
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Bikkur Cholim: Pastoral / Spiritual Care
Rabbi Chaya Gusfield is coordinating a wonderful group of members who are rabbis and chaplains to offer support to our members who are ill or caring for loved ones who are sick. Learn more here!
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Phishing Scams Continue in Rabbi Dev's Name
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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!! Learn more 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.
510-547-2424
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