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Kehilla Community Synagogue

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Kehilla Community Synagogue
The synagogue
Religion
Affiliation	Judaism
Rite	Unaffiliated
Ecclesiastical or organisational status	Synagogue
Status	Active
Location
Location	1300 Grand Avenue, Piedmont, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area, California 94610
Country	United States
Location in San Francisco Bay Area
Geographic coordinates	37°49′13″N 122°14′39″W / 37.820192°N 122.244101°W / 37.820192; -122.244101
Architecture
Date established	1984 (as a congregation)
Website
kehillasynagogue.org

Kehilla Community Synagogue is an unaffiliated Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in the suburb of Piedmont, Oakland, in the San Francisco Bay AreaofCalifornia, in the United States.

Founded in 1984 by "people who wanted a synagogue that would be a spiritual home for politically progressive people who felt no connection with traditional synagogues",^{[citation needed]} the congregation sees its "spiritual mandate to heal and repair the world by increasing social justice, eschewing war and all forms of violence and aggression, caring for the planet, and exhibiting loving kindness to all."

The congregation is open to people of all colors, genders, and sexual orientations.^[1]

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Further reading[edit]

• Glass, Dr. Ron (June 4, 2019). "Kehilla Community Synagogue". Leviathan Jewish Journal (Interview). Interviewed by Georgie Blewett. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
• Davis, Linda (January 27, 2021). "How Piedmont's Kehilla synagogue adapted to survive pandemic". East Bay Times. Retrieved August 22, 2021.
• Mirsky, Maya (December 10, 2014). "Piedmont: Kehilla Community Synagogue to celebrate 30th anniversary". The Mercury News. Retrieved August 22, 2021.

External links[edit]

• Official website