October 30, 2023 • 15 heshvan 5784
These are terrifying days, particularly for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and their loved ones around the world. And for their loved ones’ loved ones…
These are terrifying days, particularly for Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank and their loved ones around the world. And for their loved ones’ loved ones…
The Chavurah honored Palestinians who are denied access to the sea, whose cisterns are drying up because they are denied access to the water beneath their feet…
The BIPOC Congress has invigorated BIPOC leadership in Kehilla and beyond…
I have sat shmirah both in the company of a deceased person and virtually (miles away from their physical body). I experience a quieting, a communion, and a sense of lineage…
The Disability Justice Committee formed following the Praying in Disabled Bodies group led by Rabbi Elliot Kukla, who hosted a space where disabled Kehillans came together to discuss….
One of the advisors for this publication, Julie Litwin, is now also the CC Events Editor, compiling event info and committee updates…
We are giving Hillary, our Editor-in-Chief, a break for this issue, so you’re hearing from me instead! I want to share a bit about my role as Managing Editor, and some of the things you can expect to hear from me should you decide to contribute…
This happy photo shows mother and child reunited at JFK International Airport in New York, after many years apart. Daughter Michelle was last in school in Venezuela in early 2022…
We need co-conspirators in holding up respect for Native American peoples (and lands), liberation from oppression for Black Americans…
In addition to providing coverage on Kehilla’s member-led teams and one-by-one introductions to member leaders, Committee Connection now also aims to be a place to get quick updates…
The second annual “playshop,” titled “Many Ways to Get Involved in Kehilla,” was led by the Committee Leaders group at the annual community retreat on July 8 at Lake Temescal.
… Also, I have much more patience now than I did at 20, and I want to ask for your patience too. When asking for things from us news editors, keep in mind that Committee Connection itself is a Kehilla committee and does not have paid staff. We’re only two people keeping it going…
The eviction of the Wood Street homeless encampments by the City of Oakland was an intense, painful, exhausting process…
This is the story of one immigrant family “accompanied” by the Kehilla Immigration Committee for years…
[I’ve been a member of the Economic Justice Committee] since 2017–2018, when a group of us at Oakland Community Organizations…
Several months ago while playing pickleball, I fell, breaking my wrist, requiring surgery, and, as challenges have the potential to do, it allowed me to open the door to some very profound life learnings…
On May 19, the Community Educators Working Group held its first outing for Kehilla members: a group tour of the African American Museum and Library of Oakland (AAMLO), a unique branch of the Oakland Public Library…
… It doesn’t matter if you’re not a member of a Kehilla member-led team. … You might know someone who is active and would like you to interview them—or maybe you do a lot of member-led volunteering and could ask another Kehillan to interview you, so that all you have to do is talk. Or maybe you have great photos of a committee event or …
Back in 2008, Joseph and Rita Sklar, along with Jay and Ruth Koch, were looking for ways to connect with other Kehilla members. The organizers landed on the idea of a book group and picked a book that Ruth suggested …
… The BIPOC Congress produced the Make Space/Take Space statement, the core of which provides a concrete practice intended to be used at every Kehilla gathering. …
At this time last year, I didn’t expect to find myself banging on a pizza pan outside Santa Rita, Alameda County’s jail. It had been a long time since I had been active politically. …
… The nature of death is that it can’t really be predicted. We must gather with little notice to serve our community. …
As a kid, I watched the TV news with my mom nightly as she made dinner, and I remember seeing late 1970s network news coverage on Yasser Arafat and the Palestinian Liberation Organization and hearing the word “terrorist” for the first time. …
…While on their sabbatical in January, Kehilla Senior Rabbi Dev Noily visited the rural Palestinian community with their wife and son…