We believe that Jewish religious practice can transform:
It can change lives, make meaning, and invest people
in the world.

Shabbat + Lifecycles / חיי קהילה
Where heaven meets earth

Justice + Activism / צדק
Torah comes to life on the streets

Torah + Learning / תורה ולימוד
How we interpret the world

Groups + Gatherings / מפגשים
Our tables always have room

Kids + Families / משפחות וילדים
Do jewish together

Our New Siddur + Music
Return to Eden

Upcoming Events

Read & Listen Posts

Yom Kippur 5785
Rabbi Michael Lezak
Retaining the Scent of Heaven

Rafi called us. He said, ‘I know you are passing the rolling fields on your way to Beersheva. Please tell Michael about ‘Adom Darom’ the festival in February where thousands of people make pilgrimage to our kibbutz and the surrounding area to see expansive acreage of blooming Kalaniot / red anemones, the Israeli national flower. Tell Michael that the kalaniot will bloom again…and so will we


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Kol Nidrei 5785
Rabbi Noa Kushner
Four Entered the Orchard, One Returned in Peace: The פַּרְדֵּס of 10.7

In fact, it seems to me
All four of these rabbis, and their perspectives
Ben Azzai, Ben Zoma, Elisha ben Abuyah, and Akiva
are within each of us

And so, if we want to find our way through this severe chapter in Jewish history,
this particular orchard, what I am calling the פַּרְדֵּס of 10.7
We will need to go with them, to see their versions of the פַּרְדֵּס just as they see it
To go and, in the end, like Akiva, try to return whole

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Rosh Hashanah 5785
Rabbi Noa Kushner
אֵ֥ל רַח֖וּם וְחַנּ֑וּן / God of Mercy: Being Jewish in San Francisco, 2024

One thing, however, got very clear
There was no denying our involvement in the Jewish project
or even our involvement in Jewish history
because, like it or not, we were and we are, unmistakably, a part of it

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High Holiday Drashot

The Jewish now is right here, look around

We don’t start with, “Are you really Jewish?” but rather, “What are you willing to do? What are you interested in doing? Where might we go together?” We welcome people because this is who we are: all genders, ages, colors, sexual orientations, and backgrounds—not to mention all members of modern families of one kind or another. In other words, we think who we are and how we came together is our blessing.

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One City

Sharing Our Abundance

 

אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֗ן יִקָּ֤רֵא לָךְ֙ עִ֣יר הַצֶּ֔דֶק

'After that, you shall be called a City of Righteousness...'
-Isaiah 1:26

What is the Kitchen?
Is this religious?
What if I don’t believe in God?
What if I’m not Jewish?

What if I’m not the praying type?
Where do I start?
Who pays for this?
What do I get when I join the Kitchen?