Simchat Torah celebration this Saturday evening

Not another prayer service but rather a celebration together, with dance and song, to conclude both our holiday season and the annual cycle of Torah reading. We will read the last few verses and the first few verses of the Torah together as a community, and see and celebrate the Torah scroll, with some guidance into klezmer and Chasidic dancing! BRING your music makers (both instruments and voices), some pen and paper to create with, and any nosh you want to enjoy together. The Torah verses we will read, from the end and the beginning.

Simchat Torah source sheet here

Parashat Bereishit here

Zoom meeting ID 899668970

The Launch of our Adult and Youth Education Year

Jewish Adult Education weekly classes on Wednesday evenings, starting from 21st October, 7:30-9pm. Email Rabbi Leah if you are interested in attending.

Email Omar if you are interested in further information about Youth Education.

Black History Month schedule for October

For Black History Month, we have a range of events both within and beyond Kehillah. We will be having a Racial Justice Shabbat both on Zoom and in-person on 17th October.

On Saturday 24th October and Friday 30th October we will be having our Black History Month Shabbat Morning service and Kabbalat Shabbat #BlackShabbat, both co-led by Michael Lomotey.

This Year's Tzedakah Appeal - Sistah Space & Kehillah

Thank you to all who have already generously donated. We would love to grow our Tzedakah Appeal this year to have more individual donations than previously - and have set ourselves a target of receiving 50 donations. Please do, if you haven't already, help us reach our target and make a donation!

Our Tzedakah Appeal is raising money for Sistah Space, as well as for our own Kehillah. Donations to Kehillah allow us to offer more, as well as being able to subsidise membership and events for those members and friends who may have financial difficulties.

Mazal tov to Katy and Max!

We are delighted to wish a big mazal tov to Kehillah members Max Strasser and Katie Baker, who are getting married this weekend, and look forward to celebrating with them in Kehillah.

Davina Good Stone setting

Our long standing member Davina Good's stone setting is taking place on 18th October with Rabbi Danny Rich officiating. Davina was a familiar face at many Kehillah events before her death on 20th November 2019. Due to Covid restrictions, only those invited by Davina's next of kin may attend the stone setting, but for those wishing to see the stone, the grave can be visited after the stone setting. A reminder that Davina is buried at The Western Cemetery (Cheshunt), Bullscross Ride, EN7 5HT.

Leo Baeck Lehrhaus

Lehrhaus is Leo Baeck College's adult Jewish learning programme. The Autumn programme includes Modern Hebrew - Beginner-Intermediate level, Biblical Hebrew for beginners, Classical Greek for Beginners, courses on Jewish Art, Rabbinic thought and Jewish History.