Dear Friends! We are so excited to see you at Drag Queen Bingo at KI on Wednesday, April 9th @ 6:00 PM. Together we will honor KI’s HaMotzi program – Fighting Food Insecurity in our Community for 10 Years! Please read through the following instructions to help make the night run smoothly AND send...
On this Friday, March 28th, we will gather to honor Hazzan David Tilman and Ellen Tilman as they prepare to move closer to family. After 14 magnificent years as Director of Shir KI, Hazzan Tilman is retiring, having brought unparalleled beauty, professionalism, and warmth to our sacred music. Ellen Tilman,...
As we come to the end of the Book of Exodus, the Israelites learn anew the central precepts of the Torah: Keep the Sabbath, give tzedakah, and have a hand in building up a Jewish community of strength. The people will come forward to help create the first ever synagogue,...
PURIM – 14, ADAR, 5785 – March 13, 2025 ONE YEAR, FIVE MONTHS SINCE THE OUTBREAK OF THE GAZA WAR SHABBAT EVENING, MARCH 28 – A MUSICAL CELEBRATION Today is a momentous day for the Jewish people all over the world. Last Shabbat, the Shabbat just before Purim, is called...
This Shabbat, Friday, March 7, 2025 at 7:00 p.m., Congregations Shaare Shamayim and Keneseth Israel will join together for Hadassah Shabbat Across the Regions. Many of our members’ support Hadassah, an organization established on February 24, 1912, that supports Israel through its world-renowned hospitals, providing critical medical care, expanding surgical...
For over 500 days now, we have watched the aftermath of that epically tragic moment in Jewish history. On October 7, 2023, terrorists ransacked Israeli villages and homes, slaughtering the innocent and taking hostage over 300 souls. Over 500 days of pain and sadness and grief. Our heart hurt more...
This coming Shabbat at KI we will celebrate our February’s Jewish Disability, Awareness and Inclusion Month. We will share this evening with our friends at AADD (Association for Adults with Developmental Disabilities) and JCHAI (Judith Creed Horizons for Achieving Independence). AADD is an organization that provides social, educational, and support...
Dear KI Congregants and Community: So much is happening in our country, it can be disorienting. Through all of the noise, one trend keeps gnawing at my attention. For several months, we’ve witnessed in real time the trans and immigrant communities being targeted and scapegoated as the sources and symbols of what’s wrong with America. We’ve all studied history...
Friends, we are living in a moment that feels at once surreal and horrifying. Israel remains locked in a place of uncertainty, the status of hostages still an unknown. The President suggests that Gaza be emptied of its residents, shipped off to neighboring countries. He says with no irony or...
In this week’s Torah portion, Moses demands that Pharaoh ‘let my people go.’ It is an iconic moment of bravery and conviction. He speaks truth to power, urging the tyrannical leader to denounce his hateful actions and finally release the Israelites from bondage. Pharaoh has brought havoc, pain and immeasurable...
