Kehillat Israel Podcasts
Torah study, sermons and seminars on Jewish topics presented at Kehillat Israel, the largest Reconstructionist congregation in the world.
About the show
Recordings of the weekly Friday morning Torah study class at Kehillat Israel in Pacific Palisades, California as well as other events at K.I. including sermons, classes and public events.
Kehillat Israel is an inclusive Jewish synagogue community, which honors diverse religious and spiritual backgrounds. Grounded in Jewish cultural and religious tradition, and guided by the core Reconstructionist principle to value both the wisdom of the past and the need for evolving belief and practice, KI seeks through prayer, learning and Tikkun Olam to create a sacred space in which its members of all ages may find meaning, purpose and joy.
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Episodes
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Vzot Habracha: Ending The Torah and Beginning Again
October 9th, 2020 | 53 mins 26 secs
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Deuteronomy 33:1-34:12 - October 9, 2020.
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Sukkot 2020
October 2nd, 2020 | 46 mins 54 secs
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - October 2, 2020.
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Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben's Yom Kippur Sermon 2020
September 28th, 2020 | 19 mins 24 secs
Kehaillat Israel High Holy Days 5781
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Rabbi Amy Bernstein's Kol Nidre Sermon 2020
September 28th, 2020 | 26 mins 50 secs
Kehaillat Israel High Holy Days 5781
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Haazinu: Can We Accept It Today?
September 25th, 2020 | 59 mins 57 secs
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Deuteronomy 32:1-52 - September 25, 2020.
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Rabbi Daniel Sher's Rosh Hashanah Sermon 2020: Kindness is Not Enough
September 20th, 2020 | 12 mins 42 secs
Kehaillat Israel High Holy Days 5781
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Rabbi Amy Bernstein's Rosh Hashanah Sermon 2020
September 19th, 2020 | 16 mins 8 secs
Kehaillat Israel High Holy Days 5781
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Rabbi Amy Bernstein's Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon 2020
September 19th, 2020 | 14 mins 28 secs
Kehaillat Israel High Holy Days 5781
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Nitzavim I: Standing Together - Then and Now
September 11th, 2020 | 54 mins 21 secs
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Deuteronomy 29:9-30:11 - September 11, 2020.
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Ki Tavo I: What Is Our Social Responsibility?
September 4th, 2020 | 52 mins 6 secs
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Deuteronomy 26:1-27:10 - September 4, 2020.
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KI Tetze I: Finding The Treasure Within
August 28th, 2020 | 51 mins 16 secs
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Deuteronomy Chapter 22 - August 28, 2020.
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Shoftim I: A Democratic Revolution in Politics
August 21st, 2020 | 49 mins 33 secs
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Deuteronomy 16:18-18:5 - August 21, 2020.
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Spiritual Sustenance in a Time of Crisis
August 18th, 2020 | 1 hr 11 mins
Rabbi Amy Bernstein discusses a Hartman Institute talk by Melila Hellner-Eshed which explored Jewish tradition for what it means to find faith while sitting in the darkness.
Melila Hellner-Eshed, Ph.D., is a Research Fellow of the Kogod Research Center at Shalom Hartman Institute and the Director of Maskilot, an intensive two-year program for female doctoral candidates. She has been a professor of Jewish mysticism and Zohar in the Department of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem for over two decades.
Rabbi Bernstein's conducted the discussion via Zoom on August 18, 2020.
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Reeh I: Sacrifice, Ritual and Morality
August 14th, 2020 | 1 hr 4 mins
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Deuteronomy 11:16-12:28 - August 14, 2020.
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Ekev I: Gratitude - When Is Enough Enough?
August 7th, 2020 | 56 mins 40 secs
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Deuteronomy 7:12-9:3 - August 7, 2020.
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Vaetchanan I: Moses, Leadership and the Law
July 31st, 2020 | 56 mins 53 secs
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class - Deuteronomy 3:23-5:18 - July 31, 2020.
Due to the current coronavirus crisis and the guidelines of the State of California and the City of Los Angeles, it was not possible for the class to meet with Rabbi Bernstein at Kehillat Israel. So she conducted the class on the internet via Zoom with the students paticipating from their homes. Rabbi Bernstein will continue to conduct the class via Zoom until it is possible to once again get together in person.