Keddem Congregation - the Mid-Peninsula's Reconstructionist Congregation

16 Nisan 5784
Pesach II
1st day of the Omer
Havdalah 9:04pm
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Kaplan Quote of the Week

Weekly Quote from Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, z"l (1881-1983)
Judaism thus assigned to God an entirely different function from that which any other of the ancient peoples assigned to their deities. While the deities of the nations served to furnish the sanction to the moral and spiritual laws, they never were regarded as the sole organizing principles or factors of social groups... This new function which was assigned to the God of Israel was at the root of the strongly felt yet vaguely grasped truth that the God of Israel was unique. It was not his oneness that our fathers were first impressed by, but his uniqueness.

From Communings of the Spirit, Vol. I, page 60, Monday, March 10, 1913; used with permission.

Keddem Congregation is a community-led, Jewish Reconstructionist congregation, passionately committed to infusing tradition with new meaning. Keddem is based in Palo Alto, California, on the San Francisco Peninsula.

Worship, study, community and governance at Keddem are based on the following values: Keddem Congregation is inclusive, egalitarian, participatory, inquiring, innovative, and compassionate.

Response to COVID-19

Keddem has been holding a few activities outdoors and is streaming most of our activities online. See the calendar for dates, times, and contact information.

Donate to Keddem

Keddem welcomes donations to support the cost of our High Holy Day services, which are open to the community without charge. Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law.

To donate online by credit card, debit card, or PayPal account, click here.
To donate by check, make the check payable to Keddem Congregation and mail to the address below.
To donate securities, please email us for instructions.

And, thank you!

Second Harvest Food Bank

Keddem encourages contributions to Second Harvest Food Bank, which provides nutritious food to anyone in need throughout Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties.

Keddem's Email Lists

Keddem maintains four email lists for announcements and discussion: The Members List, the Interest List, the NewsWire List, and the Discussion List.

For a description of each list and information on how to join a list, update your email address, remove yourself from a list, or post to a list, click here. (As mentioned there, archives are available for all of these lists.)

We are one of over 100 congregations and havurot affiliated with the Jewish Reconstructionist Communities. Liberal in outlook, yet respecting tradition, Reconstructing Judaism is the newest of the four movements of organized American Judaism. To learn more, click here.

Phone: (650) 494-6400

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 50758
Palo Alto, California 94303

Keddem is located in Palo Alto, California, the heart of Silicon Valley in the San Francisco Bay Area. We're but 30 miles from San Francisco and 17 miles from San José, in the "mid-peninsula" or "south peninsula" area.

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