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24 Adar 5770
Parashat Vayakhel-Pekudei
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Kaplan Quote of the Week

Weekly Quote from Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, z"l (1881-1983)
As long as wrong and injustice will obtain in the relations between nation and nation there is no likelihood of justice and law being established in the religions between one individual and another.

From Communings of the Spirit, Vol. I, page 118, Thursday, June 28, 1917; used with permission.

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Keddem Congregation is a community-led, Reconstructionist Jewish 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 principles—Keddem is: inclusive, egalitarian, participatory, questioning, and Reconstructionist.

Pesech Seder

Keddem's annual Pesach Seder is coming, on Saturday evening, April 3. See this flyer and reservation form for information. Make your reservations, and join us for this inspiring inter-faith event!

Bagels, Lox, & Learning

In January, Edie Gelles spoke about her recently published double biography: Abigail and John: Portrait of a Marriage. Using PowerPoint images, she will illustrate the lives of these American founders as well as the historical events that disrupted their expectations for a comfortable and conventional family life. This talk will be accessible for young folks as well as adults who are interested in the early history of the United States. See this photo album for pictures!

JRF Convention 2010

JRF 2010

JRF's 2010 Convention is coming—to California! Save the date: November 11-14, 2010, and plan to join us for "California Dreaming: Visioning Our Future."

Why go to Convention?

See JRF's Convention Page for more information.

Keddem 5770/2009 High Holy Days

We're beginning to publish the drashes for High Holy Days 5770. Check back for additions.

We also have the handouts available from some of the Yom Kippur afternoon study sessions. Thanks to the authors for their contributions.

Keddem Community Blog

In addition to our public blog, Keddem now has a community blog. The community blog, at blog.Keddem.org, provide a forum for online discussion. See here for info on our blogs.

JRF's Kaplan Corner

Mordecai Kaplan's biographer, Dr. Mel Scult, has given us the opportunity to "look over his shoulder" as he works on his next volume of Communings of the Spirit, selections from Kaplan's prodigious diary. Every month, Dr. Scult will send JRF two or three journal entries for publication on the JRF web site. In addition, he is sending JRF audio recordings of conversations he had with Rabbi Kaplan in 1972; these, along with photos and more, will also be available online.

JRF has also created a listserv called "kaplan-corner"; its sole purpose is to inform subscribers that the site has been updated with new journal entries from Dr. Scult.

Check out JRF's Kaplan Corner!

Help Keddem While You Shop!

Did you know that you can painlessly help Keddem while you shop for your everyday purchases? Learn how!

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.)


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

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  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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