The synagogue grew out of a collective commitment to creating an egalitarian spiritual home for Conservative/Masorti Jews. Based in Berkeley and allied with the broader Jewish community.

Members include Jews and non-Jews, Jews-by-choice, interfaith families, multiracial and multicultural individuals, married, single, families and individuals, LGBTQ+, straight, old and young. Congregants recognize and value each other as teachers and students.

Participatory, egalitarian community is defined by the values of:

• Belonging – nurturing connections with each other, the broader community and Israel.
• Learning – providing introductory and continuing encounters with Jewish wisdom.
• Ritual – deepening personal engagement with the sacred.
• Justice – embracing Judaism’s call to repair the world through deeds of loving-kindness and social action.