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Chochmat HaLev

a generic image of a girl reading from the Torah
Posted inLocal Voice

How my community is trying to fix a broken b’mitzvah system

Zvika Krieger by Zvika Krieger June 22, 2023June 23, 2023

Having grown up Orthodox, I only learned later in life that most young American Jews who have a b’mitzvah do so as the culmination of a multiyear educational program specifically […]

Zvika Krieger, the new spiritual leader of Chochmat HaLev, has brought Jewish spirituality to many milieus — including leading Shabbat services at Burning Man in 2018. (Background photo/Sasha Juliard)
Posted inTech

WhatsApp group from new Chochmat leader brings Counting Omer to local and global audience

Lillian Ilsley-Greene by Lillian Ilsley-Greene May 24, 2022May 26, 2022
Zvika Krieger, the new spiritual leader of Chochmat HaLev, has brought Jewish spirituality to many milieus — including leading Shabbat services at Burning Man in 2018. (Background photo/Sasha Juliard)
Posted inBay Area

Chochmat HaLev, Berkeley’s ‘graying’ Renewal synagogue, names Zvika Krieger new spiritual leader

by Dan Pine April 25, 2022April 25, 2022
Screenshot from a KPIX segment on the donation.
Posted inPhilanthropy

East Bay synagogues donate 232,000 meals to food bank

by J. Staff December 24, 2020December 24, 2020
Writer Anne Lamott (Photo/Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inHigh Holidays

Writer Anne Lamott to offer thoughts on courage at Days of Awe event

Laura Pall by Laura Paull September 8, 2020September 8, 2020
A Black Lives Matter sign outside the White House during a protest in the aftermath of the George Floyd killing, June 7, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Aurora Samperio-NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

Over 400 Jewish groups and synagogues sign letter supporting Black Lives Matter

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA June 29, 2020June 29, 2020
(From left) Broken down door to an office at Chochmat HaLev synagogue in Berkeley and a Berkeley Police officer taking fingerprints (Photo/Facebook)
Posted inBay Area, News

Burglary at Berkeley synagogue; $15,000 worth of goods stolen

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky October 10, 2019October 10, 2019
Israel at 70 is a cranky, adolescent country, one that is still growing, stretching, lurching along.
Posted inIsrael at 70

Israel is brilliant, troubled — and in dire need of a shared destiny

Maggid Jhos Singer by Maggid Jhos Singer April 9, 2018April 9, 2018
Estelle Frankel and her new book, "The Wisdom of Not Knowing"
Posted inBooks, Culture, Jewish Life

Don’t be afraid of the unknown, Berkeley psychotherapist says

Alix Wall by Alix Wall March 1, 2017March 2, 2017

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