Kehillat Israel Podcasts
Recordings of the weekly Friday morning Torah study class at Kehillat Israel in Los Angeles, 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...
Vaetchanan: "Comfort, Comfort My People"
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Devarim/Deuteronomy 4:5, Isaiah/Yeshayahu 40:1 - July 24, 2026
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Vaetchanan Torah Text Isaiah/Yeshayahu 40:1 Text Tisha B’Av Is For The Rebels Of Hope And Faith - Rabbi Tamar Elad-AppelbaumDevarim: God's Disappointment, Our Opportunity
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Devarim/Deuteronomy 1:1-12, Isaiah/Yeshayahu 1:1-24, Lamentations/Echa 1:1-11 - July 17, 2026
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Deuteronomy/Devarim 1:1 Torah Text Isaiah/Yeshayahu 1:1 Torah Text Lamentations/Echa 1:1 Torah Text Devarim Source SheetMatot: Keeping The Jewish People Alive In The Diaspora
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bamidbar/Numbers 32:1 and Yehoshua/Joshua 22:6 - July 10, 2026
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Matot-Masei and the First Diaspora - Mijal Bitton When Two Tribes Chose the Diaspora - Adi RomemChukat: Death And The Sanctity of Life
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bamidbar/Numbers 19:1 - June 26, 2026
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Death-Impurity and the Pursuit of Life - Rabbi Avital Hochstein Parah Adumah – The Spiritual Big Bang - J.J Gross Fall And Rise - Rabbi Noah FarkasBamidbar: Every Person Counts!
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bamidbar/Numbers 1:1 - May 15, 2026
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Bamidbar Torah Text Bamidbar Source SheetBehar-Bechutokai: Walking In God's Ways
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Vayikra/Leviticus 25:1 - May 8, 2026
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Behar Torah Text Judaism’s Utopian Vision of Universal Equality = Rabbi Yitz Greenberg Rabbi Art Green on Behar-BechukotaiEmor: Making Time Sacred
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - guest teacher Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben - Vayikra/Leviticus 23:1 - May 1, 2026
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Emor Torah TextKedoshim: Love Your Neighbor!
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Vayikra/Leviticus 19:1 - April 24, 2026
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Kedoshim Torah Text Loving Our Neighbor - Rabbi Lisa GoldsteinTazria-Metzora: Moments Of Life And Death
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Vayikra/Leviticus 12:1 - April 17, 2026
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Tazria Torah Text Purity-Impurity - A Code of Life and Death by Rabbi Yitz GreenbergSong of Songs: The Spiritual Power of Love
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Song of Songs/Shir HaShirim: 2:1 - April 3, 2026.
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Shir HaShirim Text Initiation onto the Path of Love - Rabbi Shefa GoldShemini: The Complexity Of Translation
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Vayikra/Leviticus 9:22 - April 10, 2026.
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Shemini Torah Text The BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon) Of Grief Public and Private - Rabbi Shai HeldTzav: From Literal To Metaphor For Spiritual Practice
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Vayikra/Leviticus 6:1 - March 27, 2026.
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Tzav Torah Text Tzav Source Sheet Lessons From The Ashes - Naomi KalishVayikra: Was Sacrifice "Primitive"?
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Vayikra/Leviticus 1:1 - March 20, 2026.
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Vayikra Torah Text On Sacrifices And Life - Rabbi Wendy ZierlerVayakhel-Pekudei: The Torah Reconstructs Egyptian Propaganda
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Shemot/Exodus 35:1 - March 13, 2026.
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Vayakhel-Pekudei Torah Text How The Torah Reconstructed Egyptian Propaganda - Joshua BermanKi Tisa: Why The Golden Calf?
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Shemot/Exodus 32:1 - March 6, 2026.
Tetzaveh: The Power of Communal and Personal Memory
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom guest teacher Rabbi Daniel Sher - February 27, 2026.
MIshpatim: Torah, Immigrants, And October 7
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Shemot/Exodus 22:20 - February 13, 2026.
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MIshpatim Torah Text Immigrants, Strangers and Us - Rabbi Marc Angel Law and Liberty - Leon KassYitro: "Chosen" Or Not?
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Shemot/Exodus 19:1 - February 6, 2026.
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Yitro Torah TextBeshalach: Why Did God Free The Israelites From Slavery?
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Shemot/Exodus 13:17 - January 30, 2026.
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Beshalach Torah TextBo: Keeping The Jewish People Alive
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Shemot/Exodus 11:6 - January 23, 2026.
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Bo Torah Text Bo Source SheetVaera: Making the Impossible Possible
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Shemot/Exodus 6:1 - January 16, 2026.
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Vaera Text The Cup of Hope - Rabbi Jonathan SacksShemot: Existence Is About Becoming
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Shemot/Exodus 2:11 - January 9, 2026.
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Shemot Text Shemot Source SheetMiketz: Trauma and Hope
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bereshit/Genesis 41:15 - December 19, 2025.
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Miketz Torah TextVayeshev: Joseph's Inner Turmoil
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bereshit/Genesis 37:1 - December 12, 2025.
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Vayeshev Torah TextVayishlach: Jacob The Wrestler
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bereshit/Genesis 32:23 - December 5, 2025.
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Vayishlach Torah TextConversations and a Touch of Ancient Wisdom - Class 4
Rabbi Emeritus Steven Carr Reuben explores a modern vision of Torah and it's meaning for contemporary life. This class was titled "How to Discover the Everyday Miracles of Life".
The class was held on November 20, 2025
Toldot: Jacob and Esau - Identity and Becoming
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bereshit/Genesis 25:19 - November 21, 2025.
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Toldot Torah TextChaye Sarah: Isaac, Rebecca And A Special Kind Of Love
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bereshit/Genesis 22:19 - November 14, 2025.
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Chaye Sarah Torah TextVayera: Sodom, Gommorah And Today's Anti-Semitism
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bereshit/Genesis 19:17 - November 7, 2025.
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Vayera Torah Text Rabbi Jonathan Saks - The Music Of Ambivalence Yael Shy - Letting GoLech Lecha: Moving Ahead With Links To The Past
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bereshit/Genesis 11:26 - October 31, 2025.
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Lech Lecha Study Torah Text Lech Lecha Source SheetNoach: The Flood Is Over But The Work Is Just Beginning
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bereshit/Genesis 8:14 - October 24, 2025.
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Noach Torah Text Noach Source SheetConversations and a Touch of Ancient Wisdom - Class 3
Rabbi Emeritus Steven Carr Reuben explores a modern vision of Torah and it's meaning for contemporary life. This class was titled "How to Discover the Everyday Miracles of Life".
The class was held on October 23, 2025
Bereshit: The Difference Between Shame And Guilt
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Bereshit/Genesis 2:7 - October 17, 2025.
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Bereshit Torah Text Bereshit Source SheetSukkot: The Challenges and Joys
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Ecclesiastes/Kohelet - October 10, 2025.
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Sukkot Source SheetRabbi Bernstein's Yom Kippur Sermon 2025
Kehaillat Israel High Holy Days 5786
Rabbi Bernstein and Rabbi Sher's Joint Kol Nidre Sermon 2025
Kehaillat Israel High Holy Days 5786
Rabbinic Intern Alyssa Feigelson's 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah Sermon
Kehaillat Israel High Holy Days 5786
Rabbi Sher's Rosh Hashanah Sermon 2025
Kehaillat Israel High Holy Days 5786
Rabbi Reuben's Erev Rosh Hashanah Sermon 2025
Kehaillat Israel High Holy Days 5786
Nitzavim: Who Takes The First Step? Us Or God?
Rabbi Amy Bernstein's weekly Torah study class via Zoom - Deuteronomy/Devarim 29:27 - September 19, 2025.
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Nitzavim Torah Text NItzavim Source Sheet