At Kane Street, we bring the wisdom and compassion of Jewish traditions to all, regardless of one’s background. Within our community are very traditional Jews and secularists, families and singles, straight and gay. Our members include many Jews-by-choice (converts) as well as interfaith families and Jews who are returning to their roots. We are rightly regarded as a community where any sincere person can find a place.
We’d love to meet you. If you have questions, feel free to contact Rabbi Sam Weintraub, Engagement Director Rabbi Jason Gitlin, Executive Director Mickey Dobbs, or Rabbi Valerie Lieber, our Director of Education and Family Programming.
Click here to learn about what services are like.
Kane Street Kids, our creative, progressive and hands-on preschool, is now accepting applications for the 2020-21 school year. Please contact Rivka Seeman, Director of Kane Street Kids, for more information.
Our stimulating and inspiring Hebrew School is in session from September to June each year. Enrollment is available online for the 2020-21 school year. For more information contact Rabbi Valerie Lieber.
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The Fund for Kane Street Synagogue
We are reaching out to ask for support as Kane Street Synagogue faces financial challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic. Every contribution to the Fund for Kane Street Synagogue will play an essential role in helping our community during this challenging time. Click here to make your donation.
Preschool Openings for Academic Year
Kane Street Kids has spaces available for the 2020-2021 academic year, for children ages 2-5. Email Director Rivka Seeman at [email protected] to learn more.
Get in the Know(ledge): A New Community Study
Join our upcoming community study of The Book of Knowledge from the Mishneh Torah of Maimonides. Sefer Ha-Madda (The Book of Knowledge) examines fundamentals of Jewish faith and life. Over the next year, Rabbi Jason will lead our study of its chapters on personal development, Torah study, and, in preparation for the High Holidays, Teshuvah, including study sessions on Wednesdays, September 2 and 16, 7:30pm (Zoom ID 835 0838 0493). Sign up to learn with one of our study groups.
High Holidays 5781 with Kane Street
In advance of the official publication of In advance of our publishing our plans for the coming High Holidays, please click here to read a message from Rabbi Sam Weintraub, President of the Congregation Leslie Wilsher, and Executive Director Mickey Dobbs.
Register for Hebrew School 2020-2021
Registration is open for the coming school year. Hebrew School will be meeting remotely in the fall, with plans for some in-person outdoor experiences. Register at kanestreet.org/hebrew-school-registration. For more information, please contact Rabbi Val Lieber at [email protected].
Sinai Calls: A Statue with Many Faces
Find your path to live the covenant through learning, spiritual exploration, and social justice opportunities in our community, including ways that are specifically reflective of how the Coronavirus pandemic has altered and challenged our lives. Read more in Rabbi Jason Gitlin’s Shavuot message.
Kane Street Synagogue Building is closed.
This includes:
• Kane Street Kids Preschool
• Kane Street’s Hebrew School
• All regular weekly services
Please click here to read more information about these and other measures that we are putting in place in view of the current situation with COVID-19.
Juneteenth and How Jews Can Fight Racism
[Sermon given on Shabbat Sh’lach L’cha 5780, June 20th, 2020, in celebration of Juneteenth]
This Shabbat, along with many African Americans and their allies, we are celebrating Juneteenth, the Holiday marking the end of slavery in our country and the continued contributions of African-Americans. A question which arises immediately is “Mah nishtana? What’s the difference?” Why suddenly this year?
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Rabbi Weintraub’s Reflections on Social Issues
Yizkor, Shavu’ot and Our Burning Cities
Leviticus, COVID-19, and Indirect Responsibility
The Use of Computers on Shabbat and Holidays in the new COVID-19 Reality
T’shuva and its Processes: As the Jew Turns
After El Paso and Dayton: A service of Remembrance, Reflection and Re-commitment
Confronting American Anti-Semitism
Jacob’s Ladder and the Decline of Conservative Judaism
Solidarity Shabbat sermon following the Pittsburgh Synagogue attack
Response to the Attack on the Pittsburgh Tree of Life Synagogue
Listening around Rosh Hashanah
Restoring a Moral Agenda to America: The Poor People’s Campaign
Me’avdut L’cherut – From Slavery to Freedom
“To Work and to Preserve” Judaism and the Environment
Spirituality and Politics, Social Change, and my Trip to Israel
Michael Brown and Eric Garner – A Jewish Perspective
Torah text, the Tribe of Dan, Ferguson and Baltimore
