The Kitchen (Jewish community)

The Kitchen
Religion
AffiliationJudaism
RiteNon-denominational Judaism
Ecclesiastical or organisational statusCongregation
LeadershipRabbi Noa Kushner
StatusActive
Location
Location2443 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, California 94115
(administration office)
CountryUnited States
The Kitchen (Jewish community) is located in San Francisco
The Kitchen (Jewish community)
Location in downtown San Francisco, California
Geographic coordinates37°47′32″N 122°26′05″W / 37.7922213°N 122.4346937°W / 37.7922213; -122.4346937
Architecture
FounderRabbi Noa Kushner
Date established2011 (as a congregation)
Website
thekitchensf.org

The Kitchen is a non-denominational Jewish congregation located in San Francisco, California, in the United States.

The congregation was founded by Rabbi Noa Kushner in 2011 following her work at Congregation Rodef Sholom, as part of an effort to "to create something that filled a gap, that met needs that weren’t being met."[1] It describes itself as "one part shabbat + justice + torah community, one part San Francisco experiment and one part tool kit for Jewish life at home." Its services are known for "ecstatic music-driven worship drawing on an unusually expansive array of melodies."[2]

The Kitchen focuses on incubating new ways of helping Jews connect with Jewish religion, text, and practices.[3] It partnered with the design firm IDEO to design the congregation's materials and its services.[4] The Kitchen has also engaged in a range of experimental musical outreach efforts; it received a grant from the Covenant Foundation immediately prior to the pandemic to engage in musical outreach, resulting in the creation of an album collecting communal singing traditions.[5]

The Kitchen has a wide range of famous congregants, including right-wing writer Bari Weiss and her wife, Nellie Bowles.[6]

As of 2015, it had approximately 200 member households.[3]

The Kitchen is a member of the Jewish Emergent Network.

References

  1. ^ Silvers, Emma (November 24, 2011). "The Kitchen: A new take on Jewish practice". J. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  2. ^ "Meet Asher Shasho Levy, The Kitchen's new hazzan and oud master". February 6, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "The Kitchen and Rabbi Noa Kushner Are Changing San Francisco's Jewish Life". Tablet Magazine. March 25, 2015. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  4. ^ "Female rabbis at forefront of independent prayer communities". J. January 1, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  5. ^ Wilensky, David A. M. (June 15, 2022). "New album serves up what's been cooking at The Kitchen". J. Retrieved May 14, 2023.
  6. ^ https://jweekly.com/2021/03/02/s-f-natives-journalistic-path-to-judaism-started-on-a-date-with-bari-weiss/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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