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  • December 2025

  • Mon 1

    Judaism 101- Class #2

    December 1, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm

    "G-d Struggling" Join us on Zoom Monday, December 1, 2025 Shalom fellow KBS learners, Thank you for joining us as we deepen our Jewish learning together. We learned a lot from our first meeting, and are eager to see where we go from here. Thank you to Ruthellen for the prompt that will be the […]

  • Sat 6

    Shabbat Service – Vayishlach – led by Rabbi Shari Joy Berman

    December 6, 2025 @ 10:30 am - 2:30 pm
    New Thought Center 81-6587 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kealakekua, HI, United States

    Join us for a special Shabbat service, led by Rabbi Shari Joy Berman. To mark the 21st anniversary of her adult Bat Mitzvah, R. Shari will read from the same Torah portion she had in 2004: וַיִּשְׁלַח / Vayishlach, B'reisheet/Genesis 32:4-36:43, which includes Jacob's reconciliation with his estranged brother Esau, and the most famous (… the […]

  • Sat 13

    Torah Study on Zoom – Vayeishev

    December 13, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    Join us on Zoom for the KBS Torah Study. This week's parashah is Vayeishev / וַיֵּשֶׁב (“He settled”), beginning the story of Joseph, describing his rivalry with his brothers, slavery in Egypt, and imprisonment after his master’s wife frames him for refusing her advances. It also includes the story of Tamar, her husbands, and her […]

  • Sun 14

    KBS Book Club Winter Meeting: “Drawing in the Dust”

    December 14, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    The KBS Book Club selection is “Drawing in the Dust,” the debut novel by Rabbi Zoë Klein, hailed as “a richly evocative and boundless love story that reverberates from biblical times to the modern world.” Publisher’s Weekly praises “Drawing in the Dust” for its “balanced, compassionate view of both Israeli and Arab traditions.” Join in […]

  • Sat 20

    Torah Study – Mikeitz

    December 20, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

    Torah Study: Mikeitz Saturday, Dec 20, 10AM HST on Zoom Mikeitz (“After”) follows Joseph as he interprets Pharaoh's dreams and rises to become second-in-command to Pharaoh. When Joseph’s brothers come to Egypt seeking food during a famine, Joseph accuses them of spying. He insists that they return with their youngest brother, Benjamin, and later plants […]

  • Sat 27

    Torah Study -Vayigash

    December 27, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

    Torah Study: Vayigash Saturday, Dec 27, 10AM HST on Zoom Vayigash וַיִּגַּשׁ (“He Approached”) opens as Judah pleads with Joseph not to keep Benjamin as a prisoner. Joseph reveals his true identity to his brothers, crying and kissing them. The brothers bring Jacob from Canaan to Egypt, and Jacob and his children settle in Goshen. The […]

  • January 2026

  • Sat 3

    Torah Study – Vayechi

    January 3 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    "Jacob Blessing the Sons of Joseph" (1656) by Rembrandt Vayechi  וַיְחִי (“He Lived”) is the final Torah portion in the Book of Genesis.  Jacob prepares for his death, making favorite son Joseph swear to bury him in the Cave of Machpelah. Jacob blesses Joseph’s two sons and his own 12 sons and then dies. Jacob’s […]

  • Mon 5

    Judaism 101- Class #3

    January 5 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    Please email info@konabethshalom.org for Zoom connection details. The discussion will also be live-streamed via the KBS YouTube channel.

  • Sat 10

    Torah Study – Shemot

    January 10 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    The Burning Bush by Mayim Eliana Ebert Shemot  שְׁמוֹת (“names”) is the first Torah portion in the Book of Exodus. It describes the bitter enslavement of the Israelites in Egypt; a royal decree that all Hebrew boy babies be killed; how the newborn Moses is rescued in a basket on the Nile, and adopted into […]

  • Sat 17

    Torah Study – Vaera

    January 17 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    "Vaera" ©Karin Foreman - Gratefully used with permission of the artist Vaera וָאֵרָא(“I Appeared”) opens as God promises to redeem the enslaved Israelites and bring them to the Promised Land. When Pharaoh repeatedly refuses to let the Israelites go, God sends a series of plagues: water turning to blood, frogs, lice, wild animals, death of livestock, […]

  • Sat 24

    Shabbat Bo Service and Creative Writing Workshop

    January 24 @ 10:30 am - 2:00 pm

    Aviva Plaut & Una Greenaway will lead this month's service which will include readings from parashah Bo by Rabbi Shari Joy Berman. Aviva will deliver a d'rash inspired by themes in the Torah portion - a dramatic chapter that includes the last of the Ten Plagues inflicted upon the Egyptians before Pharaoh agrees to let […]

  • Sat 31

    Torah Study- Beshalach

    January 31 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    "Song of Miriam" - William Gale Beshalach בְּשַׁלַּח (“When He Let Go”) describes the splitting of the Red Sea and the song the Israelites sing upon crossing through. In the desert, God sweetens bitter water and provides manna and quail. The portion ends recounting the victory of the Israelites against an attack by the Amalekites. […]

  • February 2026

  • Sat 7

    Torah Study- Yitro

    February 7 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

    In parasahah Yitro / יִתְרוֹ (“Jethro”) as Moses reunites with his father-in-law Yitro and accepts his advice to appoint judges who will help govern the Israelites. The Israelites prepare to encounter God at Mount Sinai. God descends amidst fire, smoke, thunder, and the blast of a shofar and gives the Ten Commandments. Join in on Zoom this […]

  • Mon 9

    Judaism 101- Class #4-Jewish Perspectives on Aging

    February 9 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    Please email info@konabethshalom.org for Zoom connection details. The discussion will also be live-streamed via the KBS YouTube channel.

  • Sat 14

    Torah Study- Mishpatim

    February 14 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    Mishpatim/מִּשְׁפָּטִי (“Laws”) recounts a series of God’s laws that Moses gives to the Israelites. These include laws about treatment of slaves, damages, loans, returning lost property, the Sabbath, the sabbatical year, holidays, and destroying idolatry. The portion ends as Moses ascends Mount Sinai for 40 days. Join in on Zoom this Saturday to read and discuss Mishpatim,  Sh'mot/Exodus 21:1-24:18, in the […]

  • Sat 21

    Torah Study- Terumah

    February 21 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    Terumah תְּרוּמָה(“Donation”) opens as God tells Moses to collect donated materials in order to build a dwelling place for God called the Mishkan (Tabernacle). God describes how to build the vessels that will fill the Mishkan - including the ark, table, menorah, and sacrificial altar - as well as the Mishkan’s walls and curtains. Join […]

  • Sat 28

    Shabbat – Purim – Magic !

    February 28 @ 10:30 am - 3:00 pm
    New Thought Center 81-6587 Mamalahoa Hwy, Kealakekua, HI, United States

    Join with KBS members, friends and guests for a Shabbat service at New Thought Center of Hawai`i in Kealakekua. Dr. Barry Blum leads the service, joined by Rabbi Shari Joy Berman who will read from this week's parashah, Tetzaveh / תְּצַוֶּה ("you shall command"), in which the Israelites are instructed to prepare for sacred rituals […]

  • March 2026

  • Sat 7

    Torah Study Ki Tisa

    March 7 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    Ki-Tisa ( כִּי תִשָּׂא“When You Elevate”) opens as God tells Moses to collect a half-shekel donation from all Israelites and to anoint the Mishkan (Tabernacle), its vessels, and the priests. The Israelites worship the golden calf and Moses breaks the tablets. Moses beseeches God to forgive, and returns with a second set of tablets. Join […]

  • Sat 14

    Torah Study -Vayakhel

    March 14 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    In this week's parashah, Vayakhel וַיַּקְהֵל (“He Assembled”), God commands the Israelites to observe the Sabbath. Moses asks for material donations for the building of the Mishkan (Tabernacle), and the people respond. The artisans designated by God begin building the Mishkan and its vessels. Join in on Zoom this Saturday to read and discuss Vayakhel, Sh'mot/Exodus 35:1-38:20, in the KBS Torah […]

  • Sat 14

    Torah Study -Vayikra

    March 14 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm
    Zoom teleconference HI, United States

    We begin the third book of the Torah this week, in which the Israelites receive instructions for various sacrifices and offerings to be made in the Tabernacle. We'll read and discuss Vayikra/Leviticus 1:1–5:26 on Zoom this Saturday, March 21, starting at 10:00 AM Hawai`i time. No prior knowledge is necessary and we welcome a wide […]

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