All members are urged to attend the Annual Meeting that will include election of members and officers to the Board of Trustees, budget plans for the coming year and other […]
Rabbi Daniel Lev leads services to begin the Rosh Hashanah observance. Afterward, share hopes for a sweet new year with apples and honey. Click here for the complete High Holidays […]
Celebrate 5780 with Rosh Hashanah services led by Rabbi Daniel Lev. Afterward stay for kiddush and kibbitz at a potluck luncheon. If you can, bring a dish to share (but […]
Cast out the past year with KBS’s traditional Tashlich-by-the-sea ceremony. Then welcome Shabbat Shuva with song, led by Rabbi Daniel Lev, and join in a Shabbat potluck. If you can, […]
Rabbi Daniel Lev visits from Oahu to lead services on this solemn Shabbat between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Afterward, stay for Kiddush and kibbitz with a potluck lunch (If […]
The haunting melody of Kol Nidre begins our observance of Yom Kippur. Rabbi Daniel Lev leads the service and visitors and guests are always welcome. Click here for the complete […]
Rabbi Daniel Lev leads the daylong observance of this most holy day of the Jewish calendar. Guests and visitors are always welcome. Click here for the complete High Holidays schedule […]
Dance with the Torah and celebrate completing the annual cycle of readings and starting over from the beginning again! Live music! Dancing! Potluck! If you can, please bring a dish […]
Una Greenaway and Aviva Plaut lead services for Shabbat Bereshit. Vic Greenspan joins Aviva to read from the very first chapter of the Torah (Genesis 1:1 to 2:3). Following services, […]
A gala premiere of "Black Fire, White Fire," filmmaker Sara Nealy's documentary about our cherished Torah scroll and its remarkable journey from the Holocaust ashes of the Jewish community in […]
Aviva Plaut leads services this month and, to celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary, Nella & Alan Silverman read from Torah parashah Chayei Sara (Genesis 23:1-24:9), joined by their daughter Rachel. […]
Celebrate the last night of Chanukah with music, dancing, dreidl and other kids' activities, magic, latkes and, of course, the Chanukah story & menorah-lighting. Admission is $5, free for KBS […]
Portland, Oregon lay leader Priscilla Kostiner returns to KBS for this month's Shabbat service. Aviva Plaut and congregation president Vic Greenspan will read from Torah parashah Va'era (וָאֵרָא -- Exodus […]
Former KBS president Shari Berman leads an observance of Tu BʻShevat, the "Birthday of the Trees," including a potluck fruit and veggie Seder. Some of Shariʻs university students from Hirosaki, […]
KBS member Dr. Alexander Rosenstein will discuss “The Jewish Journey: From Settling in the Russian Empire to Exodus from the Soviet Union,” as part of Congregation Kona Beth Shalom’s “Varieties […]
KBS Shabbat Services move to the last Saturday morning of this month, February 29, beginning at 10:00 am. Aviva Plaut and congregation president Vic Greenspan read from torah parahsah Terumah […]
Due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) health concerns, Rabbi Daniel Lev will not be traveling to Kona March 27-28, as previously scheduled.
Due to COVID-19 (coronavirus) health concerns, we are moving this Shabbat service online. Former KBS president Shari Berman will lead the service via Zoom teleconference. To participate, connect with Zoom, […]
Because of concerns about public gatherings and COVID-19 (coronavirus), the annual KBS community seder is canceled.
Aviva & Yehudah Plaut conduct a Torah study on this week's parashah, Sh'mini (Leviticus 9:1 - 10:11). Click here for details on how to participate via Zoom.