Kehilla

Kehilla or kehillah (Hebrew: קהילה) means "congregation" in Hebrew. The term may refer to:

  • Kehilla (modern), the elected local communal Jewish structure in Eastern Europe (Poland's Second Republic, the Baltic States, Ukrainian People's Republic) during the interwar period (1918–1940)
  • Henry Ford in “The International Jew” (and thereby the Dearborn Independent - censored newspaper) referred to the Kehilla as the head of the Jewish Government in New York. Ford made the case that the Jews have their own government for themselves in their diaspora, and that the head of this government at the time was centred in New York, he makes the case that the Jews follow the laws of this government (the Kehilla) and not the laws of their host nations. Ford again makes the point that the head of this government is centred in New York as this was, at the time the centre of Jewish power.
  • Kehillah Jewish High School, Palo Alto, California, USA
  • Kehilla Community Synagogue, a synagogue in Oakland, California
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See also
  • Kehila, a village in Estonia
  • Kahal (disambiguation), an etymologically related term
  • Qahal, ancient Israelite organizational structure
  • Minyan, quorum of ten Jewish adults required for certain religious obligations
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