The Kitchen (Jewish community)

{{short description|Jewish congregation in San Francisco, California, US}} {{Multiple issues|{{more citations needed|date=May 2022}}{{notability|date=May 2022}}}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox religious building | name = The Kitchen | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = | image_upright = 1.4 | alt = | caption = | religious_affiliation = [[Judaism]] | tradition = | sect = | district = | prefecture = | province = | region = | deity = | rite = [[Non-denominational Judaism]] | festival =  | organisational_status = [[Synagogue|Congregation]] | ownership = | governing_body = | leadership = Rabbi Noa Kushner | bhattaraka = | patron = | consecration_year = | functional_status = Active | religious_features_label = | religious_features = | location = 2443 Fillmore Street, {{nowrap|[[San Francisco, California]] 94115}}<br/>{{small|(administration office)}} | locale = | municipality = | cercle = | state = | country = United States | map_type = United States San Francisco Central | map_size = 250 | map_alt = | map_relief = 1 | map_caption = Location in downtown [[San Francisco, California]] | grid_name = | grid_position = | sector = | territory = | administration = | coordinates = {{coord|37.7922213|-122.4346937|region:US-CA_type:landmark|format=dms|display=it}} | coordinates_footnotes = | heritage_designation = | architect = | architecture_type = | architecture_style = | founded_by = Rabbi Noa Kushner | creator = | funded_by = | general_contractor = | established = 2011 {{small|(as a congregation)}} | groundbreaking = | year_completed = | construction_cost = | date_demolished =  | facade_direction = | capacity = | length = | width = | width_nave = | interior_area = | height_max = | dome_quantity = | dome_height_outer = | dome_height_inner = | dome_dia_outer = | dome_dia_inner = | minaret_quantity = | minaret_height = | spire_quantity = | spire_height = | site_area = | temple_quantity = | monument_quantity = | shrine_quantity = | inscriptions = | materials = | elevation_m =  | elevation_footnotes = | nrhp = | designated = | added = | refnum = | delisted1_date = | website = {{URL|thekitchensf.org}} | module =  | footnotes = }} '''The Kitchen''' is a [[Non-denominational Judaism|non-denominational]] [[Judaism|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 [[Rodef Sholom (San Rafael, California)|Congregation Rodef Sholom]], as part of an effort "to create something that filled a gap, that met needs that weren’t being met."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Silvers |first=Emma |date=2011-11-24 |title=The Kitchen: A new take on Jewish practice |url=https://jweekly.com/2011/11/24/the-kitchen-a-new-take-on-jewish-practice/ |access-date=2022-01-02 |website=J. |language=en-US}}</ref> 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."<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 6, 2023 |title=Meet Asher Shasho Levy, The Kitchen's new hazzan and oud master |url=https://jweekly.com/2023/02/06/meet-asher-shasho-levy-the-kitchens-new-hazzan-and-oud-master/}}</ref>

The Kitchen focuses on incubating new ways of helping Jews connect with Jewish religion, text, and practices.<ref name=Tablet>{{Cite web |date=2015-03-25 |title=The Kitchen and Rabbi Noa Kushner Are Changing San Francisco's Jewish Life |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/belief/articles/kitchen-passover-cards |access-date=2022-01-02 |website=Tablet Magazine}}</ref> It partnered with the design firm IDEO to design the congregation's materials and its services.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-01-01 |title=Female rabbis at forefront of independent prayer communities |url=https://jweekly.com/2015/01/01/female-rabbis-at-forefront-of-independent-prayer-communities/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=J. |language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilensky |first=David A. M. |date=2022-06-15 |title=New album serves up what's been cooking at The Kitchen |url=https://jweekly.com/2022/06/15/new-album-serves-up-whats-been-cooking-at-the-kitchen/ |access-date=2023-05-14 |website=J. |language=en-US}}</ref>

The Kitchen has a wide range of famous congregants, including writer Bari Weiss and her wife, Nellie Bowles.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://jweekly.com/2021/03/02/s-f-natives-journalistic-path-to-judaism-started-on-a-date-with-bari-weiss/}}</ref>

As of 2015, it had approximately 200 member households.<ref name=Tablet/>

The Kitchen is a member of the [[Jewish Emergent Network]].

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== External links == * {{official website|https://www.thekitchensf.org/}}

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