Jewish Renewal
Aleph is the national coordinating body for the Jewish Renewal movement: www.aleph.org
Elat Chayyim (NY State) is a national Renewal-oriented retreat center: www.elatchayyim.org
Tikkun is the most widely circulated Renewal-oriented magazine: www.tikkun.org
Chochmat HaLev (Berkeley) serves as a center for all aspects of meditation training: www.chochmat.org
Kehilla Synagogue (Berkeley) is Jewish Renewal’s largest congregation: www.kehillasynagogue.org
Aquarian Minyan (Berkeley) is the incubator of West Coast Jewish Renewal: www.aquarianminyan.com
Living Jewishly – East Bay
Afikomen is the place for Jewish books, ritual objects and stuff: www.afikomen.com
Kosher restaurants: There are three in the East Bay – Holy Land, Bar Ristorante Raphael, Sophia Cafe
Hillel is the Jewish student center serving the UC Berkeley campus: www.berkeleyhillel.org
Lehrhaus (Berkeley) is a broad-based Jewish studies program for adults: www.lehrhaus.org
The Jewish Federation supports institutions located in Contra Costa and Alameda counties: www.jfed.org
Living Jewishly -- Contra Costa County
Contra Costa Jewish Community Center: www.ccjcc.org
Contra Costa Jewish Day School is a full-serve elementary school: www.ccjds.org
Contra Costa Midrasha is a supplementary Jewish high school: www.contracostamidrasha.org
Trader Joe’s (Concord and Lafayette) carries Empire kosher chicken: www.traderjoes.com
Jewish Gift Shops: The JCC and the larger local synagogues maintain modest sized gift shops.