The Kitchen is a

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congregation located in

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, in the United States. The congregation was founded by Rabbi Noa Kushner in 2011 following her work at Congregation Rodef Sholom, as part of an effort "to create something that filled a gap, that met needs that weren’t being met." 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." The Kitchen focuses on incubating new ways of helping Jews connect with Jewish religion, text, and practices. It partnered with the design firm IDEO to design the congregation's materials and its services. 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. The Kitchen has a wide range of famous congregants, including writer Bari Weiss and her wife, Nellie Bowles. As of 2015, it had approximately 200 member households. The Kitchen is a member of the Jewish Emergent Network.

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* 2011 establishments in California Jewish Emergent Network Jewish organizations established in 2011 Synagogues in San Francisco Unaffiliated synagogues in California Synagogues in California {{US-synagogue-stub