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Kehilla

 
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Kehilla (Hebrew: קהילה) may refer to

  • Qahal, a theocratic organisational structure in ancient Israelite society, and a quasi-governmental authority in Jewish communities of the middle ages.
  • Kehilla (modern) (pl. Kehillot) was the elected local communal (secular as well as religious) Jewish structure in Central and Eastern Europe (Poland's Second Republic, the Baltic States, Ukrainian People's Republic) during the interwar period (1918-1940)
  • Kehillah Jewish High School, in Palo Alto, California.
  • Kehilla Ahdut Israel, a Jewish community in pre-revolutionary Cuba.
  • Community in general (one possible translation - among many - of kehilla is community)

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