Kehillat Israel is a Reconstructionist synagogue located in Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California, in the United States. It is one of two Reconstructionist synagogues in greater Los Angeles (the other being the Malibu Jewish Center and Synagogue). Its senior rabbi is Amy Bernstein.
In 2025, tensions over Israel led Kehillat Israel, to announce plans to disaffiliate from the Jewish Reconstructionist Federation. The congregation cited the organization's "failure to confront hostility to Israel among affiliated rabbis and rabbinical students", including failure to adequately address rising anti-Zionist sentiment among Reconstructionist rabbis and institutions.
Notable members of the congregation Notable current and former attendees include: Lloyd Braun, former Chairman of the ABC Entertainment Group Alden Ehrenreich, actor Jon Feltheimer, CEO of Lions Gate Entertainment Ellie Kanner, directorKehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation of Pacific Palisades Bulletin MAY-AUGUST 2012 | Iyar/AV 5772 - Volume 61 | Issue 9 Bob Saget Adam Sandler John Whitesell, directorKehillat Israel: "COMMITMENT TO COMMUNITY" retrieved December 5, 2016
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