Rabbi Dev Noily

Dev Noily (RRC 2009) serves as senior rabbi at Kehilla Community Synagogue in Oakland, Calif., on ancestral Chocheño and Karkin Ohlone land. Kehilla is a multigenerational experiment in community-rooted Jewish spiritual practice, celebration and justice-building. Dev trained as a Jewish meditation teacher with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, and is an alum of the Catalyst Project’s Ann Braden Anti-Racist Organizer Training Program. They are part of the inaugural cohort of the SVARA Transformative Talmud Teaching Fellowship. In 2018, Dev co-founded 700 Benches, a SVARA-inspired Beit Midrash, offering queer Talmud for everyone.

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Training the next generation of groundbreaking rabbis

Modeling respectful conversations on pressing Jewish issues

Curating original, Jewish rituals, and convening Jewish creatives

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