In 1997 when I directed KESHER, the Union for Reform Judaism’s college program (at the time the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, or UAHC), the internet was just becoming a necessity for communication within college student circles. I saw an opportunity: Nowhere was there access to Jewish liturgy that could be used on campuses, and KESHER could create a website to serve as the treasure-trove of downloadable liturgy. We also produced floppy disks, the “Campus Resource Diskette,” with copies of the true-type font for installation on personal computers (Windows 95!) all over the country so that students could create their own creative liturgy as well. I have personalized this particular Kabbalat Shabbat service for use at KESHER, at USC Hillel, and most recently for the Los Angeles Eastside’s “Final Friday Minyan.” I hope you will enjoy it!
-J