title: Kavana Cooperative
text: # Kavana Cooperative
  
  The Kavana Cooperative is an independent Jewish community in Seattle, Washington, formed in 2006. The community is pluralistic and non-denominational. It is based on a cooperative model, where partners and participants take on the responsibility for actively creating a Jewish life for the group. It hosts educational, religious, and social programs for adults and families.
  
  Rabbi Rachel Nussbaum is the organization's spiritual leader.
  
  ## Awards
  
  The cooperative received the Levitan Innovation Award in 2006. In 2007, Kavana was named one of North America's most innovative nonprofit organizations in Slingshot '07-'08, a guidebook published by the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies. Additionally, Kavana received a 2007-2008 grant from the Legacy Heritage Fund for its "Prep and Practice" program. In 2009, Kavana was named one of the Top 25 Most Vibrant Congregations by Newsweek.
  
  Newsweek named Nussbaum one of the Top 25 Pulpit Rabbis in America in 2008. Nussbaum was again named one of America's Top 50 Most Influential Rabbis by Newsweek and Daily Beast in 2011.
  
  