Social Action Overview

Congregation Kol Ami’s Social Action Committee strives to involve our community in educational activities and causes that reflect the synagogue’s mission statement and commitment to “Tikkun Olum” - repairing the world.  Through active leadership and participation in the Jewish and LGBT communities, locally as well as in the greater community and the world at large, we follow the Torah’s precept: Justice, justice, you shall pursue.

We welcome you to join in and contribute to our activities! 

Delivering Sustenance:  We volunteer and collect food pantry donations during the High Holy Days and throughout the year for SOVA, Jewish Family Services’ food distribution pantry for Los Angeles.  Other activities have included volunteering at Project Chicken Soup, packaging and delivering meals to people with HIV and other life-threatening illnesses, and celebrating Thanksgiving by visiting and serving meals at Triangle Square, the LGBT Senior Housing Development in Hollywood.

Learn more about SOVA.

Tikun Olam 

MARRIAGE EQUALITY

Congregation Kol Ami has been active in the pursuit of marriage equality for LGBT couples. During the Proposition 8 campaign, we hosted phone banks for No on Prop. 8 and congregants marched in rallies throughout the state.  Our members also take part in committees such as Jews For Marriage Equality.

Our own Rabbi Eger has been a recognized leader in the pursuit of marriage equality. She performed the first same-sex marriage ceremony at the Beverly Hills Courthouse on May 16, 2008 after the Supreme Court decision legalizing such marriages.  She also performed dozens of other same-sex marriages during the period before Proposition 8 ended same-sex legal marriages in California. She has been an outspoken proponent as a community leader, as well as promoting dialogue throughout faith and other communities through her involvement in California Faith For Equality’s sponsoring committee and Jews for Marriage Equality.

For more information on marriage equality: 

 Jews For Marriage Equality  

California Faith For Equality 

Equality California  

No H8 Campaign 

TZEDAKAH  

Congregation Kol Ami’s Tzedakah Fund has contributed thousands of dollars over the years to support worthwhile causes in the spirit of the congregation’s social action mission.  These charitable donations have afforded support to a wide and diverse group of domestic and international causes, reflecting Kol Ami’s commitment to Tikkun Olam.  The links below highlight some of the supported causes selected by the Social Action Committee for the congregation’s Tzedekah donations.

 Heifer International 

Jewish Federation’s Haiti earthquake relief   

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Flood Relief 

Israel Religious Action Center    

Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

    Jewish World Watch