Social Action, Membership Renewals, Songs of Summer and More This Week with Kol Ami!
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July 5 2020 *eKoleinu* 13 Tamuz 5780
Membership renewals were mailed out last week to Kol Ami members. Renewals can be paid directly through our website. Watch this tutorial which will guide you through setting up your account (or resetting your account password!), making a donation, and RSVPing for an online event through our Calendar page!
Tuesday, June 7, 9:00 AM
Suffering. Resilience. Hope. Renewal.
Gather online with global interfaith leaders to celebrate, reflect and pray on the themes of AIDS 2020, the world’s largest annual conference on HIV and AIDS. Live streamed from Grace Cathedral in San Francisco on July 7th at 9:00 AM.
We invite you to support the community of health care workers and spiritual leaders by sharing our interfaith service. Rabbi Eger is participating.
Join Rabbi Chaiken for an interactive class that will get you thinking quickly and creatively. No acting, improv, or comedy experience required! Enjoy a fun, easy way to connect, de-stress, and get playful—a perfect way to break up your day! Register here.
Thursday, July 9, 9:30 AM
Join Rabbi Chaiken on Facebook Live for a short chance to reflect, sing, and center ourselves, using the prayers and melodies of the morning service as our guide.
Thursday, July 9, 6:30 PM
Does summer remind you of sitting around a campfire, singing folk songs and making s’mores? Join Rabbi Max Chaiken for an informal hour around our virtual campfire. You bring the snacks and beverages to your screen, he’ll bring the musical campfire classics—folk songs, pop hits, and maybe even a few requests. Register here to join us for an evening of song, connection, and relaxation!Register here.
Spend Shabbat with us, online! Shabbat services are this Friday, July 10 at 6:30 PM led by Rabbi Denise L. Eger, Rabbi Max Chaiken and Lisa Edwards, followed by our Virtual Oneg at 7:30 PM!You can participate in services on our website, FaceBook page, and our YouTube channel. For an updated online prayer book, click here.
Sunday, July 19, 4:00 PM
Join us as we welcome Rabbi Laura Geller to speak about her new award winning book, “Getting Good at Getting Older,” in conversation with Rabbi Denise L. Eger. Copies of the book are available for purchase for $25 (including shipping!) by contacting the Temple office by email or by calling (323) 606-0996. Register here.
Kol Ami Tzedek Council wants to enlist your help on this Independence Day weekend. You can make a difference in U.S. policy toward immigrants, refugees and asylees by offering public comment on proposed changes to federal policy and guidelines that would make it more difficult to immigrate, declare asylum, or be recognized as a refugee. If implemented these policies will be a particular hardship on LGBTQ people. Don't Forget - You can take action until July 15.
Mazal Tov to Leonard Slutsky, one of our members and leaders of The Open Yad Project, for his upcoming episode of the Wholly Jewish Podcast by ReformJudaism.org. Leonard participated as part of the URJ JewV'Nation Fellowship, and his episode will premiere this coming Tuesday. You can find the podcast here.Wholly Jewish is a podcast that features Jews, from a variety of backgrounds, lived experiences, and identities, as they share their stories, experiences, and insights. The first season featured the JewV’Nation Fellowship’s Jews of Color Leadership Cohort. This season we feature the JewV’Nation Fellowship’s LGBTQIA+ Leadership Cohort.
Your clergy and staff across the Los Angeles Jewish community are committed to supporting our entire community even when we cannot be close to each other physically. Social distancing does not mean social isolation. This website contains a compilation of resources, activities, and media in order for you and your children to remain connected to Jewish community and Torah during this challenging time
Refuah Shleimah: A Speedy Recovery
We keep the following members in our healing prayers: Richard Bernard, Jerry Bloom, Todd Bloom, Richard Frank, Jorge Garcia, Yaffa Hughes, Michael Silverman, Henry Somerfeld, Bob Weiner.
The Kol Ami Mitzvah Corps is available to visit you at home or in the hospital, bring a hot meal or run an errand. Call the office at 323-606-0996 and you'll be contacted within 48 hours by one of our Corps members. If you are interested in joining the Mitzvah Corps, please contact the office at 323-606-0996 or email us.
Congregation Kol Ami
1200 N La Brea
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90038
