Songs of Summer, Book Club, Family Shabbat, WOKA & MOKA Havdalah and More with Kol Ami
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July 22 2020 *eKoleinu* 1 Av 5780
Join us online for Shabbat services this Friday, July 24 at 6:30 PM led by Rabbi Denise L. Eger, Rabbi Max Chaiken and accompanist Lisa Edwards, followed by our Virtual Oneg at 7:30 PM!You can participate in services on our website, our FaceBook page, and our YouTube channel. For an updated, online prayer book, click here.
Thursday, July 23, 6:30 PM 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.
Saturday, July 25, 11:00 AM Join Rabbi Denise L. Eger and Rabbi Max Chaiken for our next Shabbat experience for families with children. We'll sing, have a story, and enjoy the shabbat spirit together here on Zoom. Connect with one another and invite other friends and family who may want to join us! Register here.
Saturday, July 25, 4:00 PM Join Kol Ami's monthly book club, led this month by temple member Dr. Jane Drucker. In July, the group will be reading The Third Daughter, by Talia Carner. Come join the discussion whether you've finished the book or not, and stay for Havdalah led by Rabbi Denise L. Eger at the end of the hour! Register here.
Saturday, July 25, 7:00 PM Please join the Women of Kol Ami for Havdalah and Smores. We will be virtually “camping” via Zoom. Best part, no need to pitch a tent. We are excited to welcome Rabbi Robin Podolsky to lead us in a disccusion: Let’s talk about nature. If you have a camp song or two to sing, we can do that -- all guitars, tambourines, cow bells, kazoos or other instruments are welcome. Get your s'mores ready! Register here.
Saturday, July 25, 7:00 PM Join with the Men of Kol Ami (MOKA) on Saturday night, July 25 at 7:00 PM as we experiment with a new way to connect socially. Co-hosted by Barry Edelman and Rabbi Max Chaiken, we’ll gather on Zoom for a chance to schmooze and chat, we’ll make Havdalah, and then we’ll have a chance to play some games together. Register here.
In case you missed Rabbi Laura Geller's conversation with Rabbi Eger about her new award winning book, “Getting Good at Getting Older,” click here to watch it on our YouTube channel!Copies of the book are still available for $25 including shipping by contacting the Temple officeby email or by calling (323) 606-0996.
a Tisha B'Av Special Program Wednesday, July 29, 7:00 PM Please join us for this special Tisha B'Av program co-hosted by West Hollywood's Congregation Kol Ami and the Israeli-American Civic Action Network, ICAN. While commemorating Tisha B'Av, we will welcome special guests Grant Gochin and Silvia Foti, speaking about state-sponsored Holocaust denial in Lithuania. Grant Gochin asked the question – "who murdered my family during the Holocaust" and discovered that the murderer is a current national hero of Lithuania. Silvia Foti was asked by her mother to write the biography of her national hero grandfather, only to discover that he was one of the worst genocidal murderers of Jews during the Holocaust. Silvia Foti's grandfather murdered Grant Gochin's family. They have come together to tell the awful truth of how their families have been connected for the past 100 years and how the Lithuanian government has engaged in a massive cover-up to implement the tenth stage of genocide: denial. In this special discussion, we will explore with Gochin and Foti their paths to the discovery of this cover-up, and how it impacts the real world today. Register here.
Sunday, August 9, 4:00 PM We are delighted to welcome home to Kol Ami the Mason family! We invite you to watch the film Circus of Books on NETFLIX. Then join us Sunday August 9 at 4:00 PM for a discussion with the filmmaker Rachel Mason who made the documentary Circus of Books about her parents, our friends Karen and Barry Mason. For over 35 years, the Circus of Books gave Los Angeles’ LGBT+ community a space to socialize and celebrate themselves without judgment. Circus of Books is the debut documentary from artist Rachel Mason, who finally asks the least radical people she knows, her parents Karen and Barry Mason, how they became American's biggest distributors of gay porn. Register here.
Renew your membership or become a member today! You can pay for your renewal online 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!
Mazal Tov to Rob Cantrell and Keith Huynh on their engagement to be married in August. Mazal Tov to Isaac Bernstein for getting his driver's license. Mazal Tov to Rabbi Max Chaiken for his recently published Torah commentary. Over the next couple of months, Rabbi Chaiken will be a featured commentator for Deuteronomy on ReformJudaism.org.
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, Richard Frank, Yaffa Hughes, Miles Senn, 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 .
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