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December 27, 2020 * eKoleinu * 12 Tevet 5781

Kol Ami is once again nominated for Best House of Worship at the LA Blade's Readers Choice Award! Please help us win this year by voting in this link

We're starting in just a bit...

Support Group for those with Aging Parents
December 30 at 6:00 PM
The bi-weekly support group on Zoom, facilitated by Kol Ami member Larry Levi, returns for 4 more sessions beginns this evening. Share your stresses and concerns, and learn from one another's experience in an atmosphere of friendship and understanding. REGISTER HERE

Closing 2020: Online events on
Thursday, December 31, 2020

Coffee with Rabbi Eger:

A Jewish Review of 2020 | 11:30 AM
As the secular year comes to a close, join Rabbi Eger for an online coffee hour (or beverage of your choice) for a Jewish review of 2020. We will look at the highlights, the low lights , the comings and goings. REGISTER HERE

Kol Ami's Full Calendar

Morning Music & Mindfulness

with Rabbi Chaiken | 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.

Start the new year right

Shabbat Service
Friday, January 1, 2021 at 6:30 PM
Join Rabbi Eger and Rabbi Chaiken for an online streaming shabbat services on Kol Ami's Facebook page, our YouTube channel, or on our temple website . To access a free online flipbook of our prayer book Mishkan Tefillah book, click here .
Please note: on January 1, 2021 there will be no Oneg. Our virtual Oneg returns Friday, January 8th at 7:30 PM right after Shabbat Service.

Shabbat Awakening Service
Saturday, January 2, 2021 at 10:00 AM
Our monthly Shabbat Awakening Service streams to our Facebook page, our YouTube Channel, and here to our temple website at:

https://www.kol-ami.org/livestream

Join Kol Ami member Glenn Rosenblum on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 4:00 PM for this next installment in his fabulous Broadway Showstoppers series. Log in, sit back, relax, and give your ears a treat with others from the Kol Ami community.
REGISTER HERE

Our long-time member and entrepreneur Stan Papel has a new book out! Generation to Generation traces six generations of a Jewish-American family, from its European origins to present time. You can now purchase a copy of Stan's new book AND also help support Kol Ami thanks to Stan's generosity.
Click here for more details
Stan Papel will talk about his new book Generation to Generation on January 12 at 6:30 PM. REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT

Torquemada & The Spanish Inquisition

presented by Jerrold Rishe
Sunday, January 10, 2021 | 4:00 PM
Join Congregation Kol Ami for the next installment in our Sunday Scholars series, as we hear the challenging history of Tomas de Torquemada, the first Grand Inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition, presented by Jerry Rishe.

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As part of its COVID-19 Response Plan, the Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles has provided Congregation Kol Ami with a grant through its Nourishment Fund. The $3,500 grant we received is making it possible to help the most vulnerable among us. If you need assistance with food, rent, or utilities, please contact Rabbi Eger at rabbi@kol-ami.org. All inquiries are strictly confidential.

The Federation's Ezra Network continues to provide case management, job counseling, legal and financial assistance independent of these funds.

Our temple family will gather for a memorial for Robert Wymss z"l, long-time member of Kol Ami, on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 2 pm on Zoom.
( click this link to enter)
Robert, who died of a heart attack Friday (Dec. 25), addressed the congregation about being a long time survivor of HIV at our World AIDS Day Observance in 2019. He was an LCSW and worked at the VA with Vietnam Veterans treating their PTSD. Robert also had gone back to school two years ago as a law student.

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Remember Congregation Kol Ami in Your

End-of-Year Charitable Giving!
Your tax - deductible donation will provide essential support for our temple at a critical point in our history, not only as a synagogue, but as a Jewish people in an increasingly worrisome world. We humbly ask you to multiply the impact of our on-going efforts with a year-end gift of $50, $100, $500, $5,000, to fund programs and community organizing efforts that will help our Congregation continue to be the bedrock of our spirit!

You can make a gift to Congregation Kol Ami by going online to https://kol-ami.org and making a donation online. If you prefer to make a gift of stock, please contact Marca Gay our Executive Director at 323-606-0996, x110.

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Support Kol Ami with every Amazon and Ralphs purchase!
Click here to find out how.

Recipes from our Iron Maccabee Chef contest are finally here! Because every day is a good day for Latkes! Check out the recipes and let us know how you did. Click here for the Recipe Book

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We're part of the JewItAtHome collaboration, offering programs online for all of us to remain connected and engaged Jewishly during this challenging time.

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Refuah Shleimah: A Speedy Recovery
We keep the following members in our healing prayers: John Altschul,

Sophie Belzberg, Michael Berlin, Richard Bernard, Bonnie Brown, Arlene Drake, Frank Ellison,

Richard Frank, Steve Hochstein, Alison Knapp, Addie Lelyveld,

Ben Reback, Stephen Reissman,

Mike Silverman, Janene Sneider, Henry Somerfeld, Cathee Weiss

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 to reception@kol-ami.org .

Congregation Kol Ami
1200 N La Brea
WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90038

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