Refugees at Home and Abroad Tuesday, June 22 at 11:00 AM Congregation Kol Ami co-sponsors a HIAS/City of West Hollywood discussion about the unique needs and vulnerabilities of this population and how HIAS and our partners have stepped up to advocate for their human rights and provide lifesaving support. Learn how we can work to help LGBTQ refugees and asylum seekers around the globe and right here at home. REGISTER HERE
Broadway Showstoppers: Broadway Pride! Thursday, June 24 at 6:30 PM A look at LGBTQ Broadway from the themes to the characters! Join Kol Ami member Glenn Rosenblum 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
Book Circle: Becoming Eve Saturday, June 26 at 4:00 PM
The author will be with us! Join us for a discussion hosted by Dr. Jane Drucker and David Glickman on the book Becoming Eve by Abby Stein. Discussion will be followed by virtual Havdalah. REGISTER HERE
Jewish Pride: A Book Talk With Ben Freeman Sunday, June 27 at 4:00 PM In celebration of Pride Month, Kol Ami is delighted to have Jewish leader, thinker and educator, Ben M. Freeman for a talk on his new book Jewish Pride. Ben will talk about fighting the growing tide of AntiSemitism and building Jewish Pride.
Tzedek Council Update The Reform Movement’s national Racial Justice Campaign is underway, and this includes California’s statewide campaign to pass SB 731 Time Done, a transformative criminal law reform bill to remove barriers to re-entry for people with prior criminal records. As you may have heard, both RAC-CA priority bills, SB 731 Time Done and SB 62, the Garment Worker Protection Act, have passed in the Senate and are headed to the Assembly. We will meet with our assembly members to lobby on these bills in August, and we need to know who is interested in participating and who your legislators are. If you have not already registered, please do so at RAC.org/CALobby2021. It takes just a minute to register.
Please also join in representing our congregation at RAC-CA’s meeting with Senator Maria Elena Durazo on Wednesday, July 28, 7-8:15 p.m. PT. Senator Durazo is an author of both of our priority bills and brings deep experience as a community organizer to her work as a legislator. This is a great opportunity for RAC-CA to learn from and build our relationship with Senator Durazo.
Kol Ami is 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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