Newsletter

Shabbat Services: Friday, June 25 at 6:30 PM
Join Rabbi Eger and Student Rabbi Elana Rabishaw for our in-person and online Shabbat services. You can register for in-person seat  or watch it live on Kol Ami's Facebook page,  YouTube channel, or on our temple website. To access a free online flipbook of our prayer book Mishkan Tefillah book, click here.

Broadway Showstoppers: Broadway Pride!
TOMORROW! 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

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 Book Circle with Abby Stein
This Saturday

June 26 at 4:00 PM
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

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Jewish Pride: A Book Talk With Ben Freeman
This 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.

MORE DETAILS AND REGISTRATION

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Welcome Rabbi Levi!
Rabbi Levi's first service with us is next week, Friday, July 2 at 6:30pm. Reserve your seat here. If you can't make it in person, our services will stream on Facebook and Youtube as well.

Please note: July 2 will also be our first indoor service back in our sanctuary.

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 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.

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Mazal Tov!
Mazal Tov to Alexandra Glickman, who was named a 2021 Commercial Real Estate Visionary by Commercial Real Estate Magazine and the LA Times. Read the article in the LA Time here

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

Richard Bernard, Jeanne Cole, Francine Epstein, Greg Facktor Paul Morgan Fredrix, Lisa Milstein,

Ben Reback, Eliana Rubin, Lowell Selvin, 

Henry Somerfeld, Cathee Weiss

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