Learning, Inspire, Healing: August 2021 with Kol Ami 🙌
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July 25, 2021 * eKoleinu * 16 Av 5781
RAC-CA and Senator Durazo:
Organizing Together for Justice Wednesday, July 28 at 7:00 PM Join in representing our congregation at RAC-CA’s meeting with Senator Maria Elena Durazo. 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. REGISTER HERE
Book Circle: The Nesting Dolls Saturday, July 31 at 4:00 PM Join the Book Circle for a virtual conversation about The Nesting Dolls by Alina Adams. Spanning nearly a century, an epic family saga centering on three generations of women in one Russian Jewish family and how the consequences of their choices ripple through time. REGISTER HERE
Summer Sova Food Drive SOVA is a nonsectarian program of Jewish Family Service of Los Angeles, dedicated to alleviating hunger and poverty in the community through food distribution and offering a wide range of supportive services. Every year in July and August, Congregation Kol Ami joins the effort of helping with food donations. As we go back to in-person service, we ask you to pay your personal tribute toward a world without hunger. Whether you come for Shabbat Service, or every other time you come to temple bring donated groceries to put in the Sova barrels inside the building:Â Pasta, toiletries, tuna, salmon, peanut and almond butter, canned goods etc.Â
"Remix Judaism:" A Talk with Prof. Roberta Kwall Sunday, August 8 at 4:00 PM ​​​​​​​ Congregation Kol Ami is delighted to have law professor at DePaul University College of Law in Chicago and the author of several books about Jewish law and culture, Prof. Roberta Kwall. Kwall will discuss her latest book "Remix Judaism." REGISTER HERE
Healing Circle: Healing from the Pandemic Traumas Thursday, August 12 at 7:00PM Join Rabbi Eger, Cantor Linsky and Larry Levi, MFT for an evening of meditation and exercises to helpus on the road to healing from the trauma of the last 18 months with Jewish wisdom as well as beginning the road to healing from these many traumas.REGISTER HERE ​​​​​​​
Sunday, August 15, 2021 at 4:00 PM ​​​​​​​ In celebration of the upcoming 50th anniversary of women in the rabbinate, Congregation Kol Ami is honored to host Rabbi Sally J Preisand, the 1st woman ordained as a rabbi in the modern era. REGISTER HERE
Prophetic Torah Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 10:00 AM Join our monthly Torah study group exploring the weekly portions alongside the traditional Haftarah readings, the prophetic passages that pair with our annual cycle of sacred study. Join us to learn, connect, and engage with the words of our Hebrew prophets alongside Torah itself! No experience required. REGISTER HERE
HIV+ Support Group Saturday, August 21, 2021 at 12:15 PM
We will meet in person (bring your own lunch!) and online. Our ongoing HIV+ Support Group known as the Kol Amigos. Facilitated by Rabbi Eger, this confidential group is open only to those with HIV/AIDS. REGISTER HERE
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.
Congregation Kol Ami 1200 N La Brea WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA 90038
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