A Special Guest from Hollywood Food Coalition, Shabbat Awakening and more
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August 4, 2021 * eKoleinu * 27 Av 5781
Shabbat Service Guest Speaker: Asher Landau Hollywood Food Coalition Friday, August 6 at 6:30 PM Asher Landau is Director of Development for Hollywood Food Coalition, a nonprofit that builds community through food and helps neighbors throughout Los Angeles to meet daily challenges related to food insecurity, homelessness, and resource inequality.REGISTER FOR IN-PERSON HERE
Kol Ami will hold an online shiva minyan in memory of Jack Saltzberg, brother of Diane Saltzberg on zoom TODAY Wednesday August 4, 2021 at 7:00 pm Click here to access the Shiva Diane would welcome support from her Kol Ami community.
Meeting with Senator Feinstein Thursday, August 5 at 10:00 AM Join others from across California to meet with Senator Feinstein in support of the Freedom to Vote campaign. As of now, we are scheduled to meet with Senator Feinstein's General Counsel, Megan McCorquodale. We will prep from 9:30-10am and meet with Senator Feinstein's office at 10am, followed by an opportunity to debrief together afterward. REGISTER HERE
Shabbat Awakening Saturday, August 7 at 10:00 AM Our monthly Shabbat Awakening Service in-person and online. Join Rabbi Eger and Rabbi Levy in-pesron at Kol Ami. REGISTER HERE FOR IN-PERSON
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: Pasta, toiletries, tuna, salmon, peanut and almond butter, canned goods etc.
"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 (AND PURCHASE THE BOOK) HERE
Exploring Prayer in the Month of Elul Thursday, August 12 at 9:30 AM Prayer is not an innate gift or hereditary trait, it is a spiritual skill that, like a muscle or instrument, requires practice, repetition, and discovery. Starting August 12, on the four Thursdays that lead up to Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Ross Levy will lead via Facebook and YouTube Live, a series of warm-ups for our praying selves, so we don’t go into the HHD cold, but already on the path of reflection, repentance, and an openness to crafting who we wish to be in the coming year.
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
Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to Murray Blank on the occasion of the birth of his granddaughter Madeliyn Alexis Blank who was born to Steve and Elise Blank, on Saturday, July 31, at Cedars.
Tzedek Council Annual Meeting Thursday, August 26 at 6:00 PM We are inviting new members to join the Kol Ami Tzedek Council (Social Justice council) with new co-chairs Jess Winfield and Rebecca Schurz to help set the agenda for the coming year. 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.
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