Newsletter

Online Shabbat Service
Friday, December 24 at 6:30 PM

Join Rabbi Eger, Rabbi Levy and Student Rabbi Rabishaw for our Shabbat services in-person at Kol Ami and online on our  Facebook page,  YouTube channel, or on the temple website. To access a free online flipbook of our prayer book Mishkan Tefillah book, click here.

Shabbat Services on December 24 and 31 will be online only in order to give our staff a holiday. There will be no in-person Shabbat services.
Also, there will be no Shabbat Awakening on January 1.

Ta'am Ivrit (A Taste of Hebrew)
Wednesday, December 22 at 6:30 PM

Join Rabbi Levy for a beginners' crash course on the Hebrew language. The class will primarily focus on the Hebrew we find in the prayerbook and Jewish ritual spaces, but will include examples from Modern Hebrew as well. REGISTER HERE

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The Federal legal holidays of Christmas Day and New Year's Day both fall on a Saturday this year. As a result, the Administrative Office and building will be closed on the Friday preceding the respective holiday: on Friday, December 24, and Friday, December 31.

Cantor Linsky will be with us every Friday night in January and February! On her first night (Friday Jan. 7) Cantor will lead services with her daughter, Kol Ami's Education Resident, Eliana Rubin!

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Tzedek Council Meeting
Thursday, December 23 at 7:00 PM

Join Kol Ami's Tzedek Council for our regular open meeting discussing our ongoing social justice and social action initiatives. The meeting will be virtual so please be sure to register to receive the Zoom link.  REGISTER HERE 

On Sunday, December 19, the Tzedek Council volunteers gathered to make just over 100 lunch bags for the Hollywood Food Coalition.

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Desert Meet and Greet Cocktail Party for Rabbi Levy
Wednesday, January 5, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Join us for a Wednesday evening meet and greet and official welcome for Rabbi Ross Levy, and to kickstart the new year!
At the home of temple members Dr. H. Aaron Aronow and Mike Garza
This is a small and intimate gathering for our Congregation Kol Ami Community,
sponsored by the Rabbi Levy Transition Committee. RSVP

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Mazal Tov!
Mazal Tov to Murray Levin on the recent wedding of his daughter Jana to Brent!  May they have many happy years together.

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

Robert Cantrell, Jeanne Cole, Lisa Edwards, 

Hope Faust, Marca Gay, Regina Gongoll,
Loren Ostrow, Ben Reback, Ivan Rosenberg, 
Lowell Selvin, Michael Simental, Henry Somerfeld, Cathee Weiss

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Reminder: New COVID-safety Protocol
Registration for Shabbat Services are no longer required. We will require proof of vaccination for Covid-19 upon entry to the event, either by showing digital proof (photo of your card or digital card) or your hard copy of your vaccination card, along with your Photo ID 

(please plan to arrive at services earlier to check in).

To learn more about Kol Ami's COVID-safety policy please click here.

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