Welcome to 2023! | Israel Trip Deadline is Fast Approaching! | Shabbat Awakening | A Taste of Hebrew with Rabbi Levy
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January 4, 2022 * eKoleinu * 10 Tevet 5783
Shabbat Services Friday, January 6 at 6:30 PM Join Rabbi Denise L. Eger, Rabbi Ross Z. Levy, Student Rabbi Frankie Salzman, and Piano Accompanist Lisa Edwards for our services in-person at Kol Ami or online on our Facebook page, YouTube channel, or on thetemple website. To purchase a prayerbook, Mishkan Tefillah, available in print or in kindle version click here.
The Deadline to put your deposit for the Israel trip is next Tuesday, January 10, 2023!
Congregation Kol Ami 30th Anniversary Trip to Israel May 30, 2023 - June 7, 2023 Give someone the gift of Israel for the Holidays! The first 14 people have already signed up! We need 2 more to meet our minimum. Reserve your spot for this once in a lifetime opportunity. Join Rabbi Denise L. Eger on Kol Ami’s 30th anniversary trip to Israel! Explore the homeland of the Jewish people, its ancient history, and Israel’s vibrant modern sights and sounds.
Kol Ami’s friends and family will travel to Israel for an 8-day trip to Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel. Our trip begins in Jerusalem on May 30, 2023, winds our way north to the Galilee, and finally ending in the bustling city of Tel Aviv on June 7, 2023. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION
Saturday, January 7, 2023 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Shabbat Awakening, our monthly, informal Shabbat morning service in the round. We hope you'll join Rabbi Eger, Rabbi Levy, and Student Rabbi Salzman in person or on the livestream on Facebook, YouTube, and the Kol Ami website!
Join Rabbi Levy for a beginner's 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. Member Rate $18 | Non-Member Rate $36 REGISTER HERE
SAVE THE DATE Focus Group Meeting Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 7:00 PM
Thank you to everyone who attended our Semi-Annual Congregational Meeting on November 30, 2022. As your Board of Trustees, we are profoundly grateful to have your support, including proxies, in approving the recommended budget for the last 6-months of our fiscal year ending June 30, 2023.
We are facing challenges at every turn: our Founding Senior Rabbi is retiring, our Executive Director is moving, the impact of inflation on the economy, continuing uncertainty over COVID, and an operating budget with a significant deficit.
We are tasked with fiduciary responsibility and stewardship of our beloved community. We want nothing more than Kadima, to move forward, as we celebrate Kol Ami’s 30th Anniversary. We listened and heard your concerns about transparency, financial obligations, and three options presented for support to explore how they might transform our congregation during this difficult time.
Whatever your view is of the opportunities and risks ahead for Kol Ami, our Jewish values remain at the forefront of our communal decision-making as a Kehilla Kadosha, a sacred community. We look forward to providing additional information and details during a Focus Group Meeting on Thursday, January 12, 2023, at 7:00 PM. This will be a hybrid meeting, both in-person and via Zoom, and will be open to all members in good standing. You can register to participate in-person here and via Zoom here.
Tzedek Council Lunch Bag Assembly for Hollywood Food Coalition
Saturday, January 14, 2023 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Join the Tzedek Council of Kol Ami as we continue our support of the Hollywood Food Coalition by assembling lunch bags for their Sunday lunch distribution program.
We made just over 400 lunch bags to be distributed across LA during our last event in December and we're hoping to keep up those numbers! We'll provide the materials so all we ask as that you show up ready to help support this important cause!
For more information about the Hollywood Food Coalition, visit their website:https://hofoco.org/
Saturday, January 21, 2023 12:15 PM - 1:30 PM 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.
Book Circle: "The Mistress of the Art of Death" by Ariana Franklin
Saturday, January 28, 2023 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Please join temple members Jane Drucker and David Glickman at The Book Circle on January 28th on zoom at 4:30 PM as we discuss Book Circle: "The Mistress of the Art of Death" by Ariana Franklin.
The national bestselling hit hailed by the New York Times as a “vibrant medieval mystery…[it] outdoes the competition.”
In medieval Cambridge, England, Adelia, a female forensics expert, is summoned by King Henry II to investigate a series of gruesome murders that has wrongly implicated the Jewish population, yielding even more tragic results. As Adelia’s investigation takes her behind the closed doors of the country’s churches, the killer prepares to strike again.
More information and where to purchase the book here.
Calling All Spielers! Come one, come all to this year's Purim Spiel!
Join us for a fantastic, laid-back "Surfin' Safari" Beach Boys Purim on Sunday night, March 5, 2023 at Kol Ami!! (more details to follow). Along with Megillah reading and a delicious Mediterranean dinner, we'll be doing a special retelling of the Purim story featuring the music of the Beach Boys in Beach Boychiks: A Beach Boys Purim.
Who's ready to dip their toes in the sand and be a part of this amazing production? If you are interested in participating in any way (singing, acting, choreography, set design, makeup, etc.), please contact Rabbi Levy at rlevy@kol-ami.org
Rabbi Eger has recently contributed to, Prophetic Voices: Renewing and Reimaging Haftarah.This is a new. Book now available for pre-order! A diverse array of authors share short commentaries on each haftarah, demonstrating their profound relevance to the present. Alternative haftarah readings (ranging from the Talmud to Ruth Bader Ginsburg) are included, along with innovative readings for holidays such as Juneteenth and Pride Month.
It’s now available for Pre-Order here. The perfect accompaniment to your weekly Torah study.
The LA County Department of Health is recommending wearing a mask indoors. While they have not yet required it, in recent weeks there has been a significant uptick in COVID-19 cases in LA County combined with a significant flu outbreak and Respiratory Virus.
LA County is experiencing high rates of COVID-19, flu, and RSV. These three respiratory illnesses can all cause severe illness. Until respiratory illness rates decline, everyone ages 2 and older is now advised to wear a mask in indoor public spaces to both protect workers and avoid getting sick and spreading these viruses this winter and holiday season. Indoor public places include public transportation and transit hubs, retail stores, event venues, schools, and worksites when around others.
Congregation Kol Ami has adopted a Code of Ethics as a holy, respectful, mindful and safe way of interacting with one another. We join with other Reform Jewish communities dedicated to creating safe and sacred spaces. The Code of Ethics was created by a working Task force of our Board of Trustees, adopted by our Board and subsequently adopted by the congregation at our Annual meeting in June, 2022. You can view the Code of Ethics on our website at here.
Refuah Shleimah: A Speedy Recovery We keep the following members in our healing prayers: John Altschul, Emet Block, Frank Ellison, Tim Jordan, Heidi Kebbas, Addie Lelyveld, Cantor Patti Linksy, Peter Mackler, Keith Rand, Ivan Rosenberg, Richard Ross, Lowell Selvin, Miles Senn, Karen Shanbrom,
Kol Ami requires proof of vaccination including at least one booster for all events for all those eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine. If you are not yet eligible for a booster, you must provide proof a negative test within 24 hrs of the event. While masks are optional at indoor events the Los Angeles County Health Department strongly recommends that you wear a mask indoors. At Kol Ami we are mindful that there are many people who are immune compromised and as an act of loving kindness (Chesed) and compassion (Rachamim) we recommend you wear a mask except when eating or drinking indoors.
To learn more about Kol Ami's COVID-safety policy please click here.
