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January 11, 2022 * eKoleinu * 18 Tevet 5783

Shabbat Services
Friday, January 13 at 6:30 PM
Join 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 the temple website. To purchase a prayerbook, Mishkan Tefillah, available in print or in kindle version click here.

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Kol Ami's Full Calendar

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Ta'am Ivrit (A Taste of Hebrew)

Upcoming Sessions:
1. Wednesday, January 11, 2023 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
2. Wednesday, January 18, 2023 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
3. Wednesday, January 25, 2023 | 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

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

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PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR
Focus Group Meeting
Thursday, January 12, 2023 at 7:00 PM

Please join us this coming Thursday evening in person or online to help us imagine the future of our congregation-Kol Ami 2.0! We need and want your input.
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. Be a part of the Kol Ami future and help us create that future together!

You can register to participate in-person here and via Zoom here.

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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/

REGISTER HERE

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2023 LA Blade Best of LGBTQ LA Awards Party

Wednesday, January 18, 2023
7:00 PM

Location: 10 & 10 1/2, 330 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013

The staff of Los Angeles Blade is pleased to invite you to a very special evening of entertainment, drinks, great music and light foods at BAR 10 on Jan 18, 2023 to celebrate and honor the winners of our 2023 Best of LGBTQ LA Awards.

Over 20,000 people voted for nominees in 30+ categories ranging from Activists to Allies, Drag to DJ, Politics to Philanthropy and more.

Katie Welch will host a lively show, filled with great entertainment, including singers, drag performers, soaring aerialists and special surprises! DJ BoomBoom will spin.
Mix and mingle with community notables, their supporters and friends, hobnob with the stars and just have a blast.

Our nominees and winners deserve your support and affection!

And you will be part of a truly important announcement and will up us honor a true Shero.

The event is sponsored by a growing list of important sponsors, including GLAAD , VISIT WEST HOLLYWOOD, EQCA, HRC, AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, LA LGBT CENTER, ARIADNE GETTY FOUNDATION, BLADE FOUNDATION, LA DODGERS, LACCD, CALIFORNIA LIBRARIES. STOP THE HATE INITIATIVE, ETHNIC MEDIA SERVICES

RSVP HERE

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Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Eger

Thursday, January 19, 2023
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

Join our monthly online lunch & learn here on Zoom! You bring the lunch, Rabbi Eger will bring the learning, just like she would in Downtown LA!

REGISTER HERE

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Prophetic Torah

Saturday, January 21, 2023
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM

Join our monthly online lunch & learn here on Zoom! You bring the lunch, Rabbi Eger will bring the learning, just like she would in Downtown LA!

REGISTER HERE

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HIV+ Support Group

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.

REGISTER HERE

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Shabbat Holiness Hike
with Rabbi Levy

Saturday, January 21, 2023
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM

The address to join the hike is 2944 Gleneden St, Los Angeles, CA 90039.

Take a break from the craziness of the week and join Rabbi Levy for a Shabbat afternoon hike! We will explore some of the great natural settings around the LA area while creating spaces for quiet reflection and a bit of text study. This month, we'll take a stroll along the LA River and learn about the vision behind its construction with congregant Mark Cohen.

The hike will go from 2:30 - 5:30 PM, after which we'll head over to Mark and Tim's house for afternoon refreshments. Address to be sent upon registration.

REGISTER HERE

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The Women's March Foundation
for "Bigger than Roe"

Sunday, January 22, 2023
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Where: Fine Arts Theater 8556 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90211

Women's March Foundation is hosting an event on Sunday, January 22nd, in Los Angeles. January 22nd is significant because it would've been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade and is also part of the nationwide day of action: Bigger than Roe.

We will be hosting a screening of HBO's documentary The Janes, which will be followed by a town hall discussion with national leaders and pro-choice advocates who are leading the fight to protect reproductive freedoms for all women across our nation.

We are grateful for your partnership and would love for you to promote it across your networks and on social media! We are still looking for speakers to be part of our panel, so please let us know if you have anyone who has been active in the fight for reproductive rights and would be interested.

RSVP HERE

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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.

REGISTER HERE

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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

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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.

Click here for more information

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Kol Ami's Code of Ethics

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.

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Refuah Shleimah: A Speedy Recovery
We keep the following members in our healing prayers: John Altschul, Dr. Aaron Aronow, Tim Jordan,
Heidi Kebbas, Addie Lelyveld, Cantor Patti Linksy,
Peter Mackler, Keith Rand, Ivan Rosenberg,
Richard Ross, Lowell Selvin, Miles Senn,
Karen Shanbrom

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Reminder: COVID-safety Protocol

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.

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