This Week: Gender and Judaism, Shabbat Holiness Hike, Book Circle, and Passover Events!
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March 19, 2023 * eKoleinu * 26 Adar 5783
Shabbat Services Friday, March 24 at 6:30 PM Join Rabbi Denise L. Eger, Rabbi Ross Z. Levy, and Piano Accompanist Lisa Edwards for our services in-person at Kol Ami or online on our YouTube channel, on thetemple website, or on ourFacebook page. To purchase a prayerbook, Mishkan Tefillah, available in print or in kindle version click here.
Join Rabbi Eger and Rabbi Levy in celebration of the holiday of freedom. Join us as we tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt. Our glatt kosher for Pesach Seder meal will cost $85 per person for Members and $95 per person for Non-Members ($36 for children 12 and under).
Make your reservation today to celebrate Rabbi Eger and Rabbi Levy's last Passover Seder at Kol Ami! Seating is limited!
Shabbat Scholar in Residence Dr. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal with Lunch
Saturday, April 1, 2023 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Dr. Michal Bar-Asher Siegal is a scholar of rabbinic Judaism. Her work focuses on aspects of Jewish-Christian interactions in the ancient world, and compares early Christian and rabbinic sources. She is a faculty member at the Goldstein-Goren Department of Jewish Thought, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, and she was an elected member of the Israel Young Academy of Sciences. During the 2022-2023 academic year, she is the Horace Goldsmith Visiting Professor in Judaic Studies at Yale University. Her first book is Early Christian Monastic Literature and the Babylonian Talmud (Cambridge University Press, 2013; winner of the 2014 Manfred Lautenschlaeger Award). Her second book is Jewish-Christian Dialogues on Scripture in Late Antiquity: Heretic Narratives of the Babylonian Talmud (Cambridge University Press, 2019; finalist, National Jewish Book Award, 2019).
Lunch is included. Please register by Thursday, March 30th at noon. REGISTER HERE
Wednesday, March 22 and 29, 2023 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Join Student Rabbi Frankie Salzman for a two-session exploration of gender.
In what ways did the early rabbis understand gender? What rabbinic stories challenge the idea of gender being binary? How do contemporary Jewish thinkers approach the topic of gender? Discuss these questions and investigate your own relationship to gender using Judaism as a guide.
This is open to everyone interested in learning, reflecting, and growing.
Book Circle: "Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships" by Nina Totenberg
Saturday, March 25, 2023 4:00 PM
Please join temple members Jane Drucker and David Glickman at The Book Circle on March 25th on zoom at 4:00 PM as we discuss Book Circle: "Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships" by Nina Totenberg.
More information and where to purchase the book here.
Location: Echo Park Lake Meeting point: 1632 Bellevue Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90026
This Shabbat, we'll take a leisurely stroll along Echo Park Lake while we take in the fresh air, engage in some text study, and enjoy being together. There is a parking lot at 1632 Bellevue Ave Los Angeles, CA 90026 and we'll meet on the southern edge of the lake. Be sure to register to receive more details!
Take a break from the craziness of the week (and the city) and join Rabbi Levy for a Shabbat morning 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. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned hiker, all are welcome.
Passover Spiritual Spring Cleaning: Let's Make Art About It!
Sunday, March 26, 2023 3:00 PM- 5:00 PM
In the days and weeks leading up to Passover, Jews around the world scour their homes for every bit of chametz they can find and remove. As we prepare this year, we hope you'll join us for a special art making program of "spiritual spring cleaning" as we check in with ourselves and seek out the inner chametz that might be lurking within our hearts and souls.
Join Rabbi Levy and Interim Director Devorah Servi for an afternoon of text study, art making, journaling, and reflection. All materials will be provided and no art or text study experience is necessary! Space is limited so be sure to sign up soon.
Queering Passover with Rabbi Denise Eger. A CLGS Jewish Queeries Series Event
Thursday, March 30, 2023 1:00 PM Rabbi Denise Eger's phenomenal CLGS Jewish Queeries Series presentation on Queering Hanukah generated so much positive feedback that she has agreed to present a mini-series on queering Purim, Pesach, and Shavuot.
The second lecture/discussion in this series will feature a queer approach to Passover.
Please join the Men of Kol Ami (MOKA) for a GAME NIGHT
at a West Hollywood Residence Saturday, March 25, 2023 7:00 PM
Feel free to bring a favorite Game and Your Own Beer or Wine. Non-alcoholic beverages, snacks, and dessert will be served. MOKA welcomes self-identified males and non-binary individuals of all ages. A portion of the charge for each event goes to the MOKA fund which helps perform tzedakah by funding charities and supporting the Congregation.
$15 Kol Ami Members $20 Non Kol Ami Members
Address and parking information will be emailed to confirmed attendees prior to event Please register by Wednesday, March 22, 2023 REGISTER HERE
Special Exhibit: Auschwitz: Not Long Ago and Not Far Away
Sunday, April 16, 2023 12:30 PM - 3:00 PM
In observance of Yom HaShoa, join Rabbi Eger and Rabbi Levy for a visit to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library to see the special exhibit: Auschwitz: Not Long Ago and Not Far Away. The only West Coast exhibit of its kind. For the first time in history, this Auschwitz exhibition, co-produced by the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum and Spanish company Musealia, is traveling to the Reagan Library to show an extraordinary collection of more than 700 original artifacts of inestimable historic and human value, that bears direct witness to one of the darkest chapters of humankind.
Kol Ami has reserved 18 tickets for Sunday, April 16, 2023, at 1:00 PM. The price of the ticket is a special group rate of $28 a person. This price includes the special audio headset. REGISTER HERE
J’accuse Movie Showing Yom Hashoa, Holocaust Memorial Day
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
In observance of Yom Hashoa, Holocaust Memorial Day, Kol Ami will host and co-sponsor with the Israel Civic Action Network a showing of the award-winning movie J’accuse by Michael Kretzmer about Holocaust Denial in Lithuania featuring Kol Ami's friend Grant Gochin and his efforts to confront the Lithuanian government.
Dear Kol Ami Community, In recent days our ReOpening Task Force who has guided our congregation through the Covid crisis met. The committee members, Dr. Neil Romanoff, Neal Zaslavsky, Dr. Lilia Lukowsky, Rabbis Eger and Levy and our Interim Executive Director, Devorah Servi, revised our Covid protocols based on the current situation. Effective immediately 1) We will no longer check vaccinations cards and, 2) We can resume serving food inside.
That said, the committee strongly encourages all members and guests to get the latest available vaccines and boosters including the latest bivalent booster.
Indoor masks are at the discretion of the individual at this time. As we are constantly monitoring the situation in LA County, we will continue to revise our policies based upon the recommendations and guidance of the Los Angeles County Health Department and our ReOpening Task Force on an as needed basis as it is our desire to keep our community as healthy as possible.
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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