This Week: Special Shabbat Service: Israel at 75, Lunch Bag Assembly, Book Circle and MOKA Event!
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April 23, 2023 * eKoleinu * 2 Iyar 5783
Celebrate Israel at 75 service Shabbat Services Friday, April 28 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 YouTube channel or on ourtemple website. To purchase a prayerbook, Mishkan Tefillah, available in print or in kindle version click here.
As many of you have noticed, there have been ongoing issues with our streaming services to Facebook over many weeks.
As of Friday, April 21, 2023, Congregation Kol Ami will ONLY be streaming our programs/worship to our website or our YouTube Channel.
You can still find the congregation's page on Facebook and we will be promoting our programs there and on Instagram. However, you will only be able to watch our streaming services on our YouTube Channel or our Website. You have the ability to chat with others during services on our YouTube Channel. And you can subscribe to our YouTube Channel to be notified anytime Congregation Kol Ami posts or is live.
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Devorah Servi Interim Executive Director
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Special Shabbat Service: Yom HaAtzmaut Israel's 75th Anniversary Of Its Founding
Friday, April 28, 2023 6:30 PM We hope you’ll join us for our celebration of 75 years of the State of Israel during this special Shabbat service.Through music, prayer, and poetry, our service will highlight just a few of the amazing gifts that the Jewish State has given our people and our world in its young history. We will also take the opportunity to acknowledge and commemorate the immense sacrifices made to maintaining its independence in the face of adversity. Get ready to enjoy special music, a peak into Israeli history and culture, and even a birthday cake on this massive occasion!
Tzedek Council Lunch Bag Assembly for Hollywood Food Coalition
Saturday, April 29, 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 500 lunch bags to be distributed across LA during our last event in March and we're hoping to keep up those numbers! We'll provide the materials so all we ask is 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/
Book Circle: "The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew - Three Women Search for Understanding" by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner
Saturday, April 29, 2023 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Please join temple members Jane Drucker and David Glickman at The Book Circle on April 29th on Zoom at 4:00 PM as we discuss "The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew - Three Women Search for Understanding" by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner.
A groundbreaking book about Americans searching for faith and mutual respect, The Faith Club weaves the story of three women, their three religions, and their urgent quest to understand one another.
Click here to purchase the book and to learn more.
Steve Addison, MOKA Chair & The Men of Kol Ami Invite you to the Celebration Theater Production A New Brain: The William Finn (Falsettos) and James Lapine (Into the Woods) Musical
Sunday, April 30, 2023 12:30 PM MOKA Cocktails & Dessert Reception 2:00 PM Performance LGBT Center Village – Davidson/ Valentini Theater 1125 N. McCadden Place - Parking across the street at the LGBT Center Campus
$30 – Kol Ami members & Guests / $35 –Non Members Hurry! Limited number of tickets available
Please RSVP and prepay by Friday, April 28, 2023 by Noon via the link below or call 323-606-0996
The Men of Kol Ami welcomes all self-identified males, non-binary and trans individuals, and non-member guests of ALL ages!
Let’s all turn out in person on Friday, May 26, 2023, to celebrate Rabbi Levy with a special musical service and Oneg before he leaves for his new position in Memphis.
Mazal tov to Joey Bachrach and Andrew Fox who got married in Rabbi Eger’s study on Thursday. It’s a double celebration as Andrew concluded his conversion the day before at the Mikveh!
Mazal tov to Tyler Christiansen on the completion of his conversion to Judaism. Welcome!
Refuah Shleimah: A Speedy Recovery We keep the following members in our healing prayers: John Altschul, Dr. Aaron Aronow, Roberta Bennett, Peter Mackler, Keith Rand, Ivan Rosenberg, Richard Ross, Lowell Selvin, Miles Senn, Karen Shanbrom, Doug Workman
