Shabbat Service Friday, July 21 at 6:30 PM Join Rabbi Barry Lutz and Cantor Patti Linsky 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.
Men of Kol Ami (MOKA), Beth Chayim Chadashim (BCC), Don Klein, and Steve Addison, Event Chairs, invite you to the return of:
THE ANNUAL SUMMER POOL PARTY
SUNDAY, JULY 23, 2023 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM
From 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM CATERED TACO LUNCH AT THE BEAUTIFUL BEVERLY HILLS HOME OF DON KLEIN (address will be emailed to registered participants on the prior Friday afternoon.)
$28 ONLINE PAYMENT (includes beer, wine, sodas, snacks, lunch, and dessert) $32 – Payment at the door of the event
RSVP ONLINE OR CALL THE OFFICE AT (323) 606-0996 BY NOON onFRIDAY JULY 21st.
TO RSVP AFTER THE DEADLINE PLEASE CALL 310-429-2009 OR 310-386-4398 OVER THE WEEKEND!
Bring a few friends. a towel and sunscreen and enjoy a relaxed, casual, fun day of sun and swimming, drinks, and dining with your friends from Kol Ami, BCC, and the community. MOKA welcomes cisgender males, transgender males, and non-binary, and gender non-conforming folks who are male identified of ALL ages and non-member guests at our events. A small portion of the ticket price goes to provide “tzedakah” - support of the synagogue and other charitable causes to “tikun olam”, to build a better world. REGISTRATION IS OPEN! CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
Book Circle: "The Golem and the Jinni" by Helene Wecker
Saturday, August 5, 2023 4:00 PM
Please join temple member Jane Drucker at The Book Circle on August 5th on Zoom at 4:00 PM as we discuss "The Golem and the Jinni" by Helene Wecker.
Chava is a golem, a creature made of clay, brought to life by a disgraced rabbi who dabbles in dark Kabbalistic magic, created to be the wife of a man who dies at sea on the voyage from Poland. Chava is unmoored and adrift as the ship arrives in New York harbor in 1899.
Ahmad is a jinni, a being of fire born in the ancient Syrian desert, trapped in an old copper flask, and released in New York City, though still not entirely free.
Ahmad and Chava become unlikely friends and soul mates with a mystical connection. Marvelous and compulsively readable, Helene Wecker's debut novel The Golem and the Jinni weaves strands of Yiddish and Middle Eastern literature, historical fiction and magical fable, into a wondrously inventive and unforgettable tale.
To learn more and where to purchase the book, click here.
Our new Board of Trustees had a fantastic Board Retreat! Special thanks to our new co-Presidents, Rebecca Shurz and Leonard Slutsky, for their stellar leadership, to Rabbi Lutz for his teaching on stages of transitions and to Neil Spears, our Transition Consultant, for facilitating our brainstorms.
Refuah Shleimah: A Speedy Recovery We keep the following members in our healing prayers: John Altschul, Aaron Aronow, Michael Becker, Sophie Belzberg, Roberta Bennett, Keith Rand, Ivan Rosenberg, Richard Ross, Lowell Selvin, Miles Senn, Karen Shanbrom, Travis Terry, David Wexler, Gib Winebar, Doug Workman
