Shabbat Service Friday, April 19 | 7:05 PM Join Rabbinic Intern Frankie Salzman, Dr. Nancy Cohen and piano accompanist Lisa Edwards for shabbat service in-person at Kol Ami or online on our YouTube channelor on our temple website. Purchase a prayerbook, Mishkan Tefillah, available inprint or inkindle versions.
Tuesday, April 23 | 6:00 PM On the 2nd Seder night, we will celebrate of the holiday of freedom as a community. Join us as we tell the story of the Exodus from Egypt. Seder dinner costs $85 for members, $95 for non-members. Get your place on the Seder table
If you have space at your first night seder table (April 22) and would be open to inviting other community members with nowhere else to go - please contact Adam at the Kol Ami office: membership@kol-ami.org
If you need a place to go on the 1st night please contact Adam as well.
Open Yad Shabbat Schmooze Friday, April 19 | 8:45 PM Young adults in our 20s and 30s will gather for a casual Shabbat dinner and hang after services at Gideon's place. Click here for more information and to RSVP
Saturday, April 20 | 7:00 PM JQ hosts Trans/Nonbinary Resiliency Havdalah at Kol Ami. We will be eating all of the pizza, pasta, and bread before Passover while also learning how to be resilient. Join us for an informative session on understanding stress, featuring resources and group reflection with a licensed professional. Let's learn together in community! Click for more info
Thursday, April 25 | 12:00 PM at Plummer Park, Fiesta Hall (7377 Santa Monica Blvd.) The City of West Hollywood commemorates Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Memorial Day with a program featuring presentation by Larry Gross, son of a Holocaust survivor, musical performance and candlelight ceremony. More info
Book Circle Saturday, April 27 | 4:00 PM The next Book Circle will meet online to discuss "Stockholm" by Noa Yedlin. Four friends conspire to help their friend win a well-earned Nobel Prize...problem is...he's dead. Discover how far they'll go to help their friend die a winner. Book Circle is led by Dr. Jane Drucker. Click here to sign up
Sunday April 28 | 11:00 AM The Men of Kol Ami (MOKA) and The Woman of Kol Ami (WOKA) and Open Yad invite you to join us for a day of beauty at the Huntington Gardens, Library and Art Museum. For more info / RSVP
Passover Yizkor Tuesday, April 30 | 8:00 AM at Temple Israel of Hollywood Temple Israel of Hollywood partners with Congregation Kol Ami to offer a shacharit service with Torah reading to reflect, share, and honor the memory of loved ones who have passed. more info
Community Visioning Session Tuesday, April 30 at 7:00 PM An in-person visioning session for Kol Ami members, planning future direction for our community and shaping priorities for us and our incoming settled rabbi. Led by Rabbi Lutz and Marc Purchin. Sign up here
Community 12-Step Thursday, May 2 | 7:00 PM (online) A Jewish 12-Step Meeting on zoom takes place on the first Thursday of every month from 7:00 - 8:30PM. Zoom Link will be provided with registration. Event host: Avi de Turenne. Sign up
Yom Hashoah From Darkness To Light: A Celebration of Survival Sunday, May 5 | 2:00 PM In times of darkness and in times of light, "Never Forget" is more than a hashtag. Kol Ami will honor both the memory of loss and the hope of survival with a special Yom HaShoah observance in our sanctuary. Register here
Co-President Update Read the new blog post from our co-presidents Leonard and Rebecca. With notes on the March Congregational Meeting/Rabbi Search, Purim, Budget Process, and Rebecca's participation at the URJ's Scheidt Seminar. Click here to read
We keep the following members in our healing prayers: Aaron Aronow, Michael Becker, Larry Block, John Fibish-DeWitt, Ivan Rosenberg, Richard Ross, Lowell Selvin, Miles Senn,
