eKoleinu Weekly: Rabbi Lutz's Last Service With Kol Ami is This Friday
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June 26, 2024 | eKoleinu | 20 Sivan 5784
Dear Friends,
It's hard to believe that it has been a year since I first walked through the doors of Kol Ami. The year has flown by - and that, I think, is testimony to the warmth, the support, and the generosity with which I have been graced since my very first day.
In those first days there was, understandably, some anxiety. "How will we move forward without our founding rabbi?" "How are we going to do this?" "Who is this new rabbi?" "Why do we need an interim rabbi?"
Now looking back I hope these answers have become clear. Most importantly, the questions about how the community will move forward. For indeed, the CKA community has moved forward in a spectacular way. You have more than embraced the change, you have used it as a tool through which to envision the Kol Ami of the future. And, in just a few days, Rabbi Reznick will be sitting at this desk prepared to collaborate with you in writing a new chapter in the storied history of this blessed community.
It has been an incredible blessing to share this year with all of you. It is a bittersweet moment, indeed, to bid you adieu. But I know that while this is farewell for now, it is not goodbye. I look forward to joining with Kol Ami on many occasions in the years to come. And, most of all, I look forward to watching Kol Ami continue to grow, evolve, and to be a well-spring of compassion, a powerful voice of justice, and a source of much needed hope and healing for a world so very much in need.
As I say farewell for now I pray that as you move forward it will always be from blessing to blessing and from strength to strength.
Rabbi Barry Lutz Interim Rabbi, Congregation Kol Ami
Shabbat Service Rabbi Lutz's Last Service with Kol Ami Friday, June 28 | 7:05 PM Rabbi Lutz has been with us in the past year as interim Rabbi, and this Friday will be his final shabbat service at Congregation Kol Ami. Join Rabbi Lutz and piano accompanist Lisa Edwards 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.
MOKA Happy Hour Wednesday, June 26 | 6:30 PM at Hi Tops West Hollywood Let's lift our glasses to celebrate the start of summer! Please bring $5 to cover the cost of snacks. RSVP Sam / Click for more info
BRCA, Breast and Ovarian Cancer Screening, and the Health Disparities that Increase Risk in the LGBTQ+ Community Thursday, June 27 | 5:00 PM Sharsheret invites our LGBTQ+ community and allies to join us for a discussion about breast and ovarian cancer and the health disparities that can increase your risk. Hear from Dr. BJ Rimel, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cedars-Sinai, and Dr. Farin Amersi, MD, Breast Oncology Surgeon, Cedars-Sinai, who will discuss screening guidelines, the science behind genetic predispositions, and disparities the LGBTQ+ community faces in this healthcare space. Register here
Book Circle: "The Little Liar" Saturday, June 29 | 3:00 PM The next book circle led by Dr. Jane Drucker will discuss “The Little Liar” by Mitch Albom. This is a novel about hope and forgiveness centered around Greek Jews during World War II. Click here to register
First Shabbat Service with Our New Rabbi! Friday, July 5 | 7:05 PM Join us in welcoming our incoming senior Rabbi Lindy Reznick as she leads her first Shabbat Service at Congregation Kol Ami!
Open Yad Shabbat Schmooze Friday, July 12 | 8:45 PM Please join us with other young adults in our 20s and 30s for a casual Shabbat Schmooze after services at Leonard and Evin’s home in West Hollywood. For more details and to RSVP
Lunch Bag Assembly for Hollywood Food Coalition Saturday, July 13 | 12:00 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.More information / Registration
Hollywood Bowl Picnic and Pink Martini Concert Saturday, August 24 | 6:00 PM Join us at the Hollywood Bowl for a picnic and the Pink Martini Concert. The Hollywood Bowl’s favorite globetrotting “little orchestra,” helmed by pianist Thomas Lauderdale, returns to the stage at the start of their 30th anniversary year for big, bold, genre-defying songs that traverse time and geography. Featuring lead singer China Forbes. For more details / Registration
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