eKoleinu Weekly: Engage with the Community This September 🖐️
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August 28, 2024 | eKoleinu | 24 Av 5784
Dear Congregation Kol Ami and Friends,
The High Holidays are almost upon us. This year our theme is Hineni: I am here. Ask yourself in what ways have you been present for yourself, your community, your loved ones and your relationship with the holy one this year? Please join me for our Elul class to help create an onramp for the High Holidays. Classes begin on Wednesday September 4th online and continue every Wednesday evening in September.
Unfortunately Cantor Patti Linsky is unable to be with us this High Holy Day Season. We’ve included a letter (linked here) from Cantor Linsky to us all. We send her love and support and she will be deeply missed.
I am so thrilled to announce that this High Holy Day Season we will be joined by Cantor Mark Saltzman & Songleader Avishai Sol, who will share their immense musical talents, giant hearts and incredible gifts for song. We cannot wait to celebrate this special occasion with each of you, our Kol Ami family.
I want to invite you to join me and Avishai Sol for Selichot, an experiential contemplative musical experience that is the first of our High Holy Day services on Saturday September 28th at Kol Ami. This is your opportunity to enter into the holidays prepared for the soul work we are asked to do at this time of year.
This year will be very special as it is our first season together. I want to encourage you to invite family and friends to be with us too. May our Kol Ami family grow and inspire all to be a part of this warm and welcoming Jewish community. Please also consider making a donation to help us cover the costs of these sacred days. Every donation makes a huge difference in our ability to bring you many special experiences. Thank you for welcoming me into your family!
With gratitude and much love,
Rabbi Lindy Reznick
Senior Rabbi, Congregation Kol Ami.
Shabbat Service Friday, August 30 | 7:05 PM Join Rabbi Reznick and piano accompanist Lisa Edwards with music arrangement by Joshua Finkel, 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.
Hineni ("Here I Am") High Holy Days 5785 with Congregation Kol Ami
Saturday, September 28 at 7pm - Selichot (Kol Ami - in person) Wednesday, October 2 at 7:30pm -Erev Rosh Hashanah (in person and online) Thursday, October 3 at 10am - Rosh Hashanah (In person and online) TBD - Tashlich at the Beach (Will Rogers State Beach, Malibu)
Friday, October 11 at 7:30pm - Kol Nidre Saturday, October 12, 10:00am-6:00pm - Yom Kippur Wednesday, October 16 at 7pm -Sukkot Service/Dinner
Elul Prep Class Wednesday, September 4, 11, 18, 25 | 7:00 PM | Zoom Enter the High Holy Days prepared to do the work of renewal, teshuva, and transformation! Rabbi Reznick will be teaching a 4 week online Elul class, starting Wednesday Sept 4th at 7pm. In our first class, we will learn and celebrate entering the month of Elul. We will be studying texts that help us prepare our hearts and souls for the holiday season. Register and sign up for this unique learning experience. We look forward to learning together! Click here to sign up
Community 12-Step Thursday, September 5 | 7:00 PM A Jewish 12-Step Meeting on zoom takes place on the first Thursday of every month. Zoom Link will be provided with registration. For more details contact event host Avi de Turenne. Sign Up
with Guest Speaker Friday, September 6 | 7:05 PM Join Rabbi Reznick for Shabbat Service in-person at Kol Ami or online on our YouTube channelor on our temple website.During the service we will welcome Guest Speaker Asher Landau, Senior Director of Development and Community Engagement at Hollywood Food Coalition, who will talk about the work of the organization to help those who are food insecure in Los Angeles and beyond.
Book Circle: "The Boston Girl" Saturday, September 7 | 3:00 PM | Zoom Led by Dr. Jane Drucker, the next book to be read and discussed is "The Boston Girl" by Anita Diamant. This is an unforgettable novel about family ties and values, friendship and feminism told by a young Jewish woman growing up in Boston in the early twentieth century. Register
Lunch Bag Assembly for Hollywood Food Coalition Saturday, September 14 | 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. Click here to RSVP
Community Sicha Saturday, September 14 | 2:30 PM | In-Person
A Kol Ami Members-Only Event Literally “sicha” in Hebrew means conversation. In some religious circles, sichot are rabbis teachings in a community. Rabbi Reznick and the Board of Directors of Kol Ami are inviting you to be part of the first of our community sichas. Rabbi Reznick will share a teaching on Relational Judaism, and then Rabbi Reznick and the Board of Directors will listen to questions and concerns from the community. The goal of our sicha is to create a dialogue between congregants, Board of Directors and Rabbi Reznick all in one room.
MOKA Downtown Walking Tour With The Los Angeles Conservancy Saturday, September 21 | 10:00 AM Join the Men of Kol-Ami (MOKA) to experience Los Angeles architecture, art, and history on an award winning private Los Angeles Conservancy downtown walking tour of the Broadway Historic Theatre and Commercial District! Step inside a lavish movie palace and learn how Hollywood history began on downtown Los Angeles' Broadway. Click for more info / Registration
Selichot Service Saturday, September 28 | 7:00 PM Join Rabbi Reznick and musician Avishai Sol for Selichot service at Kol Ami. Selichot services are intended to guide us toward an examination of our lives and to undergo teshuvah. Learn more >
Watch: "My Torah" During Friday's Shabbat Service, Rabbi Reznick recalled her trips to Israel, the impeccable change these trips made on her life, and how it is all related to the week's Torah portion, and to the overall meaning of the Torah - especially these days, when anti-semitism is on the rise. Watch it here
We keep the following members in our healing prayers: Aaron Aronow, Michael Becker, Bryce Linsenmayer, Andrew Ogilvie, Ivan Rosenberg, Richard Ross, Lowell Selvin, Miles Senn,Henry Somerfeld, Steve Weiss, Gib Winebar
