eKoleinu Weekly: What is 'Shabbos Tisch'? (Clue: 🍞)
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September 18, 2024 | eKoleinu | 15 Elul 5784
Dear Kol Ami and Friends,
Last week we had an incredible Shabbat filled with tzedek (justice). Huge thank you to Alan Weisbart for organizing both the lunch bag assembly and post carding event to get out the vote. We made over 400 lunches in an hour because so many of you came out to support this holy work. As we learned from Asher Landau from the Hollywood Food Coalition, just one of these lunch bags can help save a life, and transform another human's experience. We also wrote a plethora of postcards to get out the vote in Florida and Georgia. Kol Ami serves our community with love and pride. Thank you to those of you who came out and made this incredible morning so much fun. We stood side by side as we stepped up to make a difference in our local and surrounding community.
Our first in the series of community sichot, was a huge success. We sang and studied, and heard some of my visions for the future of Kol Ami. As a group you really stepped forward to begin creating our future. If you missed it there will be more conversations beginning after the High Holy Days. We invite you to join us next time.
DON'T DELAY, reserve your tickets now for our High Holy Days now! Don't forget to invite family and friends that you think would love our special Kol Ami community. Spots are filling fast and we want you to be able to be with us for our first High Holy Days together. If you are able please consider sponsoring all or part of our High Holy Days experiences. I am inviting you to send in a short story or memory of your loved ones to be integrated into our Yizkor service this year. Please submit HERE
I look forward to seeing you this Shabbat. Rabbi Lindy Reznick
Senior Rabbi, Congregation Kol Ami.
Shabbat Service Friday, September 13 | 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)
Friday, October 4 at 7:05am - Shabbat Shuva (in-person only) Saturday, October 5 at 10:30am - 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, TODAY! September 18 (& 9/25) | 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
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
West Hollywood City Council Candidates Forum Sunday, September 22 | 3:00 PM West Hollywood Voters are invited to a free 2 hour event at Kol Ami to learn more about the candidates running for the two open seats on the City Council. Click here for more information / RSVP
Selichot Service Saturday, September 28 | 7:00 PM Join Rabbi Reznick, student Rabbi CJ Mays 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 / Register >
In Memory and In Hope Sunday, September 29 | 10:00 AM | Zoom Join the Reform Movement around the world as we come together to commemorate one year since October 7th, 2023. Through shared stories, inspiring messages, and communal ritual, we will honor the experiences of the past year and set our intentions for the future. Sign Up (select Congregation Kol Ami in West Hollywood as your congregation affiliation)
Nova Exhibition in LA Sunday, September 29 | 1:00 PM Please join Rabbi Reznick for a tour at the Nova Exhibition in Culver City. The Rabbi would love to experience this exhibition with members of the community. The Nova Exhibition is an in-depth remembrance of the brutal massacre at The Nova Music Festival on October 7th. The installation sets out to recreate a festival dedicated to peace and love that was savagely cut short by a terrorist attack on that fateful day. The attack at The Nova Music Festival was the largest massacre in music history. Please buy your ticket for the tour on the Nova Exhibition website.Click here to buy Tickets
High Holy Day Bootcamp with Dr. Nancy Cohen Friday, October 4 | 6:00 PM Cantor Nancy Cohen's second installment of the class, teaching about High Holy Days customs, traditions and heritage. Join us in-person at Kol Ami or click here to sign up to watch online.
Friday, October 4 | 7:05 PM Shabbat Shuva is the sacred shabbat in between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Rabbi Reznick leads a Shabbos Tisch on the rooftop deck at Kol Ami. The word "tisch" is Yiddish for "table." The 'Shabbos Tisch' is special gathering around a table with light food, listening to D'vrei Torah, Nigunim and other storytelling. Registration for this event is mandatory. Learn more / RSVP
Mazal Tov Mazal Tov to our members who will be celebrating his birthday this week:
David Kaminski (September 20), Dr. Iris Levine (Setpember 21) Steven Jordan-Cohen (September 22), Joshua Weiss and Danny Gibson-Weinberger (September 24)!
Share your happy news with the community! Send your simchas for eKoleinu to Adam at membership@kol-ami.org
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
