Kicking off Pride Events 🏳🌈 with Stories Beyond the Rainbow TOMORROW 🏳⚧
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June 8, 2022 * eKoleinu * 9 Sivan 5782
Pride 2022 with Kol Ami Pride Shabbat Friday, June 10 at 6:30 PM This annual Pride Shabbat celebration includes special songs and prayers that celebrate the fullness of our identity, while we welcome our day of rest. Join us in-person or online on Facebook,YouTube or on our website.
Pride Shabbat Candles now available! Purchase the candles this Friday between
6:00-6:30 PM, right before Pride Shabbat at Kol Ami. All proceeds go back to our community programming.
TOMORROW! Stories Beyond the Rainbow: An Evening of Original Queer and Trans Musicals Thursday, June 9, 2022 at 6:30 PM
This event is part of the City of West Hollywood's #WeHoPride programming. Join Kol Ami's Education Resident Eliana Rubin for a night of original music centered around queer and trans stories. All music is created by Eliana, and includes Jewsicals (Jewish musicals), short musical numbers based around our sacred texts, as well as songs that celebrate what it means to be part of the LGBTQ+ community. REGISTER HERE
Halfway Home Discussion and Juneteenth Havdalah Saturday, June 18 at 3:30 PM Join the Tzedek Council and Anti-Racism Working Group of Kol Ami for a special book club discussion on Halfway Home: Race, Punishment, and the Afterlife of Mass Incarceration (click here to get the book). This will be a powerful discussion on the Shabbat right before Juneteenth. We will end our program with a celebration of Juneteeth, an American holiday of Emancipation with a special Havdalah!Learn more/Register
Help Open Yad Over the course of the month of June, we're raising funds to support the Open Yad Project, our community of Jewish, Jew-ish, and Jew-curious 20's and 30's folks at Kol Ami. Please consider a donation to sustain this wonderful community. We are especially grateful to have an anonymous matching gift for up to $2,500 raised! Learn more and help us sustain The OpenYad Project
Tzedek Council Lunch Bag Assembly for Hollywood Food Coalition Saturday, June 11 at 1:00 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. LEARN MORE
Vox Femina In Concert Sunday, June 12 at 3:00 PM Join VOX for an afternoon of music from one of Broadway’s greatest composers! Featuring songs from musicals such as West Side Story,Into the Woods, and Company, this hour-long concert includes performances from the full ensemble as well as dynamic solos from VOX singers. This event is free to the public.
Mazal tov To Bill Weinberger who was name to be a judge of the Superior Court by Governor Gavin Newsom. We know you will go from strength to strength!
Mazal tov to Dr. Nancy Cohen on the engagement of her daughter, Dr. Rebecca Chazanoff to Dr. Jared Leventhal
Mazal tov To Max Shulman-Litwin on his graduation from Middlebury College and Rose Shulman-Litwin on her graduation from New York University and to their parents -Adam Shulman and Dr. Mark Litwin
Mazal Tov to Edward Lukowsky on his graduation from high School and to his mom Dr. Lilia Lukowsky. Edward will be attending Chapman College in the fall.
From the Shabbat celebration of 50 years of women rabbis at Stephen Wise Temple (from left to right): Rabbi Heather Miller, Rabbi Karen Strock, Rabbi Eger, Rabbi Leah Kroll, Rabbi Sari Laufer, Cantor Emma Lutz,
Annual Congregational Meeting Wednesday, June 15 at 6:00 PM Please join us on Zoom as we gather for our Annual Congregational Meeting. This meeting is for members only and you must be in good standing to vote. Good standing means you have paid your dues and commitments for the fiscal year in full. REGISTER
Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Eger Thursday, June 16 at 12:00 PM Join our monthly online lunch & learn here on Zoom! You bring the lunch, Rabbi Eger will bring the learning, just like she would in Downtown LA! REGISTER HERE
Prophetic Torah Saturday, June 18 at 10:00 AM Join our monthly Torah study group exploring the weekly portions alongside the traditional Haftarah readings, the prophetic passages that pair with our annual cycle of sacred study. No experience required.REGISTER HERE
Bikkurim Booklet for Download: Choosing Judaism Stories In case you missed our Shavuot program, we invite you to explore the collection of reflections written by our community members who have chosen Judaism at Kol Ami in the past few years, which we've entitled Bikkurim. Click here to view / download the booklet
Kol Ami requires proof of vaccination including at least one booster for all events for all those eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine. If you are not yet eligible for a booster, you must provide proof a negative test within 24 hrs of the event. While masks are optional at indoor events the Los Angeles County Health Department strongly recommends that you wear a mask indoors. At Kol Ami we are mindful that there are many people who are immune compromised and as an act of loving kindness (Chesed) and compassion (Rachamim) we recommend you wear a mask except when eating or drinking indoors.
To learn more about Kol Ami's COVID-safety policy please click here.
