Calendar
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
7:00 PM Intro to Judaism
Friday, September 12, 2014
8:00 PM Shabbat Services with Rabbi Eger, Cantor Saltzman and special guest speaker Rabbi Richard Levy
Saturday, September 13, 2014
12:00 PM Yoga
Saturday, September 13, 2014
12:15 PM HIV+ Lunch
Sunday, September 14, 2014
9:00 AM Religious School at Temple Emanuel
6:00 PM Adult Hebrew class with Todd Shotz
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
7:00 PM Pillar 3 Meeting - Creating Jews for Life
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
7:00 PM Intro to Judaism
7:00 PM Board of Trustees Meeting
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Refuah Schlemah
Please keep the following people in your prayers:
Bonnie Anderson
Allison Knapp
Rick Leed
Tom Royer
Jules Selvin
Lowell Selvin
Edie Siteman
Bob Weiner
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Steve Weiss and Marty Frank on the birth of Granddaughter Taylor Sunny Weiss.
Taylor's parents are Adam and Alana Weiss.
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Religious School
This Sunday
September 14 at 9:00 AM  Temple Emanuel
Beverly Hills
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You can still sign up
RELIGIOUS SCHOOL
at Temple Emanuel
Beverly Hills
Kol Ami is once again teaming up with Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills for our wonderful joint Religious School.
Please remember - your Kol Ami membership dues must be current when registering for religious school. We look forward to seeing everybody back this Sunday. |
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NEW KOL AMI GRIEF GROUP FORMING
Kol Ami will be offering a grief support group for anyone who has lost a loved one. If you have experienced a recent loss or have grief that has not diminished with the passing of time, sometimes called unattended grief, this group is for you.
Temple member Larry Levi will be the facilitator; he trained at Our House, a grief support center in West LA, and co-led grief support groups at that facility for three years. Additionally, he has worked as a volunteer specialist at Camp Erin, a grief support camp for children sponsored by Our House.
Larry is a licensed psychotherapist, but this support group is not group therapy and is not a substitute for therapy - although that can be beneficial when one is grieving. The philosophy of this group, derived from the Our House philosophy is three-fold: it helps to share grief in healing ways; it is important to ask for help from others; it is beneficial to honor and maintain a loving connection to the memory of the person who died.
Please RSVP to Larry at 310.492.5005. This group is free for Kol Ami members, $25/meeting for non-members (no one will be turned away due to lack of funds). The group will meet at Kol Ami monthly for 6 months, on the first Tuesday of the month from 8-9:30pm, starting October 7th.
For more information:
http://www.ourhouse-grief.org/
http://www.larrylevi.net/grief/
http://www.larrylevi.net/blog/
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SOVA High Holiday
The High Holiday Food Drive supporting JFS {SOVA Community Food and Resource Program will take place between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Hunger and food insecurity affect nearly two million people in the Los Angeles area alone. The overwhelming size of the problem necessitates a meaningful response from all of us. Currently, JFS {Sova is distributing over three million pounds of food annually. Each of the nearly 12,000 individuals coming to SOVA's pantries each month leaves with nearly 25 pounds of food. If you donated the equivalient of two full grocery bags this year, your tzedakah would feed one person for a week. On behalf of JFS{SOVA and our synagogue we thank you for your generosity. Together we can make a difference.
Please pick up a bag at our Rosh Hashanah services this year and return it back to us full on Yom Kippur.
PLEASE JOIN US
Kol Ami will be meeting at SOVA the 2nd Sunday of each month.
NEXT DATE: Sunday September 14, 2014 8:30 AM - NOON LOCATION:
1140 N. La Brea
West Hollywood, 90038
(1 block south of the synagogue)
if you are interested in joining us or for other volunteer opportunities at SOVA.
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PLEASE remember to bring food and personal items every time you come to the temple.
HELP US REFILL OUR BARRELS
SOVA needs disposable razors, canned pasta, canned soup and peanut butter. Please pick some of these on your next shopping trip to donate to SOVA.
PLEASE JOIN US
Kol Ami will be meeting at SOVA the 2nd Sunday of each month.
NEXT DATE: Sunday September 14, 2014 8:30 AM - NOON LOCATION:
1140 N. La Brea
West Hollywood, 90038
(1 block south of the synagogue)
if you are interested in joining us or for other volunteer opportunities at SOVA.
Thank you and remember, SOVA is here to serve you if you are in need. For more information, please visit their website at: jfsla.org/sova
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Do you like to shop? Would you like to help Kol Ami just by shopping?
Here are 2 simple ways to help Kol Ami just by shopping!
1. RALPHS COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION PROGRAM
- Ralphs will designate a portion of your grocery bill to Kol Ami, but only if you register.
- The term lasts for one year, so even if you registered last year, you need to sign up again.
- First you must register your Ralphs Card by clicking here
- After you register your Ralphs card, please click community and you are on your way.
2. AMAZON SMILE
- Amazon donates 0.5% of the price of your eligible AmazonSmile purchases to the charitable organization of your choice.
- AmazonSmile is the same Amazon you know. Same products, same prices, same service.
- Support your charitable organization by starting your shopping at smile.amazon.com.
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I invite you to hear the Consul General of Israel at Kol Ami, Thursday night Sept. 18 as we host the launch of the Israel-West Hollywood AIDS Task Force. 6:30-8 pm. The West Hollywood City Council and the Consul General will forge a new bond of cooperation and exchange on issues of AIDS/HIV through this new and important task force.
This week's Torah portion Ki Tavo gives the Israelites explicit instructions having to do with entering and living in the land of Israel. There are specific rituals outlined to ensure that this group that has been a nomadic tribe for almost 40 years be tied to the holy land of Eretz Yisrael. The Israelites are told to honor the land and the produce by setting aside tithes to God and dedicating those at the Tabernacle. The Israelites must also write out the Torah on large plaster stones, near the river Jordan for all to see. These steles enumerated the laws of the land. And there is a unique ritual that divides up the 12 Tribes into two groups of six to be stationed one group on Mt. Gezerim and other on Mt. Ebal. An elaborate ritual follows of blessings and curses that will befall the Israelites unless they adhere to the covenant in the land.
While these ancient rituals may not have much practical application today we can learn something important from them in our own day and time. The values that jump out here...
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Please join us for Shabbat Services this Friday, September 12, 2014 at 8:00.
Rabbi Eger and Cantor Saltzman will be leading services.
Special guest speaker Rabbi Richard Levy
Rabbi Richard Levy is recently retired as the Rabbi of the Synagogue of Hebrew Union College. He is the former Director of the Rabbinic School at HUC-JIR. He is a past president of the Central Conference of American Rabbis and served as the Regional Director for Los Angeles Area Hillels for many years. In 1964 he and several Reform Rabbinic colleagues went to St. Augustine, Florida at the request of Martin Luther King, Jr.
In observance of the protest 50 years ago, Rabbi Levy and several of the rabbis returned for a special observance. Here is an excerpt from the article From the Jewish Telegraphic Agency:
For Rabbi Richard Levy, it was an emotional return to this historic northeastern Florida city.
The first time Levy came to St. Augustine 50 years ago, he and 15 other rabbis and a Reform Jewish leader endured taunts from segregationists armed with broken bottles and bricks. They were jailed along with other civil rights activists after taking part in protests at a segregated motel.
"As I came here and saw the sign that said St. Augustine, I was stunned," the Los Angeles resident told a standing room only crowd of over 250 people at Flagler College. "I never thought I would come back here."
The rabbis' June 18, 1964 pray-in outside the Monson Motor Lodge and Restaurant served as a decoy maneuver for other black and white demonstrators who jumped together into the motel's segregated pool. Police responded forcefully.
Associated Press photos of the angry motel owner pouring acid into the water and of a fully clothed police officer jumping in to haul out the protesters were splashed across newspapers the next day as the U.S. Senate voted to approve the landmark 1964 Civil Rights Act.
Rabbi Levy will be speaking about his experiences in St. Augustine then and now. Please join us for this remarkable Shabbat.
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SELICHOT
September 20, 2014 7:30 PM
A NIGHT AT THE IMPROV...
Begin the New Year with a night of Improvisational Midrash. Rabbi Eger and Marc Purchin will help us create Midrash to understand the Biblical stories related to the High Holy Days. This is an interactive evening with Havdalah. The evening concludes with our Rooftop Selichot Services at 9:15 PM.
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PLEASE JOIN US FOR OUR BEAUTIFUL HIGH HOLY DAY SERVICES AGAIN THIS YEAR AT THE JAPANESE AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER IN DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES.*
Please make sure you have renewed your membership so that your tickets will arrive on time. If you would like to order more tickets you can purchase them online here or in the mail. Please check our website for times and prices Erev Rosh Hashanah Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 8PM
Rosh Hashanah Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 10AM
Kol Nidre Friday, October 3, 2014 at 8PM
Yom Kippur Saturday, October 4, 2014 at 10AM
We will be home at Kol Ami for 2nd Day Rosh Hashanah and Healing/Neilah Services. |
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TASHLICH
Tashlich will be held immediately after Rosh Hashanah services on Thursday, September 25 at McCarthur Park (as held last year) gathering in the NW corner - to be led by Reva Solomon and Jane Drucker. Everyone is invited to grab a bite to eat after (self pay) at Langers Deli just down the street (as in past years).
From the JACCC Take San Pedro Street to 5th Street make a right. E. 5th Street becomes W. 6th park is on the left.
Directions will also be available at services.
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Westside Synagogue Collaborative
Hartman Lecture Series
Please note: Kol Ami is a co-sponsor - these lectures are free for Kol Ami members
Inside, Outside, In Between:
Jewish Peoplehood Today
What does it really mean to be a member of the Jewish community today? What are the core principles and commitments that come with being a member of the Jewish people? How significant are the ties that bind us together, and how does peoplehood rank in the hierarchy of Jewish values?
These questions, and others, are topics the Jewish community of the Los Angeles will explore as the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America partners with synagogues across the Westside for a cross-denominational lecture series. The Hartman Westside Synagogue Collaborative Lecture Series will feature senior scholars of the Hartman Institute addressing core ideas of contemporary Jewish life such as:
- Loyalty: How do we balance between loyalty to ourselves and our communities, and obligations to others?
- Boundaries: Who are the people in the "peoplehood?" How should we be thinking about inclusion, boundary-crossing, and belonging?
- Nation: What is the relationship between people and land?
- Family: How significant are the ties that bind us together, and how does peoplehood rank in the hierarchy of Jewish values?
- Presence: What does peoplehood look like in the public sphere?
- Values: What are the core principles and commitments that come with being a member of the Jewish people?
Series dates: November 2, 2014; December 14, 2014; January 11, 2015; February 8, 2015; March 8, 2015; April 19, 2015.
There is no registration fee for Kol Ami members. Please CLICK HERE for more information and to register. |
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HURRY AND FILL UP YOUR OLD TZEDAKAH CANS
SO YOU CAN PICK UP
THE NEW GUATEMALA SPECIAL EDITION!
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Rabbi Eger Online!
Did you know Rabbi Eger has her own personal blog?
There are new posts every day, so be sure to visit often. Click Here to start reading.
 You can also follow Rabbi Eger on Twitter! @deniseeger or follow Kol Ami @KolAmiLA
 Also don't forget to check into Kol Ami on Foursquare the next time you're at Temple! Check out our loyalty special! Click Here |
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Read Rabbi Eger's sermons online at
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If you are unable to make it to Services and would still like to join us for worship, you can.
Please connect here for Friday night Services, and enjoy the spiritual experience of Kol Ami at home.
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Volunteers needed for
Game Night at Triangle Square
Congregation Kol Ami, MCC, and the Gay Men's Chorus are co-sponsors of a volunteer opportunity with our LGBT Senior friends at GLEH's Triangle Square. Join us to play games, socialize, and have fun with different generations in the community.
We will meet the last Thursday of each month from 7PM - 9PM. Please arrive at Triangle Square by 6:45PM. Students in need of community service hours are encouraged to join in, Kol Ami will sign off on this activity as hours served.
Come volunteer, brighten someone's day, and have a great time too! Your next opportunity to participate is Thursday, September 25, 2014 at 7:00 PM.
For more information, please contact Kol Ami member Howard Goldin at: hjg1217@aol.com or Bill Gallimore, GMCLA Gives Back at: billgallimore@aol.com Hope to see you there!
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