Calendar
Thursday,
August 13th, 2015
7:00 PM
Pillar 1 Meeting
Friday,
August 14th, 2015
8:00 PM
Shabbat Services with Rabbi Denise Eger and Student Rabbi Jeremy Gimbel featuring Visual T'filah
Sunday,
August 16th, 2015
8:30 AM to 12:00 PM
Kol Ami Volunteering at SOVA Group 2
Tuesday,
August 18th, 2015
7:00 PM
2016 Cuba Trip Info Night
Thursday,
August 20th, 2015
7:30 PM to 9:00 PM
Friday,
August 21st, 2015
8:00 PM
Shabbat Services with Rabbi Denise Eger
Thursday,
August 27th, 2015
6:45 PM
Pillar 2 Meeting at Stout in Studio City (11262 Ventura Blvd.)
Friday,
August 28th, 2015
8:00 PM
Shabbat Services with Student Rabbi Jeremy Gimbel
Sunday,
August 30th, 2015
9:00 AM
First day of Religious School at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills. Register today!
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Please keep the following people in your prayers:
Marilyn Ader
Marlene Bram
Brian Garfield
Margie Haber
Jeannette Kaufman
Jack Levin
Steve Reissman
Judy Rosenberg
Tom Royer
Henry Schaumberg
Lowell Selvin
Edie Siteman
Bob Weiner
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| Religious School will be on summer break until Sunday, August 30th, 2015. |
 The Kol Ami Mitzvah Corps is available to visit you at home or in the hospital, bring a hot meal or run an errand. Call the office at 323-606-0996 and you'll be contacted with-in 48 hours by one of our Corps members.
If you are interested in joining the Mitzvah
Corps please contact Kelsi at kcopeland@kol-ami.org or 323-606-0996.
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If you are unable to make it to Services and would still like to join us for worship, you can.
for Friday night services, and enjoy the spiritual experience of Kol Ami at home.
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Rabbi Eger Online
 Have you visited Rabbi Eger's blog recently? There are new posts regularly, so be sure to visit often.
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ATTENTION: Kol Ami is now volunteering at SOVA twice a month! Starting August 1st, we will be having volunteer groups on two Sundays a month, the second Sunday (our usual time) and now also the third Sunday of every month! We're excited to be offering this new opportunity for you to be involved in healing hunger.
August 9th (Usual Second Sunday Meeting)
8:30 AM - 12 PM at 1140 N. La Brea
August 16th (New Meeting Time!)
8:30 AM - 12 PM at 1140 N. La Brea
Please email Ed Casson at: ecasson@gmail.com if you are interested in volunteering. Thank you, and remember, SOVA is here to serve you if you are in need. Visit their website atjfsla.org/sova.
This month's most needed donation items:
peanut butter
cold cereal
canned pasta
oil
coffee and tea
soap (liquid or bar)
razors
toothbrushes
toothpaste
deodorant
shampoo & conditioner
lotion
feminine products
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Kol Ami welcomes Student Rabbi Michael Shefrin!
Michael Shefrin was born and raised in Los Angeles and is entering his final year of rabbinic training at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. He hopes to be ordained in May of 2016. He earned his Bachelor of Arts, Communications at Sonoma State University in 1997 and Master of Arts, Hebrew Letters in 2014 from HUC-JIR.
While in the midst of a career in the entertainment industry, Michael experienced a life-changing shift in his goals after volunteering in the Jewish community. Today, he finds fulfillment by helping people connect to their spirituality and elevate their lives and the world around us through Judaism.
Michael has been honored to serve throughout California as a student
rabbi at Congregation B'nai David in Visalia and as rabbinic intern at Stephen S. Wise Temple in Bel Air as well as the Santa Monica Synagogue.
He considers it a blessing to begin serving as rabbinic intern at Congregation Kol Ami in West Hollywood beginning this fall. Michael looks forward to learning with and from this vibrant community upon his return from Jerusalem, where he is spending the summer helping the new HUC-JIR students begin their journeys, and eating lots of hummus.
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Kol Ami's Pillars are getting together for the first time in the new fiscal year! Gatherings will be taking place throughout August and they are open to everyone. Now is the time to make your ideas a reality! Come out for an introduction to new friends, a new network, a new adventure - a new way to make a difference.
Gatherings take place at Kol Ami as well as at restaurants and coffee shops around town. Pillars are a chance to be involved in your community, involved in a mitzvah and a chance to have fun getting to know really great people.
Pillar 1 - Creating Community: Getting together at Kol Ami (1200 N. La Brea Ave) on Thursday, August 13th, 2015 at 7 PM. We'll be talking about community events and engagement ideas over the next few months. If you'd like to attend or have a question, email community@kol-ami.org.
Pillar 2 - Social Justice: Meeting up at Stout in Studio City (11262 Ventura Blvd) on Thursday, August 27th, 2015 at 6:45 PM. Discussion will include: Game Night @ Triangle Square, SOVA, Tzedakah, Guatemala 2015 and #JusticeSummer. If you'd like to attend or have a question, email socialjustice@kol-ami.org.
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Deepening the High Holiday Experience
Thursday, August 20, 2015 7:30 PM - 9 PM
$20 per person
We each enter the High Holiday season with our own personal thoughts and emotions. For some of us we look forward to the sensory memories (melodies from years past, for example). For some we look forward to the sense of community. For some we hope to be moved and inspired to do our own cheshbon haNefesh (accounting of our soul) and to use this opportunity to move closer to the version of ourselves we hope to become.
The month preceding the holidays (Elul) is a gift and an opportunity. At this interactive session we will explore and share how we can each take advantage of this gift of the Jewish holiday cycle. This special program will be with Rabbi Denise Eger and celebrated author, Jeff Bernhardt. His new book: For Every Season: An introspective guide to renewing ourselves during the High Holidays and throughout the Jewish Year will be available for purchase.
This High Holiday Prep Class is open to everyone. Cost is $20 per person. Register for this class online! |
Join us in September for the High Holy Days - remembering Kol Ami is the place that can help renew you, that sacred community, kehilah kedosha, where we can cry and laugh, question and find answers, live and love.
Erev Rosh Hashanah and Day One
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center | 244 S. San Pedro Street
Evening Service - Sunday, September 13, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Morning Service - Monday, September 14, 2015 at 10:00 am
Family Service - Monday, September 14, 2015 at 10:30 am
Tashlich
MacArthur Park on the S.E. corner of Wilshire and Park View.
Monday, September 14, 2015 at 2 pm
Led by Temple member Dr. Jane Drucker, this brief special ceremony of casting out our sins upon the water enhances our process of Teshuvah/Repentance called for during this High Holy Day Season. Following Tashlich you are invited for a no-host lunch at the iconic Jewish deli, Langer's, which is just a short walk from the Park at 704 S Alvarado St. (corner of Wilshire and 7th St.)
Rosh Hashanah Day Two
Kol Ami | 1200 North La Brea Avenue
Morning Service - Tuesday, September 15, 2015 at 10:30 am
Kol Nidre
Harmony Gold Theater | 7655 Sunset Boulevard
Kol Nidre - Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at 8:00 pm
Yom Kippur Morning
Harmony Gold Theater | 7655 Sunset Boulevard
Morning Service/Yizkor - Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 10:00 am
Family Service - Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 10:30 am
12 Step Meeting - Wednesday, September 23, 2015 Following Services
Yom Kippur Afternoon
Kol Ami | 1200 North La Brea Avenue
Torah Study - Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 2:15 pm
Afternoon Service/Neilah - Wednesday, September 23, 2015 at 3:30 pm
Online forms are now available on our website!
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The Reform Movement's new prayer book for the High Holy Days, Mishkan HaNefesh, is more innovative and inclusive than ever!
The new High Holy Day prayer book can be purchased for $42 and picked up at will call at the High Holy Days, or at Kol Ami. Loaner prayer books will not be available at the High Holy Day services, please be prepared and purchase your prayer book today!
Order online, call the office at 323-606-0996 or email Kelsi at kcopeland@kol-ami.org.
What should we do with our old prayer books?
Donate your used On Wings of Awe Machzor to our Sister Synagogue, Adat Israel, in Guatemala! There is an donation box in the library at Kol Ami and there will be one at the High Holidays as well.
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We're excited to be partnering with Temple Beth Hillel for this one time opportunity to see a pristine Cuba before American markets bring about modernization and change. We'll be spending eight days and seven nights between gorgeous Havana at the five star hotel, Meliá Cohiba and a boutique hotel in the bay in Cienfuegos. exploring culture, food, music, architecture and Cuba's small but, tenacious and vibrant Jewish community.
Tuesday, August 18th, 2015 7 PM At our temple at 1200 N. La Brea
Trip dates: April 12th through April 20th, 2016
Deadline to register for the trip: November 18th, 2015. A $450 deposit per person is required. More information and the itinerary can be found on our website! |
Read. Nosh. Discuss. Repeat. Kol Ami's Book Club is open to everyone and welcomes those who love great conversation as much as great books. We read all genres and topics and discuss how the book connects (or disconnects) with Jewish teachings and culture. Either way, every time we connect as people and have a ton of fun! Join us!
Saturday , September 12th at 1:30 PM
Jinky's in Studio City
4000 Colfax Ave, Studio City, CA 91604
Questions? Email socialjustice@kol-ami.org
"For us, the book club is just an opportunity to read a book (Jewish topic) and share reflections with others. It has been nice getting to know some of the other temple members who are also interested in reading and making new friends."
- Joe Zipkin & Rick Leed (Kol Ami members)
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Jewish Community Night at Dodger Stadium
Sunday, August 30 @ 5:10 pm
Join Congregation Kol Ami and the Jewish Community of the Greater Los Angeles
Area at Dodger Stadium for the 16th Annual Jewish Community Day!
Special Ticket Package includes a voucher for a commemorative Dodgers in Hebrew T-Shirt as our Dodgers take on the Chicago Cubs.
$40 per ticket - Limited ticket availability
Pink Martini at the Hollywood Bowl
Wednesday, September 2nd @ 8 pm
Bring your own picnic and join Kol Ami early as we dine in our seating area! Doors open at 6 pm and the show starts at 8 pm. Tickets are limited so get yours now!
$36 per ticket.
For reservations, please call the temple office 323 606-0996 or email
staff@kol-ami.org.
Sponsored by the Men of Kol Ami (MOKA) and open to ALL
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Guatemala Mitzvah Service Trip 2015 Trip Dates: December 24, 2015- January 3, 2016
An Information Meeting will be announced after the High Holidays. Contact David Glickman at socialjustice@kol-ami.org for more information.
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