CALENDAR
Friday, February 5th 6:45 PM Early Shabbat Services with Rabbi Eger and Student Rabbi Jeremy Gimbel
Saturday, February 6th 10:00 AM Saturday Morning Shabbat Services with Rabbi Eger Sunday, February 7th 9:00 AM
Religious School is in session at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills Sunday, February 7th 10:00 AM Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Sabine Meyer Tuesday, February 9th 6:30 PM Tuesday, February 9th 7:30 PM Habitat for Humanity Jewish Coalition Meeting hosted by Pillar 2: Changing the World with Jewish Values Wednesday, February 10th 7:30 PM Conversations with Rabbi Eger featuring Los Angeles County Supervisor, Sheila Kuehl RSVP now.Thursday, February 11th 7:00 PM Pillar 3: Creating Jews for Life Meeting Friday, February 12th 8:00 PM Shabbat Services with Rabbi Eger and Student Rabbi Michael Shefrin Saturday, February 13th 10:00 AM Torah Study Saturday, February 13th 12:15 PM HIV+ Shabbat Lunch Sunday, February 14th 8:00 AM Kol Ami volunteering at SOVA Sunday,
February 14th Religious School is NOT in session. Sunday, February 14th 10:00 AM Intro to Judaism with Rabbi Sabine Meyer Monday, February 15th Kol Ami Office is closed in observance of President's Day.
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We are excited to debut a new online webcasting system! You can participate in the community and services even if you're out of town or just can't make it to the synagogue.
The new system is a significant improvement in both audio and video quality over our previous system, so if you haven't seen the new broadcast, you haven't seen us. Click here to watch live.
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Please keep the following people in your prayers:
Marilyn Ader
Marlene Bram
Brian Garfield
Jeannette Kaufman
Jack Levin
Barton Mozlin
Ben Reback
Steve Reissman
Ivan Rosenberg
Tom Royer
Henry Schaumberg
Hillary Selvin
Lowell Selvin
Michael Silverman
Edie Siteman
Max Snow
Cathee Weiss
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 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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February 14th
8:30 AM - 12 PM
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
cooking oil
coffee and tea
soap (liquid or bar)
razors
toothbrushes
toothpaste
deodorant
shampoo & conditioner
lotion
feminine products
canned tuna
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The Voice of My People Foundation is offering two new scholarship opportunities!
The Voice of My People Scholarship grants are meant to support students who identify as LGBTQ, or whose parent(s) identify as LGBTQ, and are committed to social justice and making strides in creating a more fair and just world.
The application process opened January 1, 2016. We will accept the first 50 qualifying applications in the order in which they were received, or until March 15, 2016, whichever comes first.
If you would like to support these incredible students, either individually or through a corporate sponsorship, please contact Sadie at srosestern@kol-ami.org or call 323-606-0996.
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RSVP now for this incredible program.
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The dinner serves a major AIPAC annual fundraiser limited to those who are interested in becoming more involved with AIPAC at a club level (club membership starts at $1,800/year).
Hyatt Regency Century Plaza
2025 Avenue of the Stars · Los Angeles, CA 90067
Registration & Reception 6:00 p.m.
Dinner & Program 7:00 p.m.
$250 per person
Advance registration is required by February 10.
Dietary Laws Observed · Space is Limited · Business Attire
For questions or to register, please contact Elana Pepper atepepper@aipac.org or (323) 937-1184.
Register for the 2016 AIPAC Policy Conference and see Rabbi Eger as a featured speaker in a panel discussion titled, "The Progressive Case for Israel." This session will take place on Sunday, March 20 from 11:30 am - 12:45 pm.
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The Minyan Project has been featured in the Jewish Journal
Kol Ami is a participating synagogue in the Los Angeles Reform Minyan Project, a collaboration between 6 LA synagogues to offer a daily minyan to our community. In a move called both "modern'' and "innovative", the Minyan Project is answering a real need, one that has gone unaddressed for too long.
A minyan will be offered at Kol Ami every Tuesday at 6:30 PM. Our first one was this past Tuesday, February 2nd, with Rabbi Denise Eger. A full schedule is available at LaReformMinyan.com.
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Kol Ami's masquerade gala officially has a "Classic Hollywood" theme and will be taking place at Don Klein's Beverly Hills home on March 26th, 2016 from 5:30 PM to 9:30 PM.
We are so proud to be honoring Michael Becker and Marilyn Ader, P.hD.!
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Legend of the Silver Screen: $10,000
Full page Tribute Journal ad. Premier listing and logo on event signage. Logo on website. 6 week ad run in congregation newsletter. 12 gala tickets, reserved seating, underwrites 4 scholarship tickets.
Industry Icon: $7,500
Full page Tribute Journal ad. Prominent logo listing on event signage. Logo on website. 4 week ad run in newsletter. 10 gala tickets, reserved seating, underwrites 2 scholarship tickets
Oscar Favorite: $5,000
Half page Tribute Journal ad. Logo on website and event signage.2 week ad run in newsletter. 8 gala tickets, reserved seating.
Studio Darling: $3,000
Half pageTribute Journal ad. Logo on event signage. 6 gala tickets, reserved seating.
Hollywood Sweetheart: $1,800
Quarter page Tribute Journal ad. 2 gala tickets.
Individual Tickets: $275
TRIBUTE JOURNAL ADS
Full Page Ad: $1,000
Half Page Ad: $500
Quarter Page Ad: $300
Name Listing:$150
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At the June 26th performance of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, apt for its story about two great Jewish writing duos, we'll be honoring Allan Rich and Jud Friedman as recipients of the Allan Rich Award for Exemplary Achievement in the Arts and Humanities!
- $95 per ticket offered in first four rows of the PL4 Left Mezzanine
- $160 per ticket offered in the first five rows of the PL3 Left and Right Mezzanines
- $195 per ticket offered in either the PL2 Center Mezzanine or the Left or Right PL2 Orchestra
Ticket Packages:
- $1800: 4 tickets in the Left or Right PL2 Orchestra, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical souvenirs, and a full page ad printed in our tribute journal.
- $1200: 2 tickets in the Left or Right PL2 Orchestra, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical souvenirs, and a half page ad printed in our tribute journal.
- $600: 2 tickets in the PL2 Center Mezzanine and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical souvenirs
Tribute Journal Ads:
We will have a commemorative tribute journal printed in color for those who would like honor Allan Rich and Jud Friedman. Ad sizes and prices are listed below.
- Full Page: $550
- Half Page: $350
- Quarter Page: $150
- Name Listing: $75
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The Habitat for Humanity Jewish Coalition is meeting at Kol Ami!
Come learn about exciting plans for a joint program between Habitat for Humanity LA and over 20 synagogues and Jewish organizations based in Los Angeles. The new coalition is a unprecedented approach to creating housing in the LA area that brings together the most effective elements of the Jewish community. Now, more than ever, your chance to make a marked difference is here.
We hope you grab this opportunity and join us at our meeting on Tuesday, February 9th at 7:30 PM. We'll serve light refreshments and listen to Jordan Markovic, the Faith Relations Coordinator for Habitat for Humanity LA. RSVP NOW!
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Join us on Kol Ami's new Guatemala Mission Trip! Travel Dates are June 10 - 19th, 2016. All Kol Ami members and their families are invited to join us for this exciting service trip. There will be plenty of tourist options and site seeing activities planned. It's an especially great opportunity for the older kids and teenagers to experience an incredible summer of Tikkun Olam! Some of the amazing activities include: - Building a house
- Teaching a child how to read, sing, dance or paint
- Visiting a coffee plantation and learning how coffee is grown and cultivated
- Zipline-ing over the beautiful mountainside in the hills above La Antigua,Guatemala
- Hiking a volcano
- Visiting a chocolate museum and learning how to make chocolate delicacies with locally grown cocoa
- Participating in a traditional Mayan Fire Ceremony
- Having Shabbat with our sister Synagogue, Adat Israel, in beautiful GuatemalaCity
- Creating a lifetime of memories and making new friends!
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Kol Ami Book Club chooses Alice Hoffman's "The Museum of Extraordinary Things" as next read!
The next meeting is set for Sunday, March 13th at 2:30 PM at a private home in Studio City. RSVP for address!
Synopsis of The Museum of Extraordinary Things: In New York during the volatile first decades of the twentieth century, Coralie Sardie is the daughter of the impresario behind The Museum of Extraordinary Things, a boardwalk freak show. Coralie appears as the Mermaid in her father's "museum." One night Coralie stumbles upon a striking young man photographing moonlit trees in the woods off the Hudson River.
The dashing photographer is Eddie Cohen, a Russian immigrant who has run away from his father's Lower East Side Orthodox community and his job as an apprentice tailor. When Eddie captures the devastation on the streets of New York following the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, he becomes embroiled in the mystery behind a young woman's disappearance.
New York itself becomes a riveting character as Hoffman weaves a sizzling, tender, and moving story of young love in tumultuous times.
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Purim! On Shabbat!
March 25th, 2016
Come one, come all to this year's Purim Shpiel: "You're A Good One, Queen Esther!" (a parody of the musical, "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown") It will be a special Shabbat service with our Shpiel and a Megillah reading all on a Friday night! Want to be a part of the fun? If you are interested in participating in any way (singing, acting, choreography, set design, etc.), contact Student Rabbi & Music Director Jeremy Gimbel at jgimbel@kol-ami.org.
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General Fund
Ricardo Gomez, in honor of the Shabbat Luncheon
Lyndia Lowy
Elizabeth Randall, in honor of the marriage of Arlene Drake and Elyse Resch
Andrew Reback
Steinman Charitable Foundation, in honor of Rabbi Denise Eger
Oneg
Michael Becker, in memory of his sister, Charlene Trichon
Philip Lelyveld, in honor of his mother, Adelaide Lelyveld's 93rd birthday
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Eugene Kapaloski, in memory of Dan Renberg
Don Margolin
Linda and Michael Margolis, in honor of the installation of her son, Rabbi Ari Margolis and Rabbi Eger's Shabbat Message of support
Jo Sherman and Mary Jane Varley
Neal Zaslavsky, in memory of his mother, Helene Zaslavsky
Neal Zaslavsky, in memory of his grandmother, Ruth Zaslavsky
Tzedakah Fund
Daniel Blatt
Debra Miller
Yahrzeit
Joshua Finkel and Stephen Schmones, in memory of Joshua's father, Aaron "Red" Finkel
Paul Fredrix, in memory of his mother, Adrienne Fredrix
Mark Freeman and Glenn Rosenblum, in memory of Mark's Father, Ralph Freeman
Alvin Gross, in memory of his brother, Lloyd Gross
Alvin Gross, in memory of his father, Herman Gross
Alvin Gross, in memory of his brother-in-law, Robert Goldman
Alvin Gross, in memory of his friend, Tom Whitman
Nina Lederman, in memory of her father, Ben Lederman
Richard Weinberger, in memory of his mother, Regina Weinberger
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