CALENDAR
Friday, May 27th
8:00pm
Shabbat Services with
Rabbi Denise Eger and
Student Rabbi Jeremy
Gimbel
Monday, May 30th
Memorial Day -
Kol Ami Office is closed.
Tuesday, May 31st
6:30 PM
Minyan Rotation
Tuesday, June 2nd 7:00 PM Moroccan Craft Lantern Night with JIMENA
Friday, June 3rd
6:45 PM
EarlyShabbat Services with Rabbi Denise Eger and
Student Rabbi Jeremy
Gimbel
Sunday, June 5th 8:30 AM Last SOVA Volunteer day at La Brea Location! Sunday, June 5th 2:30 PM Sunday, June 5th 3 PM VOX Rocks WeHo Free Community Concert at Tuesday, June 7th 6:30 PM Minyan Rotation Tuesday, June 7th 7:30 PM Conversations with Rabbi with Avi Issacharoff Palestinian Affairs' Friday, June 10th 8:00 PM Gay Pride Shabbat Services with Rabbi Denise Eger and Student Rabbi Jeremy Gimbel Saturday, June 11th 10:00 AM Torah Study Saturday, June 11th 12:15 PM HIV+ Shabbat Lunch Saturday, June 11th 8:00 PM Community Shavuot at Stephen S. Wise Temple Sunday, June 12th 9:30 AM
Shavuot Yizkor Service at Kol Ami with Rabbi Denise Eger
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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:
Frank Ellison
Jeannette Kaufman
Steve Reissman
Ivan Rosenberg
Tom Royer
Henry Schaumberg
Lowell Selvin
Michael Silverman
Max Snow
Cathee Weiss
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Mazel Tov to
Wendy Hartmann on her daughter Stacy's happy engagement to Andrew.
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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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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.
The Final SOVA Volunteer day at the La Brea Location!
June 5th, 2016
8:30 AM to 12 Noon
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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FORMAL NOTIFICATION
KOL AMI MEMBERS ONLY
This is a formal notification
advising Kol Ami members that elections and the
Annual Congregational Meeting will be held on:
Thursday, June 23
at 7:00 PM
at Kol Ami,
1200 N. La Brea Ave
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Early Registration for the 2016-2017 Religious School Year at Temple Emanuel of Beverly Hills is now open!
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Kol Ami has partnered with Benefit as a fundraising tool!
Benefit is a free iPhone or Android phone app that can be used to pay for your everyday purchases.
- You can pay online or at the store.
- Up to 27% of your purchase goes directly back to Kol Ami.
- Retailers include Whole Foods, Amazon, Target, Starbucks, and many more!
Download the app and add Kol Ami as your beneficiary to start giving. Find more information in the app or at www.benefit-
mobile.com. Feel free to share this news with family and friends. The more people who participate, the more funds we will raise!
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MOKA (Men of Kol Ami) and WOKA (Women of Kol Ami) have new leaders at their helms!
Sam Fibish is the new chair of MOKA. Debbie Futrowsky is the new chair of WOKA. They are already hard at work planning really fun events and will be reaching out to their respective group members soon!
For those who are interested in being a part of these amazing community activities, please contact the office at 323-606-0996 or staff@kol-ami.org.
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Join Kol Ami for a joint program with JIMENA, Jews Indigenous to the
Middle East and North Africa.
June 2nd at 7 PM at Kol Ami
$10 per person
On Thursday, June 2nd, we'll be making our own DIY Moroccan Lanterns and enjoying traditional Libyan desserts.
With Special Guest Speaker: Pnina Solomon
Pnina Meghnagi Soloman was born in 1949 in Tripoli, Libya. In 1967, with the break out of Israel's Six-Day War, Pnina was one day suddenly instructed to leave school and go home. The radio had been announcing that there was a war in Israel, and Libyans turned their rage towards Israel against their fellow Jewish Libyan citizens. On June 30th, 1967 at 4:30 AM a government-issued Jeep came and took the family to the airport with only one suitcase and 20 Libyan Sterling.
Pnina will be sharing her experiences with us as well as her delicious desserts. Our Libyan Dessert Bar will be prepared by her!
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Join us for this momentous opportunity to learn the facts from someone who's been on the ground, reporting the real stories in the on-going Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Rabbi Eger is proud to have such an prestigious scholar and journalist sitting across from her in this newest installment of the "Conversations with the Rabbi" series.
Avi Issacharoff is the Times of Israel's Middle East analyst. Until 2012, he was a reporter and commentator on Arab affairs for the Haaretz newspaper. He also lectures on modern Palestinian history at Tel Aviv University.
A fluent Arabic speaker, Avi was the Middle East Affairs correspondent for Israeli Public Radio covering the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the war in Iraq and the Arab countries between the years 2003-2006.
With Amos Harel, he wrote "The Seventh War - How we won and why we lost the war with the Palestinians" which the Institute for Strategic Studies awarded for containing the best research on security affairs in Israel. Their second book, entitled "34 Days - The Story of the Second Lebanon War," won the same prize.
Free to all but RSVP requested.
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A Free Community Concert at Kol Ami on June 5th at 3 PM!
Rock out with Vox Femina! Featuring music from rock legends to indie rock to top of pop. We'll sing and jam to the music of David Bowie, Joni Mitchell, Adele, Lady Gaga, Indigo Girls and many other artists.
Get your groove on as you experience VOX like never before!
This concert is offered free to the public, but RSVP is requested.
This performance is made possible in part by a grant from The City of West Hollywood, City Arts Project
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On January 21, 2013, Hadiya Pendleton - a majorette and high school student from the South Side of Chicago - marched in President Obama's Second Inaugural Parade. One week later, after finishing final exams, Hadiya was shot and killed in a park near her school. Soon after this tragedy, Hadiya's childhood friends asked their classmates to commemorate Hadiya's life by wearing orange. They chose the color orange to symbolize the value of human life, as hunters wear orange in the woods to protect themselves and others. This call to action from Hadiya's classmates has grown into a national movement, and orange is becoming the symbol of gun safety.
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Divine Election: A Shavuot Experience
June 11th, 2016 at 8 PM
Stephen Wise Temple
15500 Stephen S. Wise Drive
Los Angeles, CA 9007
On Saturday evening, June 11 at 8 PM, you can stand once again on Mount Sinai. Join seven congregations and seven clergy teams to explore the meaning of Shavuot, the message of Mount Sinai, and what revelation can mean to us in our lives.
Hear different perspectives on this seminal memory and transformative experience. Enjoy the rich music of our tradition blended with the voices of our cantors. End the evening with socializing and the traditional slice of sinfully good cheesecake!
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Dates: June 20 - 29, 2017
Price for double occupancy: $3,840
Price for single occupancy: $4,640
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Honor two of music's top song writers at a live performance of Beautiful: The Carole King Musical!
Long time Kol Ami member, Allan Rich, and his writing partner, Jud Friedman, are Kol Ami's first ever recipients of the Allan Rich Award for Exemplary Achievement in the Arts and Humanities. Their 25-year career filled with massive hits and numerous awards is a lasting example of modern Jewish artistic brilliance.
We'll be honoring Allan and Jud at the Pantages Theater! Treat yourself to this new Broadway hit, a gorgeous reception at the theater and an inspiring award ceremony. Kick off your summer with this revolutionary event that honors Jewish contributions to our most beloved art forms!
Individual Tickets:
$95 tickets offered in the Far Left Mezzanine
$160 tickets offered in the Left and Right Mezzanines
$195 tickets offered in the Center Mezzanine or Left or Right Orchestras
Ticket Packages:
$600: 2 tickets in the Center Mezzanine and 2 Beautiful: The Carole King Musical souvenirs
$1200: 2 tickets in the Left or Right Orchestras, 2 Beautiful: The Carole King Musical souvenirs and a half page ad printed in the Tribute Journal
$1800: 4 tickets in the Left or Right Orchestras, 4 Beautiful: The Carole King Musical souvenirs and a full page ad printed in the Tribute Journal
Tribute Journal Ads:
$75: Name Listing
$150: Quarter Page
$350: Half Page
$550: Full Page
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Kol Ami's Guatemala Mission trip is right around the corner! Our volunteers set off on June 10th and will be in Guatemala until June 19th. We want to hit our goal of $5,500 before they leave in order to send them with the largest donation possible and we're 50% of the way there!
The funds raised will provide for the children living in Guatemala, paying for housing, education and medical treatments.
It is our goal to return this year with the ability to make an even larger impact than before. Donate to our Tikkun Olam service trip and help us improve the Lives of the Children in Guatemala
Our goal is to raise $5,500. and with your help this great mitzvah is possible.
Give now to be the lasting difference in a child's life.
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Guatemala Fund
Pamela Glickman
Joseph Lasman
Amy Long
Dr. Joel Kushner
Debra Natenshon
Suzanna Peters
Andrew Reback
Donna Virgili
Patti Witko
Jeff Wortman and Peter Balderas
General Fund
Chaya Charlup
Stephen Hochstein and Kaz Kadomatsu, in memory of Sandra Belinky, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Belinky
Peter Mackler, in memory of Frances Levinson, mother of Michael and Allison Levinson
Oneg Fund
John Altschul, in memory of his mother, Theresa Altschul
Liz Randall, in memory of her mother, Maxine Randall
Benjamin Thomas Reback, in memory of his life partner, William Thomas
Rabbi's Discretionary Fund
Josh Brown, in memory of Henry Schaumberg
Steve Lachs, in memory of his father, Irving Lachs
Glenn Melnick, in memory of his father, Henry Melnick
Francis Ng, in memory of his life partner, Henry Schaumberg
Elyse Resch, in memory of her mother, Lorraine Cohen
Joan and Jules Selvin, in memory of their brothers, David Meyers and Jerry Meyers
Rabbi Michael and Shayna Shefrin, in honor of the birth of Maya Esther Gimbel
Karen Siteman, in memory of Henry Schaumberg
Mason Sommers
Martin Taller, in memory of his mother, Elisabeth Taller
Jesse Winfield
Neal Zaslavsky
Ted Zeifman, in memory of his mother, Zelda
Rabbinic Endowment Fund
Anonymous
Tzedakah Fund
Steve Addison
Johanna Schor
Yahrzeit Fund
Marilyn Horwitz, in memory of her husband, Ira Horwitz
Philip Lelyveld, in memory of his grandmother, Miriam Polak Lelyveld
Randall Moses, in memory of his mother, Claire Moses
Randall Moses, in memory of his father, Warren Moses
Joan and Jules Selvin, in memory of their brothers, David Meyers and Jerry Meyers
Janene Sneider, in memory of her son, Noah C.S. Stroud
Richard Weinberger, in memory of his father, Harold Weinberger
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In the last month, Rabbi Eger has attended the following events.
Rabbi Eger has welcomed the New Rabbinic Ordinees at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion's New York and Los Angeles Ordination ceremonies.
Attended the Rabbinic Placement Commission meeting.
Gave the benediction at the West Hollywood Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial program.
Was awarded the Stonewall Democratic Club's Sheila Kuehl Trailblazer Award.
Published an article in the new book, Sacred Calling, celebrating the 40th anniversary of the ordination of the first American Woman Rabbi.
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