Pizza and Talmud is a class/weekly dinner and conversation for those in our community from post-bat/bar mitzvah age until college age. Pizza and Talmud has returned to in person learning- outdoors with Covid precautions in place. New teenagers are welcome to join any time, whether you just want to check us out or consider coming regularly. If there are questions, please feel free to send an email to .
It's Kol Ami's New "Shabbat Club"!!
Join Morah Andrea for Kol Ami's new "Shabbat Club" -- an engaging, enriching Shabbat morning experience for elementary school-aged learners and their families. For information click the above event link.
Join us for a special morning of services with Rabbi Gilah and Kol Ami's Rabbi Emeritus Leila Gal Berner. Rabbi Leila will be previewing her upcoming book, leading us into an exploration of the psychology of Jacob and Esau as they reconcile in this week's Torah portion, VaYishlach. Stay on after services for the rabbis' tish (table) and enjoy Shabbat lunch together from your home.
Our zoom services are open to the broader community. For more information contact: .
Our Tot Shabbat services with Morah Andrea have moved to Zoom but are still filled with story and song and connection to Jewish Community. Join her two Saturdays a month for some rhythm and ruach. Our virtual services are open to the wider community, please click the above event link to join our Tot Shabbat mailing list and to print our Tot Shabbat postcard.
Kol Ami has arranged for a virtual tour of the Jews in Space Exhibit currently on display at the Jewish Museum of Maryland.
Space is limited to only 25 devices so pre-registration is required and will be honored on a first come first served basis. Kol Ami Members will get first priority. For more information, please click the above event link.
The Jewish Children’s Education Program (JCEP) provides our children with strong connections to Jewish traditions, culture, and ethics as well as prayers and the Hebrew language. We will be meeting virtually until it is deemed safe to meet in person. For more information please email our JCEP Director, Dayna Davitz, at .
Pizza and Talmud is a class/weekly dinner and conversation for those in our community from post-bat/bar mitzvah age until college age. Pizza and Talmud has returned to in person learning- outdoors with Covid precautions in place. New teenagers are welcome to join any time, whether you just want to check us out or consider coming regularly. If there are questions, please feel free to send an email to .
Join us for services on the Shabbat of Hanukkah led by Rabbi Gilah with Jim North on guitar. Our scheduled guest speaker, Dr. Safi Kaskas, is ill but we hope to welcome him to the Rabbi’s Table in January. We’ll daven with Hanukkah melodies, enjoy Hallel, and delve into the story of Joseph and the question of dreams and fate — what happens when Joseph encounters a seemingly random man in the field? What does our tradition believe about destiny and personal choices? How much of our lives are we in charge of?
Families and Kol Amites of all ages are invited to gather by Zoom to light candles, sing songs, schmooze, and more! Schmoozing will begin at 5pm with the Hanukkah program beginning at 5:30. We'll hold our first (annual?) Latke-Hamantash Debate, wherein an esteemed panel of Kol Ami members will expound on the superiority of one of these foods, with arguments buttressed by the cherished tools and techniques of their chosen professions, yada yada yada ... and a good time will be had by all! Kol Ami folks are invited to contribute a 20-30 second video recording of anyone in their family answering the age-old question: Which is better, a latke or a hamantash? Visitors, please click the above event link to register.
Pizza and Talmud is a class/weekly dinner and conversation for those in our community from post-bat/bar mitzvah age until college age. Pizza and Talmud has returned to in person learning- outdoors with Covid precautions in place. New teenagers are welcome to join any time, whether you just want to check us out or consider coming regularly. If there are questions, please feel free to send an email to .
Let's close out Hanukkah's last night together! Bring out your menorah a final time to share and show your traditions. Debbie & Toni will host as we close out the evening with some festive music from the Bueno de Mesquita / Wright family. Thanks again to all the musicians, debaters, clergy, prayer leaders and candle lighters who have been making these eight nights so joyous in the congregation.
Rabbi Gilah will be leading services on this Shabbat of parashat Miketz as we follow the up and down adventures of Joseph. The speaker this morning is Matt Adler (pictured) who returned from an extended stay in Israel with a fascinating perspective as a gay Jew speaking both Hebrew and Arabic. Matt will shed light on the less-seen parts of this country he's fallen in love with, and will share with us his adventures in Jewish, Muslim, and Druze communities that are described in his recently published book. Zoom links will be available to members in our e-newsletter, or for visitors by request to .
Matt Adler is a proud American and Israeli. A native of Washington, D.C., Matt lived in the Yad Eliyahu neighborhood of Tel Aviv during the adventures on which this book is based. In addition to Arabic and Hebrew, Matt speaks Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, French, and intermediate Yiddish. Visit his blog PlantingRootsBearingFruits.com to explore other overlooked aspects of life in Israel.
On Sunday, December 20, from 11 am-Noon, join Mike Jawer for Book/Brunch/Bingo (aka "B Cubed"). BYOB (Bring your own brunch) and gain insight into his latest book, Sensitive Soul - an exploration of how emotion 'seeds' people's personalities and quite extraordinary abilities. And, we'll have an impromptu bingo game...whoever gets bingo first will win a copy of Mike's book, inscribed by the author.
All are welcome! Please click the above event link to register and receive the Zoom link.
Pizza and Talmud is a class/weekly dinner and conversation for those in our community from post-bat/bar mitzvah age until college age. Pizza and Talmud has returned to in person learning- outdoors with Covid precautions in place. New teenagers are welcome to join any time, whether you just want to check us out or consider coming regularly. If there are questions, please feel free to send an email to .
Join Kol Ami for a Saturday morning Shabbat service led by Jim North. More information coming soon.
Our services are open to the broader community. Questions? Email .
Pizza and Talmud is a class/weekly dinner and conversation for those in our community from post-bat/bar mitzvah age until college age. Pizza and Talmud has returned to in person learning- outdoors with Covid precautions in place. New teenagers are welcome to join any time, whether you just want to check us out or consider coming regularly. If there are questions, please feel free to send an email to .
Bring in 2021 with your Kol Ami family at this pop-in, open house style, New Years Day gathering.
Please click the above event link for RSVP information.
Get your secular new year off to a hopeful - and musical - start when Mike Jawer and Robin Cook co-lead Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday, January 1. Some new melodies and orchestrations will be shared, not to mention some aphorisms to inspire us into 2021.
Our services are open to the broader community. For more information, contact .
Jews and Science Fiction, led by Herb Levy. Bring in the new year and celebrate Science Fiction Day on Jan. 2, the birthday of Isaac Asimov, perhaps the best known Jewish science fiction writer.
We'll look at the major contribution Jewish writers have made to Science Fiction, but also look at the seminal role Jews have played in comics. We'll also touch on the role Jews have played in stories by non-Jewish writers.
This program is part of our 2021 Adult Education series. Visitors are welcome and can receive the Zoom link by clicking on the event link above and following the instructions.
