Join Kol Ami for a festive online Purim celebration! We'll be showing off our hamantashen and costumes, singing Purim songs, and enjoying a Purimspiel based on Hamilton. You will definitely want to be in the room where it happens! Visitors are welcome- 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 .
Rabbi Bruce Aft will be leading a weekly lunchtime Torah study on Zoom, focusing on the commentaries of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. No prior Torah knowledge is necessary-- come as you are!!
Our classes are open to the wider community. Contact for more information.
Kol Ami is proud to be a co-sponsor for this event being offered by the Haberman Institute of Jewish Studies.
Deborah Waxman, president of Reconstructing Judaism, will be presenting a lecture entitled "Rooted and Relevant: 21st Century Jewish Life" with us on March 2 at 7:30. The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many changes in Jewish (and general) life. Rabbi Deborah Waxman, Ph.D., will draw on her experience as an American Jewish historian and leader of the Reconstructionist movement to reflect on continuities, adjustments, and radical disruptions. Please click on the above event link for registration information.
Come worship with Kol Ami as Rabbi Gilah Langner leads a Shabbat morning Learner's Service on Zoom. We’ll spend an hour exploring Jewish prayer with a "learner's mind" -- using guided meditation, writing, text study, and breakout groups to delve into the heart of our liturgy. In our second hour we’ll delve into the story of the Golden Calf in the Book of Exodus. Anne Salzberg will read a passage from the Torah, we'll examine the rich history of art depicting the story, and we'll explore what impatience is all about. Stay on after services for our tish (table) and enjoy Shabbat lunch together with Rabbi Gilah from your home. Our zoom services are open to the broader community. For more information contact: .
Our Tot Shabbat services with Morah Andrea Cate have moved to Zoom but are still filled with story and song and connection to Jewish Community. Join her two Saturdays each month with your children from ages 1 to 7 as we share greetings, gratitude, prayers, movement, music, and Shabbat joy!! We can’t wait to share Shabbat with you! First time visitors, please click the above event link for registration information.
Come join Richard Ruth on Sunday, March 7th at 10am to hear all about Counting the Omer.
We also will explore creating some of our own reflections on racial justice.
Following up on our MLK Shabbat with Dr. Marc Dollinger, we will be reading and discussing Dollinger’s book, Black Power, Jewish Politics, which focuses on the historic relationship between Jews and African Americans.
David Siegel will be leading the discussion of Chapters 2 and 3.
Please join us on Sunday, March 7, 2021 at 4 p.m. EST virtually for the 29th Annual Chesapeake Celebration. We will learn together, honor exceptional individuals from our local congregations with the Hineni Award, sing together and virtually toast our community. This year Kol Ami will be honoring Rabbi Gilah Langner and Immediate Past President, Debbie Linick.
The registration deadline is March 2. Click the above event link for registration information.
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 .
Rabbi Bruce Aft will be leading a weekly lunchtime Torah study on Zoom, focusing on the commentaries of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. No prior Torah knowledge is necessary-- come as you are!!
Our classes are open to the wider community. Contact for more information.
With no Shabbat morning service the weekend of March 12, come to Kabbalat Shabbat that Friday evening. Mike Jawer and Robin Cook will help welcome in the Shabbat bride and talk a little about the week’s parasha, Ki Tisa.
The story of the golden calf still resonates – especially in America, where celebrity worship is the coin of the realm and deeper values and ideals don’t always command our full attention.
Join Morah Andrea on Zoom monthly for Kol Ami’s new “Shabbat Club” — an engaging, enriching Shabbat morning experience for elementary school-aged
learners and their families. Led by experienced teacher Andrea Cate, we will sing, discuss, pray, question, and explore. We will journey into the Torah portion of the week, building connections to our modern lives and our world. New families, click the above link for registration information.
Biblical and Modern Perspectives on the Haggadah
with Marc Zvi Brettler
Bernice and Morton Lerner Professor in Judaic Studies, Duke University
The Haggadah and the seder are rabbinic innovations, based on a biblical festival that remains most relevant in modern times. How did the Haggadah develop? What biblical elements does it contain, and how are the multiple different biblical views of Passover made to fit together by the rabbis? And what relevance do these ancient texts—the Bible and the Haggadah—have for us today as we approach Passover? Presented in partnership with the Haberman Institute for Jewish Studies.
This event is being co-sponsored by Kol Ami: Northern Virginia Reconstructionist Community. Click the above link for registration information.
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 .
Rabbi Bruce Aft will be leading a weekly lunchtime Torah study on Zoom, focusing on the commentaries of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. No prior Torah knowledge is necessary-- come as you are!!
Our classes are open to the wider community. Contact for more information.
Join us for a Shabbat morning service led by Herb Levy with musical guest SONiA (Rutstein). SONiA is one of the world's most successful LGBTQIA singer songwriters. She is also the Cantorial Soloist at Beit Tikvah Reconstructionist Congregation in Baltimore. SONiA's won 6 GLAMAs (Gay and Lesbian American Music awards) as well as the GLAAD (Gay and Lesbian American Anti Defamation) Award for Best Album and the Spirit of Folk Music Award from Folk Alliance International. Guests are welcome. Please click the above event link for more information.
Bring family and friends for song, worship, movement, teaching moments, and ruach (spirit!) aimed at sparking the joy of Shabbat in our next generation. Shabbat is a gift that we are given each week. Come celebrate Shabbat joy and traditions with our Kol Ami community! Perfect for young ones age 1-7 and their loving adults. First time visitors, please click the above link to join our Tot Shabbat mailing list and receive Zoom links.
Join us, once a month, as we take a deeper look at an individual prayer. This month Rabbi Gilah Langner will guide us through a closer look at the Haggadah.
Feel free to join us starting at 9am for our Morning Minyan service, or log in at 9:45 exclusively for the study session.
Visitors are welcome and should click on the above event link for registration information.
Feel free to join us starting at 9am for our Morning Minyan service, or log in at 9:45 exclusively for the study session.
Following up on our MLK Shabbat with Dr. Marc Dollinger, we will be reading and discussing Dollinger’s book, Black Power, Jewish Politics, which focuses on the historic relationship between Jews and African Americans.
We will discuss chapters 4 and 5.
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 .
Rabbi Bruce Aft will be leading a weekly lunchtime Torah study on Zoom, focusing on the commentaries of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. No prior Torah knowledge is necessary-- come as you are!!
Our classes are open to the wider community. Contact for more information.
Join Rabbi Gilah and Shirat HaNefesh for Shabbat morning services on Erev Pesach. The Rabbi’s Table will explore the art and text of the Haggadah, in preparation for the Seder that evening. How did the Rabbis’ notion of a symposium influence the structure and argumentation in the Haggadah? How has each generation made its mark on this 1800-year old text?
Join Kol Ami’s Community Seder
We wandered in the desert for 40 years, and we’ve wandered through the Covid-19 desert this past year. Desiring and valuing freedom, we’ll join together virtually for a spiritually satisfying Community Seder on Sunday evening, March 28. There are roles for everyone – kids included – as we celebrate our people’s exodus from slavery and recount the ancient story that resounds all the more today. Can’t wait to see you around our virtual Seder table.
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 .
Rabbi Bruce Aft will be leading a weekly lunchtime Torah study on Zoom, focusing on the commentaries of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. No prior Torah knowledge is necessary-- come as you are!!
Our classes are open to the wider community. Contact for more information.
Join Rabbi Gilah at Shirat HaNefesh for services on this Shabbat of Pesach. We'll be reciting Yizkor, singing Hallel, and chanting an excerpt of Song of Songs. The Rabbi's Table will be a continuation of a two-part series on "Great Jewish Arguments." We'll explore modern controversies using the recently published book, “The New Jewish Canon.” Join us for a stimulating discussion, followed by kiddush and breakout shmooze rooms afterwards.
