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.
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 .
This Tuesday, Rabbi Bruce Aft's weekly lunchtime Torah study will be led by Beryl Trauth-Jurman, rabbinic student at RRC and rabbinic intern at George Mason Hillel. We will continue to focus on the commentaries of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks. No prior Torah knowledge is necessary-- join us on Zoom and bring along your lunch!
Our classes are open to the wider community. Contact for more information.
Come worship with Kol Ami as Rabbi Gilah Langner leads our Shabbat morning service and we commemorate Yom HaShoah. Jane Schulman will be reading a passage from the Torah, and several of our pre-Bat Mitzvah students - Eva and Daniela - will be leading the Shma. At the Rabbi's Table, we will be discussing a powerful 2008 essay by Prof. Ruth Wisse, How Not to Remember and How Not to Forget (available online).
Stay on after services for our lunch "tish" (table) and enjoy shmoozing and eating together over Zoom.
Our zoom services are open to the broader community. For more information contact: .
Join Morah Andrea Cate two Saturdays each month 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 event link for registration information.
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 be discussing chapter 6 and the Epilogue.
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 spearheading a three-part discussion group with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Rock Spring United Church of Christ, and Arlington Church of the Brethren. We will be reading and discussing the new book by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Avi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently. Clergy from the participating congregations will serve as panelists and will facilitate small, interactive breakout sessions. All participants must register to receive the Zoom link. Click the above event link for more information.
Reggie combines spirituals and roots music, historic inspiration, and moving original songs, often in the themes of unity and social justice. Knowing this, audiences have bestowed upon him a fitting slogan: "Songs of Joy, Hope, and Freedom."
Our services are open the wider community. For registration information, click the above event link.
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 0 to 6 for some rhythm and ruach. First time visitors, please click the above event link for registration information.
For April we will be discussing the Shema – possibly the most familiar of all the Hebrew prayers. We’ll take a step deeper into some of the history, depth, beauty, and rich layers of meaning in the Shema, so that all in attendance can pray it with more conviction, understanding, and confidence. Feel free to log in at 9:00 a.m. and join in our morning minyan service as well- or come at 9:45 for the study session which will be led by Richard Ruth.
Colors of Gratitude is Kol Ami's project to hand color and distribute personalized gratitude cards to front line workers and others doing good deeds during the pandemic. This gathering is great for all ages with separate break out rooms for: Families with Young Children, Young Adults, and the Young at Heart. . Acclaimed inspirational speaker and illustrator Joanne Fink will lead a discussion and activities about gratitude, why it's important, what our faith teaches.
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!! This series will run through Tuesday, May 18th.
Our classes are open to the wider community. Contact for more information.
Join Rabbi Gilah and three pastors for the second and third evenings of our three-part discussion series group with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Rock Spring United Church of Christ, and Arlington Church of the Brethren. We are reading and discussing the new book by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently. You don't need a background in Bible or to have read the book to enjoy the conversation among the clergy panelists and the small, interactive breakout sessions. All are welcome. Click the above event link for registration information.
Friday, April 23 is the day after Earth Day, a perfect time to reflect on this beautiful planet and the natural blessings God has bestowed upon us.
Kol Ami is joining with Beit Tikvah, a sister Reconstructionist shul in Baltimore, to plan and hold this service. Special songs and readings will focus on our theme while we also rejoice in the tranquility of Shabbat – another ‘natural’ gift. This is also a great opportunity to meet new friends just north of us. We’ll begin at 7:30 but folks can come on 10 minutes earlier (and after the service ends, too) to schmooze.
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 .
Kol Ami is proud to be co-sponsoring this event which is being offered by the Haberman Institute of Jewish Studies.
Phyllis K. Leffler, Professor Emerita at The University of Virginia in the field of public history, will be giving this talk. Leffler’s talk focuses on the Jews of Virginia as a microcosm of Jewish experiences across the South, and in many cases, across the nation. It is a story of colonial-era Sephardic Jews from the Iberian Peninsula and nineteenth-century immigrants who arrived initially from the Germanies and later from Poland and Russia. It is a story of involvement in business, government, the arts, and education. It is a story of educational attainment and economic success. It is often a story of assimilation and an acceptance of the status quo and norms of the white societies of privilege they embraced. But it is also a story of discrimination and exclusion in times when white supremacy rears its ugly head.
To register and receive the Zoom link please click the event link above.
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 spearheading a three-part discussion group with the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington, Rock Spring United Church of Christ, and Arlington Church of the Brethren. We are reading and discussing the new book by Amy-Jill Levine and Marc Zvi Brettler, The Bible With and Without Jesus: How Jews and Christians Read the Same Stories Differently. Clergy from the participating congregations serve as panelists and facilitate small, interactive breakout sessions. This program is part of Kol Ami's 2021 Adult Education programming series. Visitors are welcome and should click the above event link for registration information.
Our focus for this year's service will be on recovery, renewal, light, and life. After all, the cherry blossoms and so many other flowers are coming into bloom, temperatures are rising, spring is here, and we can see light at the end of the pandemic tunnel! Thank you to Mike Jawer and the planning team for organizing and leading the service. This service will also feature performances of original songs by guitarist/vocalist Joe Jencks, known for his compositions of musical beauty, social consciousness, and spiritual exploration.
All are welcome. For more information and to register, click the above event link.
Join Morah Andrea Cate two Saturdays each month 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 event link for registration information.
