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.
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 .
Kol Ami's Jewish Children's Education Program welcomes visitors and potential new students to an Open House and Lag B'Omer celebration on Sunday, May 2nd at 5 pm on Zoom.
Lag B'Omer was an ancient holiday that marked a reprieve in the midst of a plague; it was the occasion for races and competitions, bonfires and song. We'll celebrate with Color War -- will you be Team Green, Team Blue, or Team White?
The entire Kol Ami community is invited to join in the fun. Current members, see the member newsletter for more information. Visitors, click the above event link to register. Rabbi Gilah Langner and school educators will be available to answer questions about JCEP directly following the Lag B'Omer program.
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, through May 18th, 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.
As we close out the book of Leviticus, join us at 10 am for a special Shabbat morning with Rabbi Gilah, our pre-Bnot Mitzvah students, and several of our JCEP students leading services. At 11 am, we'll study Pirkei Avot together, exploring the wise and pithy statements of our ancient rabbis, and discussing whether we have wisdom from our own time to contribute to the tradition.
Our zoom services are open to the broader community. For more information contact: .
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 as Kol Ami and Shirat HaNefesh come together for a Shabbat service and important Rabbi's Table. This is our last joint service with Shirat HaNefesh for the year; Rabbi Gilah will be leaving Shirat HaNefesh in June. At 11 am, Alan Ronkin, Regional Director of the American Jewish Committee for Washington, DC, will take the Rabbi's Table to present a groundbreaking report on antisemitism in America. This is the first time both American Jews and the general public have been surveyed about antisemitism in a way that highlights differing perceptions about the extent of the problem. There will be ample time for a robust discussion about the report and what it means both for the Jewish community and others subject to discrimination. 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.
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 our Shavuot celebration on Sunday evening at 8 pm, May 16, as we close out the counting of the omer with our dynamo Omer Team, and arrive at our destination -- the holiday of Shavuot and the giving of the Torah. Willa Siegel will offer a brief reflection on the book of Ruth, traditionally read on Shavuot. And echoing Ruth's experience of joining the Jewish people, Rabbi Gilah and Cameron Vanore will lead us in a discussion of conversion experiences -- positive, negative, neutral. What brings you close to Judaism? What feels distancing? Folks attending will be invited to contribute their own reflections.
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.
It is from Parsha Naso that we glean the Priestly Blessing, the Blessing of Peace. Our gathering will be blessed by each other and by the special blessing of the involvement of Peter Mayer. Peter is a Minnesota-based songwriter and singer who songwriter and singer who turned from seminarian to folk music to widen his message. Peter's music is gentle and, at the same time, soul nourishing. Herb Levy and Leslie Lesner co-lead. For more information, click the above event link.
Our lives revolve around transitions. Some are tied to ritual, but many significant transitions, however, are not: retirement, becoming a grandparent, completing a time of healing or recovery, marking the anniversary of a loved ones passing, becoming an empty nester, graduation, job changes, a milestone birthday, weaning a child, or even making an important decision. Some transitions are about letting go or moving through a challenging time, some are about celebrating a milestone, and some are about personal preparation for what is yet to come.
The workshop will include time for grounding guided meditation, text study and an interactive ritual creation activity.
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 .
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 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.
We have returned to in person Tot Shabbat programming at an outdoor venue with pandemic precautions in place. Click the above link for more information.
