Passover @ Kol Ami 5781
1st Night Home Seder: Invite a few Kol Ami members to do a Zoom seder in a small group if you do not already have family or friends....
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Congregation Kol Ami
Feb 8, 20211 min read
Torah from Asher Hashash/Poem on Grief
The day after my mother The day after my mother died I cried the morning wet Rain after Air left my lungs My years with her Hanging in...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Feb 8, 20213 min read
Torah from Asher Hashash: Beshalach
Beshalach – The longest walk, wettest tears He could feel the elders’ eyes on his back. Moses was walking away from the camp. The sound...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Feb 7, 20213 min read
Torah from Asher Hashash: Yitro
Yitro – The highest level Moses prepared the Israelites to receive. They were to wash and be ready. It will take time and dedication to...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Feb 4, 20213 min read
Honor Rabbi Kinberg for Chai/18 years as a Rabbi-register for our Purim Fundraiser today!
18 things you might not know about our Rabbi: Rabbi Kinberg was born in Cincinnati, Ohio during her father's last year of rabbinical...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Jan 28, 20213 min read
Giving and Goodness: The true meaning of Tzedakah
As a torch is not diminished though it kindles a million candles, so will he not lose who gives to a good cause. Midrash Exodus Rabbah...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Jan 21, 20212 min read
Tu B’Shvat: “Life holds the possibility of inner transcendence”
Tu B’Shvat originally was the day in Ancient Israel when trees were considered a year older. Their birthday for tithing purposes. Tu...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Jan 14, 20213 min read
Racial Justice and Inclusion of the Marginalized: This is our Kol Ami commitment.
There is a multitude of ways to invest in our world, in making our current reality increasingly just, peaceful, nurturing, and...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Jan 7, 20216 min read
Breathe: For Kol Ami Members and Friends
It is a tree of life to all that hold fast to her, all of her pathways are peace. Proverbs 3:18 Please join us in a semester of learning...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Dec 31, 20201 min read
From Our Community Leadership: Kol Ami, Meeting Your Life’s Needs.
We refer to Kol Ami as a Center for Jewish Life. But what does that really mean for you? It means that you can rely on Kol Ami’s...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Dec 17, 20204 min read
Welcome to Tevet: A lesson in becoming goat-like and reaching for the light
Judaism has a love/hate relationship with astrology. If you travel to northern Israel and tour synagogues from the Greek/Hellenized era...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Dec 3, 20203 min read
Gathering Sparks, Growing Light: This is Our Heritage
A Pandemic Hanukkah-who would have thought? Oy vey. Here we are. We have made it through Purim, Passover, the High Holidays, and now...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Oct 21, 20204 min read
Cheshvan A month without any Jewish holy days. A month of hunkering down. And getting cozy.
Looking out my window I see the natural world around me preparing for winter. Squirrels burying their nuts in our veggie planters. The...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Oct 8, 20204 min read
New Shabbat Schedule: Ch-ch-ch-changes!
During Pandemic times Shabbat has become even more important in the life of our community. Creating sacred time, reflection time, family...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Sep 16, 20203 min read
5781: Festival during Pandemic Times
This is the season of balanced light. Day and night hours become equal and move towards greater darkness. This is the season of our new...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Sep 11, 20201 min read
A Special Message Just For You From Rabbi Kinberg!
One week from tonight we welcome in Rosh HaShanah 5781. Come "home" to Kol Ami and join us in celebration of these Days of Awe from the...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Aug 19, 20206 min read
This is Elul: Month of self-reflection, transformation and self-love.
Glint By Cathy Cohen Beneath a sky of stars in this time of great answering I will sing my own brief poem. If the bowl of the sky is...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Jul 29, 20207 min read
This is Av: A time for weeping and lament
Five misfortunes befell our ancestors … on the ninth of Av. …On the ninth of Av it was decreed that our fathers should not enter the...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Jul 22, 20205 min read
We have direction. Follow the Mizrach
Walking through Target the other day I looked longingly as the clerks set up the back to school sections and the “moving into your dorm”...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Jul 14, 20203 min read
What if Israel annexed Palestinian Territories? A moral challenge for Jews who believe in democracy.
It looks like the situation has cooled off. The Trump administration gave the emergency government formed by Prime Minister Natanyahu the...
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