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...

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”...

It looks like the situation has cooled off. The Trump administration gave the emergency government formed by Prime Minister Natanyahu the...

Every day is a new day. The world is always moving and changing, in small and large ways. A leaf drops. A baby is born. A garden is...

We are gearing up for a unique High Holiday season. The journalists at the Forward captured some of our innovations along with those of...

This week last year we moved to Kirkland. A year ago we packed up our little congregation in Woodinville and around 40 of us began a 14...

This statement was recommended by the Kol Ami Social Action Committee for consideration by the Kol Ami Board of Directors at the June...

Last week Kol Ami kicked off 21 weeks of anti-racist learning and doing. It is not too late to join us. This is Jewish practice....

Black Lives Matter. Before last week writing these three words might have been a career-ender for some rabbis in this nation. Before last...

It is the season for blintzes. And cheese cake. And icd cream. And Torah. Shavuot, which we celebrate this Thursday night when the sun...

Havdalah is the Jewish ceremony which ends the Sabbath day, giving us enter into the work week ahead. The creation story in the book of...

Connecting with the Past at Passover – by Joan Rudd When Joe read the Four Questions in Russian, two birds showed up. Red-breasted...

B'shert – by Kathryn Harbel I live in what I call a “religiously complicated” household. My husband is an atheist; my son has been...

A Different Thought About Mother’s Day – by Mary Askenazi Remember when we were young, and Mother’s Day was something to look forward to?...

In between the last global pandemic of 1918 and the pandemic we are currently in the midst of, the Jewish people have added several new...

Solace during COVID – by Donna Lurie My name is Donna Lurie. I am descended from a long line of Rabbis and scholars. My family emphasized...

By Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg What I am offering in my blog this week was written by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (1881-1983), the founder of...

The Jewish people know how to walk through massive disruption and make it onto the other side. But never in our history have we made it to t

Wednesday, April 22 From 8:00 AM to 9:15 AM - Shofar blowing at 9:00 AM Zoom Event Join Hazon, The Jewish Lab for Sustainability, at 8 AM...