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Congregation Kol Ami
Jul 2, 20201 min read
Kol Ami High Holiday Innovations featured in The Forward
We are gearing up for a unique High Holiday season. The journalists at the Forward captured some of our innovations along with those of...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Jul 1, 20202 min read
Mazel Tov! It is our first anniversary in Kirkland.
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...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Jun 24, 20202 min read
Black Lives Matter
This statement was recommended by the Kol Ami Social Action Committee for consideration by the Kol Ami Board of Directors at the June...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Jun 23, 20206 min read
21 Weeks of Consciousness Raising: Undoing, unlearning, upending Racism
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....
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Congregation Kol Ami
Jun 3, 20205 min read
We are anything but powerless: Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter. Before last week writing these three words might have been a career-ender for some rabbis in this nation. Before last...
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Congregation Kol Ami
May 27, 20204 min read
Torah and Dairy Products: A unique and highly maternal combo for Shavuot
It is the season for blintzes. And cheese cake. And icd cream. And Torah. Shavuot, which we celebrate this Thursday night when the sun...
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Congregation Kol Ami
May 19, 20203 min read
What about Havdalah?
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...
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Congregation Kol Ami
May 18, 20202 min read
Stories Matter Week 4: - Joan Rudd
Connecting with the Past at Passover – by Joan Rudd When Joe read the Four Questions in Russian, two birds showed up. Red-breasted...
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Congregation Kol Ami
May 12, 20202 min read
Stories Matter Week 3: - Kathryn Harbel
B'shert – by Kathryn Harbel I live in what I call a “religiously complicated” household. My husband is an atheist; my son has been...
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Congregation Kol Ami
May 6, 20201 min read
Stories Matter Week 2: - Mary Askenazi
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?...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Apr 29, 20205 min read
A Resurrection Story Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg
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...
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Congregation Kol Ami
Apr 28, 20201 min read
Stories Matter Week 1: Donna Lurie
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...
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Apr 22, 20206 min read
Humbling ourselves before Creation: Science and Religion are our sacred heritage
By Rabbi Yohanna Kinberg What I am offering in my blog this week was written by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan (1881-1983), the founder of...
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Apr 15, 20206 min read
Pivot towards Wisdom: The Ethics of our Ancestors
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
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Congregation Kol Ami
Apr 14, 20201 min read
Sound the Call For the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day
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...
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Apr 8, 20203 min read
A Night of Questions
This Thursday we will gather for our 2nd night community Seder—as we have for so very long as a community. Last year we had our Seder in...
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Apr 1, 20204 min read
Preparing to celebrate a Passover like no other
The first night of Passover is next Wednesday, April 8. Time is particularly fluid these days. So many bench marks and scheduled events...
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Mar 26, 20203 min read
This is a test
We will survive. Our species. Most of us will live. Too many will die. We will make it to the other side. But none of us will go...
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