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Congregation Kol Ami
- Feb 24
- 2 min
Turn a day of hate into a day of love 2/25 10:30am 🪬💕🪬💕
This Saturday 2/25 has been marked as a national day of hate of the Jews-by people who really hate Jews. People who work in Jewish...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Feb 17
- 4 min
Camp Kesher: the best thing we did as a family for almost 20 years
In the summer of 2003, when Ozi was not even 3 years old, I was asked by my boss to attend Camp Kesher, a Jewish family camp on Vashon...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Feb 2
- 4 min
Shabbat Shira: Congregation as Choir and the Rhythm is going to get you
One of the most beautiful and uplifting aspects of Jewish prayer, for this rabbi at least, is a communal song. The songs and prayers we...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Jan 20
- 3 min
We all have foreskin
One well-known covenant of the Jewish people is brit milah, the covenant of foreskin removal on the 8th day. Also known as a Bris. I have...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Jan 6
- 5 min
“Everybody is going to be dead."
“Everybody is going to be dead one day, just give them time.” Neil Gaiman The best gift you can give your children is a well-planned...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Jan 2
- 3 min
Kol Ami & MLK Day Seattle: A new partnership
2023 SEATTLE MLK COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS and MARCH Show your solidarity. Young and Old alike. Help make the Jewish community visible at this...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Dec 30, 2022
- 5 min
Od Avinu Chai! We are still kicking!
When Joseph reveals his hidden identity to his brothers in this week's parashah Vayigash, he does so with emotion. He reveals himself in...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Dec 15, 2022
- 3 min
Vayeishev: It was never a coat, it was always a dress.
Jacob had a favorite son. Of his many sons. Twelve in all. You know one of them had to be genderqueer. And it turned out to be his most...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Nov 7, 2022
- 2 min
This Friday! Free to Be: 50 years of Free to be You and Me.
This Friday, 11/11, at 7:30 pm, Kol Ami is celebrating Free to Be You and Me (released on my birthday, 11/27/1972) through story and...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Oct 27, 2022
- 5 min
It is a Tree of Life: Reflections on anti-Jewish violence in America on the Tree of Life Anniversary
When I was a young adult, my home synagogue, where my father was rabbi, was shot up by a machine gun. Behind the gun: Chris Lord, a...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
Migrants coming from Texas to Seattle: How you can help with this humanitarian crisis right now!
Love the stranger...this is the most repeated mitzvah in the Torah. It is not an option for us Jews. We have been strangers in a strange...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Sep 17, 2022
- 8 min
Reporting Live from NAMI WA conference...Mental Health Matters at Kol Ami
A special thanks to Jesse Zook Mann for support and guidance in preparing this work. This afternoon I am offering a session on inclusive...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Jul 20, 2022
- 3 min
What is needed now. Come share in what we provide.
Things are stressful. People are worried. Mental health is pressed for many. Our democracy. Our place AS JEWS in this society. Our safety...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Jun 24, 2022
- 1 min
A special Shabbat message from Rabbi K in standstill traffic.
If you are having a hard time right now and need to shift your mood to Shabbat joy... something our tradition might suggest is giving...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- May 18, 2022
- 4 min
Lag B'Omer: Celebrating the Life of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai
What can we learn from Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai? The man we celebrate on this Jewish holiday of Lag B'Omer? Inspired by Talmud Shabbat...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- May 13, 2022
- 3 min
Shabbat Shalom: Shabbat of Solidarity
The United States is a Christian majority nation. As Jews, we know a thing or two about living as a religious minority, especially...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Mar 31, 2022
- 3 min
Community Seder is all about All Ages!
The entire Passover Hagaddah, the entire holy week of Passover, has one main goal- to pass to the next generation the story, this...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Feb 4, 2022
- 1 min
Be a DOUBLE MITZVAH hero! Act now.
An ask from Kol Ami Member Joan Zucker: There is an opportunity for a double Mitzvah, donate plasma (as opposed to whole blood) and then...
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Congregation Kol Ami
- Jan 28, 2022
- 6 min
Update Kol Ami's Afghan Refugee Resettlement Efforts
Shalom Kol Ami Friends, Kol Ami is currently involved in several efforts to resettle and welcome new American's who have come here under...
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