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...

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...

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...

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...

“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...

2023 SEATTLE MLK COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS and MARCH Show your solidarity. Young and Old alike. Help make the Jewish community visible at this...

When Joseph reveals his hidden identity to his brothers in this week's parashah Vayigash, he does so with emotion. He reveals himself in...

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...

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...

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...

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...

A special thanks to Jesse Zook Mann for support and guidance in preparing this work. This afternoon I am offering a session on inclusive...

Things are stressful. People are worried. Mental health is pressed for many. Our democracy. Our place AS JEWS in this society. Our safety...

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...

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...

The United States is a Christian majority nation. As Jews, we know a thing or two about living as a religious minority, especially...

The entire Passover Hagaddah, the entire holy week of Passover, has one main goal- to pass to the next generation the story, this...

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...

Shalom Kol Ami Friends, Kol Ami is currently involved in several efforts to resettle and welcome new American's who have come here under...

Shalom! A few weeks ago I invited our Kol Ami members and friends to use my new calendar site to make appointments with me to check in...