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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Feb 24, 20232 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Feb 17, 20234 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Feb 2, 20234 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Jan 20, 20233 min read
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“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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Jan 6, 20235 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Jan 2, 20233 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Dec 30, 20225 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Dec 15, 20223 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Nov 7, 20222 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Oct 27, 20225 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Oct 18, 20223 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Sep 17, 20228 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Jul 20, 20223 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Jun 24, 20221 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
May 18, 20224 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
May 13, 20223 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Mar 31, 20223 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Feb 4, 20221 min read
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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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Jan 28, 20226 min read
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Connecting with Rabbi Kinberg 30 minutes at a time
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...
Congregation Kol Ami
Jan 23, 20221 min read
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