KOL AMI | HIGH HOLY DAYS

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High Holidays at Kol Ami

On Eagles' Wings: 250 Years of Jewish Life in America

"I carried you on eagles' wings and brought you to Me."

Exodus 19:4

As America marks its 250th birthday, Kol Ami's High Holidays will explore the intersection of Jewish tradition and American ideals through the themes of freedom, justice, belonging, home, family, history, civil society, and hope.

Together, we will ask how our tradition calls us to help shape the next chapter of Jewish life in America.

In person & On Zoom

Reservation Required for Both

We hope you will join us in celebrating the Holidays with all of our different services!

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HH Schedule

High Holidays 5787

Service Schedule

Return. Reconnect. Begin Again—Together.

The High Holidays invite us to reflect, renew, and return—but we do not make that journey alone.

At Kol Ami, we gather across generations to sing, pray, learn, remember, celebrate, and strengthen our Jewish communal connections. Whether Kol Ami is already your spiritual home, you are returning after time away, or you are exploring Jewish community for the first time, there is a place for you here.

ROSH HASHANAH

SEPTEMBER 11TH - 12TH, 2026

Friday, September 11, 2026 | 5:30 - 6:15 PM

Erev Rosh Hashanah Family Service: Sing, Celebrate, Start Fresh!

For families with Children 12 and Under

Led by Rabbi Kinberg and accompanied by David Leviten on guitar

Welcome 5787 with music, stories, accessible prayers, and the sound of the shofar. This warm and interactive service helps children and adults explore gratitude, kindness, new beginnings, and the joy of celebrating together.

Friday September 11, 2026 | 7:30 - 9:00 PM

Erev Rosh Hashanah Evening

Featuring the Eastside Jewish Community Choir

Led by Rabbi Kinberg and Musical Director Susan Bardsley

Begin the Jewish New Year surrounded by voices raised together in prayer, hope, and song. Through beautiful choral music, reflection, and communal prayer, we will honor the year that has passed and open our hearts to the possibilities of 5787.

Saturday, September 12, 2026 | 7:00 - 8:00 AM

Rosh Hashanah Sunrise Meditation Walk & Mini Rosh-Hashanah Seder

Location: Juanita Beach Park

Led by Rabbi Kinberg

Greet the first morning of the New Year outdoors with movement, mindfulness, and community.

We will take a peaceful meditation walk, hear the shofar beneath the open sky, and gather for an all-natural mini Rosh Hashanah seder—eating our blessings for breakfast through symbolic foods that express our hopes for sweetness, courage, abundance, peace, and gratitude.

Saturday, September 12, 2026| 10:30 - 1:00 PM

Rosh Hashanah Morning Service

Featuring the Eastside Jewish Community Choir

Led by Rabbi Kinberg and Musical Director Susan Bardsley

Through prayer, Torah, music, reflection, and the sounding of the shofar, we will welcome the New Year as a community. Come as you are, bringing your questions, hopes, gratitude, and longing for connection.

Saturday, September 12, 2026 | 10:30 - 1:00

Youth Rosh Hashanah Experience

For children in grades K–5

Children will participate in a meaningful 40-minute Rosh Hashanah service followed by crafts, stories, songs, games, and hands-on activities that deepen their experience of the season. Young participants will explore gratitude, kindness, responsibility, friendship, and new beginnings while building their own connection to Jewish communal life.

Saturday, September 12, 2026 | 1:00 - 3:00 PM

Tashlich in the Park: Picnic, Shofar, & Community

Edith Moulton Park

Limited to 50 RSVPs - $25/per person

Following services, we will gather in a beautiful park with walking trails, a playground, open spaces, and a stream for Tashlich. Enjoy a fresh and delicious picnic lunch catered by On Safari Foods, spend time with friends old and new, and join us at the water for the Jewish ritual of symbolically releasing what we no longer wish to carry into the New Year. All ages are welcome. Bring a blanket and comfortable walking shoes.

Grilled chicken breast with lemon and rosemary seasoning (soy, gluten free, dairy free, nut free - served cold)

Wild & Brown Rice Pilaf Salad with apricots, raisins, lemon and fresh herbs (walnuts on the side, vegan, gluten free, dairy free, soy free)

Apples & Pomegranate Salad with fresh sliced apples, pomegranate seeds, shaved fennel, and mixed greens (vegan, gluten free, dairy free, nut free, soy free)

Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette (vegetarian, gluten free, dairy free, nut free, soy free)

Vegan Cookies (contains gluten & soy; risk of nuts; vegan & dairy free)

Challah

VEGETARIAN SUBSTITUTION AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST

Substitute for chicken is TOFU SOSATIES - 2 pieces of tofu marinated in apricot curry, skewered with onions and apricots (vegan, gluten-free, dairy free, nut free, contains soy & alcohol - served cold

YOM KIPPUR

SEPTEMBER 20TH - 21SST, 2026

Sunday, September 20, 2026 | 5:30 - 6:15 PM

Kol Nidre Family Service

For families with Children 12 and Under

Led by Rabbi Kinberg and accompanied by David Leviten on guitar

Enter Yom Kippur together through music, prayer, story, and gentle reflection. Children and adults will explore forgiveness, compassion, responsibility, and the Jewish practice of making things right.

Sunday, September 20, 2026| 7:30 - 9:00 PM

Kol Nidre Service

Featuring the Eastside Jewish Community Choir

Led by Rabbi Kinberg and Musical Director Susan Bardsley

As the ancient melody of Kol Nidre fills the sanctuary, we gather to acknowledge our imperfections, seek forgiveness, and recommit ourselves to greater compassion and responsibility.

Through soul-stirring music, prayer, and silence, we support one another in the sacred work of return.

Monday, September 21, 2026

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM: Yom Kippur Morning Service

Featuring the Eastside Jewish Community Choir

Led by Rabbi Kinberg and Musical Director Susan Bardsley

Through prayer, Torah, music, and reflection, we will examine our choices, tend to our relationships, and consider the kind of community we hope to create together. Whether you arrive with certainty, doubt, grief, gratitude, or a searching heart, you are welcome.

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM: Youth Yom Kippur Experience

For children in grades K–5

Children will participate in a meaningful 40-minute service followed by stories, crafts, games, and reflective activities. The program will help young people explore forgiveness, responsibility, kindness, and the ways each of us can help create a caring Jewish community.

1:00 - 3:00 PM: Yom Kippur Study Sessions: Learn. Reflect. Deepen.

Engage in meaningful Jewish learning and conversation about teshuvah, forgiveness, justice, compassion, responsibility, and renewal. Jewish learning becomes richer when many voices are welcomed into the conversation.

3:30 - 5:00 PM: Mincha for Our Planet: Jonah Reading & Eco-Prayers

The Book of Jonah is a story of responsibility, resistance, transformation, and second chances. This special Mincha service will weave traditional prayer and the reading of Jonah with contemporary eco-prayers and reflections on our shared responsibility for the Earth.

5:00 - 5:45 PM: Yizkor Memorial Service: Remembering with Love and Light

Through prayer, music, silence, reflection, and our memorial slideshow, we will honor loved ones whose lives continue to shape our own. In community, memory becomes a source of connection, and no one carries loss alone.

6:00 - 7:00 PM: Ne'ilah & Havdalah Service

As Yom Kippur draws to a close, we gather for the powerful final prayers of Ne’ilah. With rising melodies, the final sounding of the shofar, and the light of Havdalah, we move from sacred reflection toward renewed action, carrying the commitments of the day into our homes, relationships, and community.

7:00 - 8:30 PM: Break Fast! - $10/per person

Conclude Yom Kippur around the table with a delicious communal meal. Reconnect with friends, welcome newcomers, and celebrate the beginning of the New Year together.

Reservations required on the form $10 per person - Limited to 50 guests

SUKKOT

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH, 2026

Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 12:00 PM (NOON)

Sukkot: Pizza in the Hut!

In the Sukkah!

Celebrate Sukkot with food, music, gratitude, and community. We will gather beneath the sukkah for everyone’s favorite tradition—Pizza in the Hut—followed by a joyful Shabbat service filled with song and spirit. Bring your family, invite your friends, and celebrate the blessings of hospitality, belonging, and shared joy.

SIMCHAT TORAH

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2026

MORNING

Sunday, October 4, 2026 | 10:30 AM

Simchat Torah Celebration

Celebrate the Torah and the joy of Jewish life with music, dancing, learning, and community.

Together, we will complete the final verses of Deuteronomy and immediately begin again with the opening words of Genesis—a reminder that Jewish learning never ends. The morning will include an accessible service, Torah reading, singing, dancing, hakafot, and special activities for children. Hold a Torah, carry a flag, add your voice, and help us begin the Jewish story again—together.

All ages are welcome.

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