Events
Join Rabbi Leila Gal Berner as we celebrate the Bar Mitzvah of JonRobert Johnson. This will be our congregation's fifth adult B'nei Mitzvah. All are welcome to join in JonRobert's Oneg/luncheon. There is no need to RSVP or to bring a dish. JonRobert's celebation was cancelled due to snow so help us rally to support his special day. Please contact Rabbi Leila if you have any questions.
Weekly Jewish Children's Education Program.
Kol Ami’s Singing Duo, Robin Cook and Marcel Infeld, will lead this service. The service will focus on singing traditional nigunim (Jewish melodies) and a few new ones.
Richard Ruth and Jim North will lead this Shabbat service at their home. RSVP to jimnorth@comcast.net for more information.
The Book Club will meet on January 24th at 12:30 p.m. at La Casa Restaurant, 4551 Duke Street, (703) 370-3600. La Casa is in the Foxchase Shopping Center. We will discuss Sarah’s Key.
Weekly Jewish Children's Education Program.
TuB'Shevat Service and Seder -- Celebration of the New Year for trees. Service will be led by Mark G., Ann Metlay, Herb Cooper-Levy.
Tu B'Shevat Seder: Mark your calendary for this specialKabbalat Shabbat service. We will celebrate the holiday of Tu B'Shevat as a part of the Kabbalat Shabbat service. Tu B'Shevat is the Jewish New Year for the Trees, the first budding of trees in Israel. In recent years, it has been observed as a Jewish Environmental Day. This year, in the wake of the Copenhagen Climate Conference, Tu B'Shevat takes on a more special significance.
This participatory service is marked "K" for kids. This will be a family service, designed to appeal to both Kol Ami Kids (Trademark pending) and adults. Kids who want to part of the service, as readers, should contact Ann Metlay.
In the spirit of the Yom Tov, we are asking that Kol Amites bring fruit and nut oriented food for the Oneg.
On Saturday, February 6, Rabbi Leila will lead a Community-Oriented Shabbat services which should be of interest to families with children from age 6 and older, and all our adults as well. It will be a slightly shorter service than our more fully adult-oriented services and will contain lots of singing, a Shabbat service and an interactive “intergenerational” look at the week’s parsha (Torah portion), Yitro, which explores models of leadership and contains (drum roll and trumpet blasts, please....!) THE TEN COMMANDMENTS! Come one, come all!
