The February 12 Kabbalat Shabbat service will be special and led by Herb Cooper-Levy. Unfortunately Caron Dale can not make it as she is snow bound and we look forward to her coming to us this spring (date to be determined).   The service will be held in the Activity Room (Please double check the Directory Listing when you come inside for last minute changes).

Second, while in the secular USA we live in, it will be almost Erev Valentine's Day, the service will introduce Kol Ami to the Jewish Valentine's Day, Tu B'Av. While Tu b'Av doesn't actually fall until the evening of July 25, 2010 this year, we will approach Love as a joyful spiritual experience.

Kol Amites should dress in white for this Kabbalat Shabbat service.  We're inviting any Kol Amite to share 1-2 lines about what Love means to them. We'll include all submissions (by email in advance to Herb) in the service.

 Oh, and of course, there'll be chocolate!

Service led by Jane Schulman and Carolyn Gray.  We shift the Torah portion this week for an adult preparation for Purim.  We discuss the events, themes and historical implications of the Book of Esther.  We may puzzle over the traditional celebration handed down through the years.

The service will be held in the Activity Room.  Please double check the Directory Listing when you come inside for last minute changes.

A one-hour tisch discussion after services (about 1:00-2:00) led by Richard Ruth -- The service will be held in the Activity Room (Please double check the Directory Listing when you come inside for last minute changes).

Rabbi Mordechai Kaplan, the founder of Reconstructionist Judaism, taught that there are a lot of good ways to be a good Jew.  Prayer is one of these.  But how do you get started – particularly if traditional Jewish prayers feel alien or alienating?

In this facilitated discussion, we’ll look together at what prayers (traditional and modern) have meant to us; ideas from the Jewish tradition about what prayer can and cannot do; how to respond when a bat kol (an inner voice) seems to be calling you to prayer, and you’re not sure how to respond; and ways to begin making prayers a meaningful and manageable part of daily life.

Whether prayer feels familiar or unfamiliar to you, comfortable or uncomfortable, known or mysterious – come join us for a Shabbat afternoon nosh and discussion.  No prior knowledge of Hebrew, Jewish prayer practice, or particular belief about prayers and praying is required – just curiosity and openness to seeing what might happen.

Weekly Jewish Children's Education Program. 

Cancelled.

Purim Party (4:00 – 7:00 p.m.) 

Hosted by Rabbi Gilah Langer & Hope Warshaw

On Saturday, March 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),   The service will be held in the Activity Room (Please double check the Directory Listing when you come inside for last minute changes).

The Kol Ami Book Club will meet on Sunday, March 7th to discuss Hunting Eichmann by Neal Bascomb.  We will meet at La Casa Restaurant in the Foxchase Shopping Center in Alexandria.  The address is 4551 Duke Street.  We will meet from 12:30 - 2:00 p.m.

All members are welcome.  If you have an interest in this book, please join us.

Weekly Jewish Children's Education Program. 

The Arlington Food Bank has served record numbers of people and their inventory is running low.  If you would like to donate chometz (or any food) please bring a bag of food to services.

Join the Kol Amites in a rousing musical Shabbat service. We will sing familiar and new tunes with heart, remembering the example of the active participation of the community building the Tabernacle in the desert in this week's parsha, Vayakhel. Wear some crimson, purple or blue (the colors of the yarns and weavings used and let the spirit move you to sing out from the heart. All movers and shakers (you percussion players know who you are) welcome !!!

Led by Jim North, Don Kraus and Leslie Lesner in the Fellowship Hall.  The service will be held in the Fellowship Hall.(Please double check the Directory Listing when you come inside for last minute changes).

Weekly Jewish Children's Education Program.