January Bulletin

Welcome New Kol Ami Members in Dec 2023!

Wendy & Richard Feldman
Ellen Saltonstall

Resources and Ways to Help Israel CLICK HERE

Special Shabbat Services This Month:


Jan 5 at 5:30 pm - Join us Before Services for Shabbat Pizza Dinner. Dinner Registration

Jan 12 at 6:30 pm - Second Shabbat Service Honoring MLK.

Jan 13 at 10:00 am - Shabbat Morning Services, including B'nei Mitzvah for Kase & Ramona Strier Busbea.

Jan 26 at 6:30 pm - Shabbat Shira Service.

Jan 27 at 10:00 am - WKA Shabbat Service.

Upcoming January Events

  • New Year's Day

    Mon, Dec 1

    Office Closed

  • Shabbat Dinner

    Fri, Jan 5, 5:30

    Join us for our Shabbat Pizza Dinner before services. Registration is required.

    REGISTER

  • Chant Circle

    Sun, Jan 7, 9:00 am

    Experience the Magic of Hebrew Chant. . .

    Join in this ecumenically inspired, deeply settling, and enlivening journey from sound to silence, silence to sound using sacred phrases from the Torah.

    Together we weave our harmonies, opening doorways to expanded consciousness and pathways to healing.

    Join Ellen Solot for this contemplative experience.

    RSVP

  • SAJGS

    Sun, Jan 7, 1:00 pm

    Learn about your local Jewish Ancestry!

    RSVP

  • Shabbat Morning Services, including B'nei Mitzvah

    Sat, Jan 13, 10:00 am

    Shabbat Morning Services, including B'nei Mitzvah for Kase & Ramona Strier Busbea

  • MoKA Monthly Meeting

    Sun, Jan 14, 9:30 am
    in the Simon Rosenblatt Board Room

    Join MoKA for their monthly meeting. In person or Zoom

  • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

    Mon, Jan 15

    Office Closed.

  • Sacred Living Committee Meeting

    Tues, Jan 16, 5:30 pm, Zoom

    If you would like to join us, please email us HERE

  • MoKA Discussion Group

    Wed, Jan 17, 5:30 pm

    Join the Men of Kol Ami for their monthly discussion group. Please EMAIL US for more information.

  • Making Lunches for Our Houseless Community

    Sat, Jan 20, after Shabbat services

    Please meet us at the Kol Ami kitchen to make sack lunches for our houseless community.

    RSVP

  • Zionism: Israel Education with U of A Judaic Studies

    Sun, Jan 21, 10:00 am

    Join U of A Judaic Studies Professors and Kol Ami for our series of Israel education mini-courses:

    Prof. David Graizbord, Curson Professor of Judaic Studies and Director for The Arizona Center for Judaic Studies, will be presenting on Zionism and Israel.

    RSVP

  • Board of Trustees Meeting

    Tues, Jan 23, 5:30 pm

    Everyone is welcome to join by Zoom.

    If you have any questions or suggestions for the meeting, CLICK HERE to email them to Dana Adler.

    REGISTER

  • Tu B'Shevat Seder

    Wed, Jan 24, 6:30 pm

    We are pleased to announce that we have joined with the Weintraub Israel Center to bring a special guest, Alon Tal, to speak at the seder.

    Alon Tal, former Knesset member and Israeli environmental activist, will give us insight into the situation in Israel, both the broader story and how ecological issues impact conflict in the Middle East.

    The Q&A will be hosted by Kol Ami member, Sharon B. Megdal, Ph.D. Director, University of Arizona Water Resources Research Center.

    Please note that the seder will have ritual food, but there will not be a meal.

    RSVP

  • Rick Recht Concert

    Sunday, Jan 28, 11:00 am

    Join us for a very special concert with Rick Recht! This is a free event to everyone who registers.

    Rick Recht is one of the most influential and celebrated Jewish artists and leaders of our time. His innovations in Jewish music, media, and leadership training have had a profound impact on the fabric of Jewish life.

    Presented by Kol Ami, Debbie and Marc Sandroff, Ian Kalman Legacy Endowment Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation of Southern Arizona, and PJ Library.

    RSVP

  • WKA Shabbat

    Saturday, Jan 27, 10:00 am

    Join Women of Kol Ami for a special Shabbat service in the Rubin Family Sanctuary. Oneg will follow in the Sy Juster Auditorium.

  • MoKA Wet Wednesday

    Wed, Jan 31, 5:30 pm,
    Red Garter
    3143 E Speedway Blvd

    MoKA invites all men of Kol Ami to join them for good food, good drinks, and good times once a month!

Plan Ahead!

Plan Ahead!

Find all events months ahead!

Thank you to our Kol Ami Pillars

Chai

Anonymous

Simon Rosenblatt & Louise Greenfield

Architect

Steven Tofel

Marc & Carol Weiss

Builders

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Lenore Ballen & Howard Brown

Debra and William Berk

Stephen & Heather Caine

Ruth Dickstein

Lawrence & Diana Haas

David and Ashley Hazan

Susan Hazan

Gary & Tandy Kippur

Foster & Carol Kivel

Scott & Terri Krasner

Joy Miller-Frilot

Jeffrey Rein & Mridula Aggarwal

George & Wendy Reiter

Ruth Reiter

Hershel Rozenzweig

Seth & Amy Ruskin

Ken & Beverly Sandock

Stephen & Rachel Sattinger

Dianne Servos

Rica Spivack

Lee Surwit

Carey &Deborah Turner

John Velez & Sheila Peress Velez

James Whitehill & Jane Rodda

December Donations and Tributes

December Donations and Tributes

We appreciate everyone who donates to one of our funds last month. Each dollar helps keep Kol Ami providing services and events for our community. If you would like to donate or make a tribute in honor or in memory of someone, please click please click HERE.

General Fund

Kathy Cohen

Rochelle Roth

Joy Miller-Frilot

Kilian Metcalf

Sheldon Clare

Dana & Ira Adler, in memory of Ira's grandmother, Esther Adler

Jana & Victoria Cohen

Jack & Joan Cole

Simon Rosenblatt & Louise Greenfield, in memory of Lawrence Lauwasser

Audrey Brooks & Richard Lauwasser

Rabbi Cohen Discretionary Fund

Joan Weinberg, marking yahrzeit of Michael Weinberg

Andrew & Laurie Kassman

Ruvim & Anna Mil'man

Carin & Scott Turk

Oneg

Samantha & Steve Rose

Steven & Sara Zadorozny

Strauss ECE

Arianne & Michael Ramirez

Book of Remembrance

Moshe & Julie Ben-Yeoshua

Jack & Joan Cole

Religious School

Rina Abrams-Dunn

Jenny & Gino Ammirati

Dana & Adam Goldstein

Michael & Ana Liza Grandner

Sharon & Rina Liebeskind

Harry & Heather McGregor

Marla & Rubin Harris

Mitzvah Corp

JoAnne Naef

Peggy McConnell

Ruth Reiter

Daniel Matlick

Ruby & Harvey Buchsbaum

Melissa Levine & Lisa Byrnes

Lawrence & Judy Gutman

Mark & Lynda Hanna

Debra & Jim Jacobs

Peter Biava & Lynn Marcus-Biava

Michael & Marilyn Orenstein

Howard & Cheryl Toff

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Performing an act of tzedakah (giving) is a tradition commemorating a simcha, such as a birthday or an anniversary. A charitable donation to honor that special occasion is often made to one of our congregational funds.

Birthdays

Name and Date

Iris Boyan 1

Jay Goldberg 1

Charles Sumner 1

Virginia Mastick 1

David Tenen 1

Matt Meehan 1

Debra Colodner 2

Raisa Bograd Shifrin 2

Paul Carter 2

Erika Schnaps 2

Ilene Yalen 2

Charles Goldstein 2

Scott Decker 3

Jacob Gordon 3

Micah Mellan 3

Abigail Ruskin 3

Carter Mann 3

Armand Lopez-Hanshaw 3

Elias Cornejo 4

Joan Cole 4

Sharon Schramer 6

Kiersten Stein-Belkoff 6

Ramona Strier Busbea 6

Eileen Weizenbaum 6

Kase Strier Busbea 6

Carol Galper 6

Lauren Grossman 7

Ellen Solot 7

Blake Belen 7

Barry Fruchtman 7

Alex Caine 7

Robert Bernstein 7

Steven Liss 8

Raymond Taetle 8

Julie Buren 8

Laura Markowitz 8

Dana Adler 9

Sara Rosenberg 10

Michael Sobel 10

Stacy Zinman 10

Sophia Silverman 10

Mel Silverman 10

Matt Rosenberg 10

Dana Goldstein 11

Bela Rein 11

Marsha Julius 11

Oliver Menchik 12

Paul Trantow 12

Simon Ben-David 12

Rosi Vogel 12

Max Weintraub 12

Jason Pomerantz 12

Amy Charles 12

Michael Graham 12

Matt Siegel 12

Ellen Katz 13

Madeline Schierl 13

Daniel Elitzer 14

Melissa Hall 14

Melissa Oberman-Hall 14

Alex Rosenblum 14

Mara Sandroff 14

Victoria Capin 14

Hannah Turk 15

Gloria Golden 15

Rachael Goldwyn 15

Elda Garma 15

Keith Dveirin 16

Zandra Lindblad 16

Keith Dveirin 16

Lawrence Haas 16

Liz Shallenberger 16

Lee Surwit 16

Civia Chait Perez 16

Deborah Turner 17

Jean Lee 17

Mel Eisenberg 17

Josh Merriman 17

Emmett Stone 17

Shayna Adelstein 18

Elka Eisen 18

Tandy Kippur 18

Ezzie Bassera 18

Michael Miron 19

Jennifer Nappe 19

Jamie Kippur 19

Corey Schumer 19

Jeremy Lappitt 19

Jamie Yoder 19

Lee Golden 20

Anniversaries

Names and Date

Kim & Bruce Bayne 1

Jordan & Jean Nerenberg 5

Jennifer & Matthew Edgington 6

Jeffrey & Donna Goldberg 8

Fran & Tom Haggerty 8

Janice & Paul Lefkowitz 9

Jerrold & Shauna Cohen 12

Tony & Stacy Zinman 14

Andrea & Jason Fleisher 14

Jeffrey & Rachel Jacobson 17

James Wezelman & Denise Grusin 17

John & Nancy Robertson 23

Mario Iochpe & Davida Larson 25

Gerald & Deborah Weintraub 27

Jay & Elsa Goldberg 28

Keith Trantow 31

Martin Greene 31

Joanne Rainbow 31

Jessica Robinson 31

Oleg S 31

Eleanor Clough 31

Suzanne Stadheim 21

Rungkan Rabenou 21

Suzie Stadheim 21

Beth Viner 21

Jermaine Moore 21

Cyrus Adams Cohen 22

Nathan Rosenblatt 22

Lyn Henry 23

Evan Gilmore 23

Zoey Leipsic 23

Isaac Berkman 23

Theodore Warmbrand 24

Kim Bayne 24

Daniel Vogel 24

Carol Weiss 24

Sara Merriman 24

Susan Simon 24

Rebecca Rosenberg 24

Lisa Mandel 25

Robert Wardy 25

Susan Berger 25

Martin Levy 25

David Eisenberg 25

Robert Gevirtzman 26

Malka Moran 26

Jonah Mellan 26

Susan-Marie Flanigan 26

Mark Cohen 27

Carol Navarrette 27

Rita Pollak 27

Lisa Strauss 27

Rachel Rosenberg 27

Mark Hanna 27

Gabriel Gibbons 28

Libbie Wallace 28

Debra Berk 28

Eva Turner 29

Leslie Shire 29

Jeffrey Bickart 29

Sheldon Clare 29

Goldie Goldstein 30

Aaron Zeldin 30

Cary Belen 30

Jacob Wolf 30