Fri, Dec 1, 11:30 am

Do you have questions about Medicare? What option should I choose? Vikki Spritz, a Medicare specialist from the Pima Council on Aging, will help you make a decision that fits your needs. Open to members and friends. Bring your lunch. Dessert and drinks provided.

Fri, Dec 1, 6:30 pm

Healing happens when we lean into the warmth and strength of community. May we take comfort in our shared Jewish values and identity and find empowerment through the support of the collective. -Tucson J

After services, join us for an Israeli-themed oneg!

Sat, Dec 2, 5 pm

Please join us on Saturday, December 2nd at 5 pm at the Tucson Hebrew Academy for seudah shlishit (the third meal on shabbat), havdalah, and an evening of learning for all ages.

Sun, Dec 3, 9 am-1 pm

The WKA Judaica Shop is once again hosting the event! Everything you need for Chanukah will be for sale, as well as high-quality art items created by many local Jewish artisans. And the Men of Kol Ami will be selling their famous latkes!

Sun, Dec 3, 1 pm

Learn about your local Jewish Ancestry!

Tues, Dec 5, 6 pm In person and Zoom

American history is filled with transformative ideas, beautiful pieces of writing, and passionate voices from all perspectives. Combining the Jewish habits of parshanut with the rich treasury of American texts will inspire us and reteach us how to discover narratives that unify us as a community of Americans.

This is about building a culture of healthy citizenship, and the texts are there to challenge us spiritually and draw us together as a community. This is not partisan, political, policy-based, or even moral. It’s about how American narratives touch our souls. As such, this is not about being experts in anything other than yourself and your feelings about America.

Thur, Dec 7, 5:30 pm

Gather with us at the Millstone Family Menorah for songs, blessings, and a menorah lighting, Dec 7-14 (No lighting will occur on Sun, Dec 10; instead, join us at the Tucson Jewish Museum at 4pm for a community lighting.

Come as you are, and bring a friend or two!

Fri, Dec 8, 5:15 pm

Grab your pajamas and join us for Chanukah. You and your entire family are invited for a special Shabbat dinner with latkes made by MoKA. Everyone is invited to wear their best pajamas for the Chanukah Shabbat evening service following dinner.

Sat, Dec 9, 3:30 pm

Join us for our 3.8-mile loop up Phoneline trail. The time of year is fantastic, and the company is effusive! Register for the map.

Sun, Dec 10, 9:30 am in the Simon Rosenblatt Board Room

Join MoKA for their monthly meeting. In person or Zoom

Sun, Dec 10, 4pm at Tucson Jewish Museum

Enjoy live Klezmer music, decorate suffganiyot, create holiday crafts, and light Hanukkah candles in community!

You’ll also have the opportunity to tour a locally-funded Magen David Adom ambulance before it heads to Israel.

The event is free, but RSVP is required.

Wed, Dec 13, 5:30 pm

Join with WKA as we celebrate holiday traditions from around the world. Come share your favorite Chanukah memory, hear stories of celebrations from different countries, and enjoy delicious food and joyful songs.

Fri, Dec 15, 5:30 pm

Meet Unorthodox podcast host Stephanie Butnick as she joins Rabbi Malcolm Cohen to learn about the objects that enrich our Jewish lives. Bring your own Shabbat candlesticks, menorahs or mezuzahs or any Jewish item you would like. This event is free and sponsored by the Rabbi Albert T. Bilgray Memorial Lectureship.

A light nosh will be served during the event. Please register to make sure there is enough nosh for everyone.

Fri, Dec 15, 6:30 am

Join the Clergy at Kol Ami for Shabbat services, which will feature Liel Leibovitz and Stephanie Butnick, co-hosts of the Unorthodox podcast, in conversation using the Newish Jewish Encyclopedia: From Abraham to Zabar’s and Everything In Between, which they co-authored with Mark Oppenheimer. This event is free and sponsored by the Rabbi Albert T. Bilgray Memorial Lectureship.

If staying for the oneg please register below.

Sat, Dec 16, 10 am

As part of Shabbat services, author Liel Leibovitz shares his witty and wide-ranging exploration of the Talmud, a book that has perplexed and delighted people for centuries, as he shares his new book How the Talmud Can Change Your Life. Full of folk legends, bawdy tales, and rabbinical back-and-forth over centuries, it is inspiring, demanding, confounding, and thousands of pages long.

If you are staying for the oneg, please RSVP.

Sat, Dec 16, after Shabbat Services

Please join us for a kiddush lunch, which will feature your choice of a lunch and learn:

Join Stephanie Butnick for a discussion about finding Judaism through children’s eyes based on her experience of becoming a mother.

OR

Join Liel Leibovitz for a discussion about Leonard Cohen, based on Liel's book A Broken Hallelujah: Rock and Roll, Redemption, and the Life of Leonard Cohen.

RSVP is required for this event.

Tue, Dec 19, 11 am

Join us as we support one another during loss. A light nosh will be provided; please RSVP.

Tues, Dec 19, 5:30 pm

Everyone is welcome to join by Zoom.

If you have any questions or suggestions for the meeting, please send them to Dana Adler at president@katucson.org.

Mon, Dec 25,

Wed, Dec 27, 5:30 pm, Trident Grill II - 2910 N Swan Rd

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

Sat, Dec 30, after Shabbat services

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