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# Congregation Kol Ami

Voice of My People (Elkins Park, PA)

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## Pages

- [Home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/) - Congregation Kol Ami ("Voice of Our People") is a Jewish Reform temple in Elkins Park, PA. Welcome to our Jewish community in the greater Philadelphia area
- [About Membership](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/membership/about-membership/) - Our Own “Cheers” Congregation Kol Ami, an intimate and dynamic reform synagogue in Elkins Park, is like the “Cheers” of synagogues – a community where everyone knows your name. At Kol Ami your presence is felt and your absence is missed. What Draws People to Kol Ami? The warmth and accessibility to our clergy Our
- [Our Membership Dues Philosophy](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/membership/our-dues-philosophy/) - Our dues structure is purposely a little different than that of most synagogues. We believe that it is fair to base dues on income rather than age. Members choose from three dues levels (based on income) so that they pay what they can afford. An anonymous dues relief program is available to help members in need.
- [Membership](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/membership/) - Our Difference “Kol Ami has traveled hand in hand with our family through a journey filled with momentous occasions. From our marriage, when we first met Rabbi Holin, to Joshua’s religious education, Bar Mitzvah and confirmation and on through our twins Ava and Emma’s baby naming, nursery school and now Religious School. We cannot fully value our
- [Board of Trustees](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/about-us/board-of-trustees/) - Officers Co-Chairs Fran Surkinfsurkinco-chair@kolamielkinspark.org Joel Edelsteinjkecochair@kolamielkinspark.org Treasurer Marty Seidmantreasurer@kolamielkinspark.org Secretaries Alexa Solarasolar712@gmail.com Trustees Victor Friesen Justin Krik Rebecca Schwartzmusic@kolamielkinspark.org
- [Clergy](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/about-us/clergy/) - Click to learn more about each Clergy member. Send inquiries to admin@kolamielkinspark.org. Rabbi Nancy Ginsberg, Rabbi Rabbi Nancy Ginsberg has started her new role as our rabbi at Kol Ami. Read More I’m Nancy Ginsberg—a Rabbi, Cantor, chaplain, therapist, and adventurer with a passion for exploration, deep listening, and challenging norms. For 38 years, I’ve
- [High Holy Days](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/worship/high-holy-days/) - The High Holy Days are a highlight of our year. We begin with special classes that help members deepen their understanding of the Days of Awe. A unique tradition we have developed is the addition of our choir at our erev Rosh Hashanah and Kol Nidre services, along with the addition of a cello at
- [Education](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/education/) - Children in grades pre-K through 10th are welcome to attend Keneseth Israel Religious School. For the 2026-2027 school year, for members in good standing, the annual tuition will be completely subsidized by Congregation Kol Ami.
- [Special Events](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/special-events/) - Shiva Rituals and Practices Tuesday, January 20, 2026 11:30 to 1:30 Jewish tradition is rich and full of many rituals and practices. Each one has a backstory—the reason behind the action that guides what we do and why we do it. Understanding these, developed over thousands of years, helps us navigate often complex experiences
- [Calendar](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/calendar/) - CONTENTS
- [Donate](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/donate/) - Help ensure that Congregation Kol Ami continues to serve our Jewish community. Donations can be mailed to:Congregation Kol Ami, PO Box 6127, Elkins Park, PA 19027 Your generous donations have enabled us to: Pray from Mishkan T’filah, the new prayer book of the Reform Movement Fill the sanctuary with beautiful and comfortable new chairs Produce
- [Payments](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/payments/) - Payment AlternativesPay by Mail:Please send a check payable to “Congregation Kol Ami” to the address below and indicate the invoice number on the check memo line.Congregation Kol AmiPO Box 6127Elkins Park, PA 19027
- [Interfaith Community](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/our-community/interfaith-initiatives/) - Plain and simple, interfaith households and individual allies are welcome here, and we have put into place the structure to support their unique needs. Members of interfaith households are leaders on our Board, chair our committees and help shape our policy. We learn from each other new ways to embrace our Judaism, celebrate life cycle
- [Who We Are](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/about-us/who-we-are/) - Mission Statement Kol Ami is a Reform congregation committed to creating and maintaining an intimate and involved Jewish community where spiritual growth, tradition, ritual, education and learning provide meaning and comfort for each other, and where one's presence is valued and one's absence is felt. Our mission is to retain the core values of Kol
- [Inclusion](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/our-community/inclusion/) - Kol Ami קול עמי - The Voice of Our People, is reflected in how we approach Inclusion. How can we make sure that all people who desire may join us in the spirit of full community recognizing that we are all made in God's image? The mission of the Inclusion Committee is to evaluate, develop
- [Caring Congregants](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/our-community/caring-congregants/) - Caring Congregants reaches out to members in times of celebration, sympathy, life cycle events and transitions (births, birthdays, engagements, weddings, hospitalizations, death or extraordinary need) and develops activities to sustain this important outreach. The program provides a consistent means for members to recognize, respond, and provide companionship to one another during important times in each
- [Welcome](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/about-us/welcome/) - Welcome to Congregation Kol Ami. Our name, which means “Voice of My People,” speaks to our goal of truly being here for each other. We are a synagogue without walls, affiliated with the Union for Reform Judaism, the voice of creative Judaism that provides contemporary meaning to traditional Jewish values and teachings. Our worship experiences
- [-- Bridge to the Future](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/bridge-to-the-future/) - “Our congregation has been sustained and nurtured through the commitment of so many people who believe in one another, in the creative power of change, and in our pledge to ensure Jewish continuity through the examples of our lives and the education of our children–the next generation. This transition is Kol Ami’s opportunity to do
- [Fund Descriptions](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/donate/fund-descriptions/) - Should you wish to make a donation to any of the congregation's funds, please go to the Online Donation Form. Adult Education Fund - Enables us to provide lifelong educational programming on Jewish history and contemporary issues. Bar/Bat Mitzvah And Confirmation Fund - To enable us to provide appropriate gifts (books, kiddush cups, and Shabbat candlesticks) when
- [Get Involved](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/get-involved/) - Click to learn more about each opportunityCelebrating Tikun Olam Share Food Program Kol Ami is committed to making a difference in the community; and we build community and have fun working on this together. Food insecurity is a life-threatening reality for hundreds of thousands of people in and around Philadelphia. Share Food Program partners with
- [-- Auto Draft](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/auto-draft/)
- [Study at the Shul](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/study-at-the-shul-registration/) - Injustice for Some Means Injustice for All: A Study at the Shul Class on Poverty and Tzedakah Join Rabbi Leah Berkowitz for a set of conversations about what it means to pursue justice, and what it means to provide those around us with "whatever they are lacking." Three Tuesdays at 7:30 PM EST April 11, Circles
- [Submissions](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/submissions/)
- [Password Recovery](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/password-recovery/)
- [Login](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/login/)
- [HHD Virtual Event Schedule](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/hhd-virtual-event-schedule/) - Click to get links to live stream with YouTube (general public / closed captioning provided) Erev Rosh Hashana (Sunday, Sep 25th @ 8PM) Click here to link to live stream on YouTube (general public) Rosh Hashana Day (Monday, Sep 26th @ 10AM) Click here to link to livestream on YouTbe (general public) Erev Yom Kippur / Kol Nidre (Tuesday,
- [Thank you for your interest](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/contact-us/) - Please fill in the requested information below and we will contact you. We look forward to meeting you.
- [Online LAMED Registration](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/education/lamed/online-lamed-registration/) - Dear Parent, Please complete this online form to register your teen for the LAMED at Gratz program. You must be a parent of the student being registered to complete this form. Eligibility All applicants must be entering 11th grade of high school and have completed Confirmation studies or equivalent program at their home synagogue. Tuition
- [Religious School Registration](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/education/religious-school/online-registration-new-students/) - Dear Parent, Please complete this online form to register your child(ren) for Kol Ami Religious School. If you have more than one child to enroll, you can register them all at the same time using this online form. You must be a parent or legal guardian of the child(ren) being registered to complete this form.
- [Our Community](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/our-community/) - We are a small community by choice – a place where one’s presence matters and one’s absence is felt. Here, people know each other by name. Our size does not inhibit our vibrancy, but fortifies it, allowing for sustainable intimacy. Here, your child can expect a birthday call from the Rabbi each year, and you
- [How to Join Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/membership/how-to-join-kol-ami/) - Membership Inquiry Form Please fill in the requested information below and we will contact you. We look forward to meeting you. "*" indicates required fields Your Name* First Last Email* Preferred Phone Number*Address* Street Address Address Line 2 City State AlabamaAlaskaAmerican SamoaArizonaArkansasCaliforniaColoradoConnecticutDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaFloridaGeorgiaGuamHawaiiIdahoIllinoisIndianaIowaKansasKentuckyLouisianaMaineMarylandMassachusettsMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNew MexicoNew YorkNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaNorthern Mariana IslandsOhioOklahomaOregonPennsylvaniaPuerto RicoRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth
- [Worship](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/worship/) - Our Difference “May the door of this synagogue be wide enough to receive all who hunger for love, all who are lonely for friendship. May it welcome all who have cares to unburden, thanks to express, hopes to nurture. May the door of this synagogue be narrow enough to shut out pettiness and pride, envy and
- [About Us](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/about-us/)
- [Weekly Torah Portion](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/worship/weekly-torah-portion/)

## Events

- [Religious School (Bornstein not available; use Chapel)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-19-2024-02-11/)
- [Religious School (Bornstein not available; use Chapel)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-19-2024-02-04/)
- [Religious School (Bornstein not available; use Chapel)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-16-2023-11-12/)
- [Bar Mitzvah service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/bar-mitzvah-service/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-19/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-18/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-17/)
- [No Religious School - Passover](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-passover/)
- [No Religious School - Simchat Torah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-15-2023-10-08/)
- [No Religious School - Sukkot](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-15-2023-10-01/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-16/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-15/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-14/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-13/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-12/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-11/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-10/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-9/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-8/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-7/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-22/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-21/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-zoom-only-3/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-zoom-only-2/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-zoom-only/)
- [PRIDE Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/pride-kabbalat-shabbat-service-with-special-guest-speaker-dr-amy-milligan/)
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-6/) - Join us for this intimate and participatory lay-led Shabbat morning service and discussion followed by an oneg. Please contact us for the location.
- [Sukkot/Shabbat Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/sukkot-shabbat-service/) - More info to follow
- [Simchat Torah/Shabbat Participatory Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/sukkot-shabbat-participatory-service/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Erev Shabbat via Zoom](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-via-zoom/) - Please contact us for the Zoom link.
- [Simchat Torah/ Erev Shabbat in Person Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simchat-torah-erev-shabbat-in-person-service/) - More info to follow
- [Erev Sukkot/Shabbat Service In Person](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-sukkot-shabbat-service-in-person/) - More info to follow.
- [Yizkor & N'ilah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yizkor-nilah/) - St. John's Lutheran Church
- [Yom Kippur Afternoon Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yom-kippur-afternoon-service-2/) - St. John's Lutheran Church
- [Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yom-kippur-5/) - Join us for Yom Kippur services w/our cantorial soloist, Rebecca Schwartz and Rabbi Nancy Ginsberg. Services are held at St. John's Lutheran Church in Melrose Park. Tickets are available by contacting us @ admin@kolamielkinspark.org
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-5/) - Join us for this intimate and participatory lay-led Shabbat morning service and discussion followed by an oneg. Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-4/) - Join us for this intimate and participatory lay-led Shabbat morning service and discussion followed by an oneg. Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-3/) - Join us for this intimate and participatory lay-led Shabbat morning service and discussion followed by an oneg. Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2/) - Join us for this intimate and participatory lay-led Shabbat morning service and discussion followed by an oneg. Please contact us for the location.
- [Erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-rosh-hashanah-6/) - Join us for Erev Rosh Hashana services with our cantorial soloist, Rebecca Schwartz and Rabbi Nancy Ginsberg. Also marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11. High Holy Days services are at St. John's Lutheran Church in Melrose Park. Tickets for the High Holy Days are $118. Please contact us for more information.
- [Kol Nidre](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-nidre-4/) - Please join our cantorial soloist, Rebecca Schwartz, Rabbi Nancy Ginsberg, cellist Kathy Read from the Philadelphia Orchestra, and our choir for this beautiful Kol Nidre service. Tickets for the HHDs are $118 and are held at St. John's Lutheran Church in Melrose Park. Please contact us for more info.
- [Tashlich](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/tashlich-2/) - Details to be determined
- [Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/rosh-hashanah-3/) - Please join us for Rosh Hashana services with our cantorial soloist, Rebecca Schwartz, and Rabbi Nancy Ginsberg. Services take place at St. John's Lutheran Church in Melrose Park. Please contact us for more details.
- [Erev Shabbat Service via Zoom](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-via-zoom/) - Please contact us for the Zoom link.
- [Second Friday Erev Shabbat Service in Person](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-friday-erev-shabbat-service-in-person-4/) - Join us as we honor our August birthdays and anniversaries with our cantorial soloist, Rebecca Schwartz, and Rabbi Nancy Ginsberg. In person at Shaare Shamayim
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study - CANCELED!](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study/) - Lay led and in person. Please contact us for the location.
- [Erev Shabbat Zoom Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-zoom-service-8/) - Please contact us for the Zoom link.
- [Second Friday Erev Shabbat Service In Person](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-friday-erev-shabbat-service-in-person-3/) - Join us as we celebrate our monthly birthdays and anniversaries with our cantorial soloist, Rebecca Schwartz and welcome our new rabbi, Nancy Ginsberg.
- [Lunch 'n Learn "The Prophets"](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/lunch-n-learn-the-prophets/)
- [Erev Shabbat Zoom Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-zoom-service-7/) - Join us as we thank our interim rabbi, David Levin, for his services this past year, and wish him well. Please contact us for the Zoom link.
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-41/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Shavuot - Begins at Sundown](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shavuot-begins-at-sundown/)
- [Erev Shabbat Service in Person](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-on-zoom-3/) - Please join us as we introduce our rabbi candidate, Rabbi Michael Joseph. Rabbi Joseph will co-lead the service with our cantorial soloist, Rebecca Schwartz. After the service, please take the opportunity to chat with Rabbi Joseph. Click on the link below for more information. 7:30 pm at Shaare Shamayim Untitled-23.png
- [Annual Congregational Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/annual-congregational-meeting/) - St. John's Lutheran Church, Melrose Park This event is open to all dues-paying members.
- [Rebecca Performs at KI Erev Shabbat Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/rebecca-performs-at-ki-erev-shabbat-service/) - Join our KI friends and our cantorial soloist, Rebecca Schwartz, as she performs at KI's erev Shabbat service.
- [Second Friday Erev Shabbat Service in Person](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/special-music-erev-shabbat-w-leon-sher/) - Join Rebecca and Rabbi David for birthday and anniversary blessings. In person at Shaare Shamayim Following the service we will be treated to a special presentation by Reb Simcha Raphael on the Afterlife. EXPLORING JEWISH VIEWS OF THE AFTERLIFE: Contemporary Implications presented by Reb Simcha Raphael Does Judaism believe in the afterlife? Unequivocally, the
- [Jewelry Exchange Party](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/jewelry-exchange-party/) - JEWELRY-EXCHANGE PARTY Do you have any costume jewelry that is in fine condition but you no longer wear it? This jewelry-exchange party is the answer for you to get rid of that jewelry AND go home with some great new-to-you jewelry. Here’s how it works: Pay $25 to participate. Bring the costume jewelry you’re happy to part
- [Ethical Legacy Will Lunch 'n Learn](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/ethical-legacy-will-lunch-n-learn/) - Koi Ami Lunch 'n' Learn Series Tuesday, April 21 @ 11:00 am The Ethical Legacy Will What will they remember: The house you left behind or the warm home you created? Create a living document to share a message of love that will endure. A light lunch will be served. RSVP to the link below
- [Second Friday Erev Shabbat Service w/Cantor Leon Sher](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-friday-erev-shabbat-service-in-person/) - Join us for our annual service in song with Cantor Leon Sher and Rebecca Schwartz. Service begins at 6:30 followed by a kosher deli dinner. Then join us for a camp-style sing-a-long to finish the evening. Dinner is $25 for adults and $10 for children 12-17. Follow this link to register. https://kolamielkinspark.easyshul.com/events/69c4780701172100264bf6dd Included will be
- [Second Seder w/KI](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-seder-w-ki/) - Join us for our annual joint second night seder with our friends at KI. Passover seder 2026 flyer (1)
- [Erev Shabbat Service - Meet the Rabbi Candidate](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-meet-the-rabbi-candidate/)
- [Participatory Shabbat w/Rebecca](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-w-rebecca/) - Lay led Shabbat service and Torah study. Please contact us for the location.
- [Second Friday Pride Shabbat In Person](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-friday-pride-shabbat-in-person/) - Come celebrate Pride month with a special service w/Rebecca and Rabbi David Shaare Shamayim
- [Passover](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/passover/) - First seder. Passover begins at sundown.
- [A Grand Night For Giving](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/a-grand-night-for-giving/)
- [Shabbat Across America w/ Shaare Shamayim](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-across-america-w-shaare-shamayim/)
- [Jewish Journaling w/Janet](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/jewish-journaling-w-janet/) - MORE THAN JUST MATZAH: Making New Meaning of Passover If you’ve been attending seders for many years, you may have become immune to the amazing story AND the rich details of the holiday. In this workshop we’ll examine and write about the people and events that can enrich and expand the meaning of Passover. You might even
- [Hoagies and Hamentaschen Purim Event](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/hoagies-and-hamentaschen-purim-event/) - Join Rebecca in song and Rabbi David (Levin) in reading the Megillah as we boo Hamen and enjoy delicious hoagies and hamentaschen. BYOB This event will take place at St. John's Lutheran Church, 1224 Melrose Ave, Melrose Park
- [Second Friday Erev Shabbat Service w/TAG Talk by Robin Shane](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-friday-erev-shabbat-service-in-person-2/) - Please join us for anniversary and birthday blessings. After the service Robin Shane, MFA, Costume Designer, Historian, and Professor will speak on "How the Fashion Industry Impacts Our Planet and What You Can Do About It." via Zoom only. Please email us for the link.
- [Shiva Rituals and Practices Workshop](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shiva-rituals-and-practices-workshop/) - Jewish tradition is rich and full of many rituals and practices. Each one has a backstory—the reason behind the action that guides what we do and why we do it. Understanding these, developed over thousands of years, helps us navigate often complex experiences based on the wisdom of those who came before us. There are
- [Second Friday Erev Shabbat Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-friday-erev-shabbat-in-person-service-2/) - Zoom only. Please email us for the link.
- [Jewish Journaling Workshop](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/jewish-journaling-workshop/) - Jewish Journaling Workshop UP FROM THE ROOTS, OUT THROUGH THE BRANCHES: Journaling in advance of Tu Bishvat Tu Bishvat, the Jewish new year of the trees (celebrated this year on February 1-2) can be a meaningful and rich holiday. Trees played an important part in several pivotal Jewish stories and the Torah is referred to
- [Chanukkah Sing-a-long and Latke Contest](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/chanukkah-sing-a-long-and-latke-contest/) - This event is canceled due to the impending bad weather. Bring your favorite latkes to share and menorahs to light as we celebrate Chanukkah singing along with Rebecca. St. John's Lutheran Church
- [First Friday Erev Shabbat in Person Service and TAG Talk](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/first-friday-erev-shabbat-in-person-service/) - Honor Deember Birthdays and Anniversaries Join Rabbi David for the second in our series of TAG talks following the service as he explores Jewish wisdom through the work of Hanan Harchol. @ Shaare Shamayim
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-40/) - Contact us for the location.
- [Erev Shabbat Service Zoom](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-2/) - Please contact us for the Zoom link.
- [Rebecca Songs Chanukah Service @ KI](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/rebecca-songs-chanukah-service-ki/) - Let's join Rebecca and our friends at KI for a special Rebecca Songs erev Shabbat service at Keneseth Israel.
- [Erev Shabbat Zoom Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-zoom-service-5/) - Please contact us for the Zoom link.
- [TAG Talk "Communication Principles to Live By" with Cory Newman, PhD](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/tag-talk-communication-principles-to-live-by-with-cory-newman-phd/) - Join us following services for a TAG talk by Cory Newman, PhD., director of the Center for Cognitive Therapy, and Professor of Psychology (in Psychiatry) at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. A Kol Ami charter member Cory Newman will draw from his career-long experience as a clinical psychologist to review
- [Erev Shabbat Zoom Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-zoom-service-6/) - Please contact us for the Zoom link.
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-39/)
- [Erev Shabbat Service on Zoom](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-on-zoom-2/) - Please contact us for the Zoom link.
- [Purim](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-on-zoom/)
- [Tu B'Shevat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/tu-bshevat/)
- [Dinner/Havdalah and Listening Session](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/dinner-havdalah-and-listening-session/) - Let's begin to heal through sharing a meal, our thoughts, and a prayer. Event will be held at Shaare Shamayim. Dinner is $36 for all 18 and over. RSVP required.
- [Chanukkah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/chanukkah/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-38/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-37/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-33/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-32/)
- [Simchat Torah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simchat-torah/) - Sing and dance with the Torah! This event will be held at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Melrose Park.
- [Kol Nidre](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-nidre-3/)
- [Yom Kippur Morning Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yom-kippur-morning-service/)
- [Erev Shabbat Service Zoom](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom/) - Please contact us for the Zoom link.
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-36/)
- [Erev Shabbat Zoom Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-zoom-service-4/) - Please contact us for the Zoom link.
- [Second Friday Erev Shabbat In-Person Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-friday-erev-shabbat-in-person-service/) - Shaare Shamayim
- [Yom Kippur Afternoon Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yom-kippur-afternoon-service/)
- [Second Friday Erev Shabbat/Sukkot Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/6009/) - In Person @ Shaare Shamayim
- [Second Friday Erev Shabbat Service - Welcoming Rabbi David Levin](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-welcoming-rabbi-david-levin/)
- [Erev Shabbat Zoom Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-zoom-service-3/) - Please contact us for Zoom link.
- [Erev Shabbat Zoom Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-zoom-service-2/) - Link will be provided upon request.
- [Erev Shabbat Zoom Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-zoom-service/) - Please contact us for the Zoom link.
- [Kol Ami Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-ami-board-meeting/) - Members only are welcome to attend. Please contact us for more information.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-01/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-01-2025-11-08/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-08-2025-11-15/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-15-2025-11-22/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-22-2025-11-29/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-29-2025-12-06/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-06-2025-12-13/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-13-2025-12-20/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-20-2025-12-27/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-27-2026-01-03/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-03-2026-01-10/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-10-2026-01-17/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-17-2026-01-24/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-24-2026-01-31/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-31-2026-02-07/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-07-2026-02-14/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-14-2026-02-21/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-21-2026-02-28/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-28-2026-03-07/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-07-2026-03-14/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-14-2026-03-21/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-21-2026-03-28/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-28-2026-04-04/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-04-2026-04-11/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-11-2026-04-18/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-18-2026-04-25/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-25-2026-05-02/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-02-2026-05-09/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-09-2026-05-16/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-16-2026-05-23/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-23-2026-05-30/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-30-2026-06-06/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-06-2026-06-13/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-13-2026-06-20/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Participatory Shabbat Service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/participatory-shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2025-08-09-2025-08-16-2025-08-23-2025-08-30-2025-09-06-2025-09-13-2025-09-20-2025-09-27-2025-10-04-2025-10-11-2025-10-18-2025-10-25-2025-11-20-2026-06-27/) - Please contact us for the location.
- [Yizkor and N'ilah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yizkor-and-nilah/)
- [Rosh Hashanah Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/rosh-hashanah-service/)
- [Erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-rosh-hashanah-4/)
- [Participatory Shabbat morning service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2-2025-04-26/)
- [Participatory Shabbat morning service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2-2025-04-19/)
- [No Saturday morning service - Passover](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2-2025-04-12/)
- [Participatory Shabbat morning service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2-2025-04-05/)
- [Bat Mitzvah of Olivia Solomon at Old York Road Temple Beth Am](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/bat-mitzvah-of-olivia-solomon-at-old-york-road-temple-beth-am/)
- ["First Friday" erev Shabbat service with Adult Choir - Darchei Noam and Zoom](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir-darchei-noam-and-zoom/)
- [erev Shabbat service assisted by Lucy Kolar and d'var Torah by Ira Cooperman - Darchei Noam and Zoom](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-assisted-by-lucy-kolar-and-dvar-torah-by-ira-cooperman-darchei-noam-and-zoom/)
- [Whine! and Cheese Havdalah service at Reform Congregation Kenesth Israel](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/whine-and-cheese-havdalah-service-at-reform-congregation-kenesth-israel/)
- ["Second Friday" Dress-up Sing-Down erev Shabbat/Purim - Darchei Noam and Zoom](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-friday-dress-up-sing-down-erev-shabbat-purim-darchei-noam-and-zoom/)
- [erev Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-only-11/)
- [erev Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-only-10/)
- [erev Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-only-9/)
- [erev Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-only-8/)
- [erev Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-only-7/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-31/)
- [Interactive Shabbat morning service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2-2025-03-15/)
- [Interactive Shabbat morning service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2-2025-03-22/)
- [Interactive Shabbat morning service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2-2025-03-29/)
- [Interactive Shabbat morning service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2-2025-03-08/)
- [erev Shabbat service (Zoom only)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-only-6/)
- [erev Shabbat service (Zoom only)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-only-5/)
- [erev Shabbat service (Zoom only)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-only-4/)
- [First Friday erev Shabbat with Adult choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/first-friday-erev-shabbat-with-adult-choir/)
- [Interactive Shabbat Morning Service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home/)
- [Interactive Shabbat Morning Service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2025-01-25/)
- [Interactive Shabbat Morning Service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2025-01-11/)
- [Interactive Shabbat Morning Service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2025-01-18/)
- [Interactive Shabbat Morning Service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2025-02-15/)
- [Interactive Shabbat Morning Service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2025-02-22/)
- [Interactive Shabbat Morning Service at members home](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interactive-shabbat-morning-service-at-members-home-2025-03-01/)
- [erev Shabbat service - (Zoom only)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-15/)
- [erev Shabbat service - (Zoom only)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-14/)
- [erev Shabbat service (Zoom only)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-13/)
- ["Second Friday" erev Shabbat service with Adult choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-friday-erev-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-12/)
- ["First Friday" Harmonious Simcha erev Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir-2/)
- [Hanukkah/erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/hanukkah-erev-shabbat-service/)
- [Darchei Noam and Congregation Kol Ami Shabbat B'yachad with Junior Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/darchei-noam-and-congregation-kol-ami-shabbat-byachad-with-junior-choir/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-11/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-10/)
- [Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-3/)
- [erev Shabbat service (Zoom only)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-only-3/)
- [Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-2/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-9/)
- [erev Shabbat service followed by TAG Talk "Why Jews Love Justice"](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-followed-by-tag-talk-why-jews-love-justice/)
- ["First Friday" erev Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir/)
- [First Anniversary of October 7th attack with DN (Zoom only)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/first-anniversary-of-october-7th-attack-with-dn-zoom-only/)
- [Simchat Torah B'yachard and Sundae Bar](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simchat-torah-byachard-and-sundae-bard/)
- [New Beginnings service - Shabbat B'yachad, October 7th Commemoration](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/new-beginnings-service-shabbat-byachad-october-7th-commemoration/)
- [Simchat Torah erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simchat-torah-erev-shabbat-service/)
- [Ladies Night Sushi in the Sukkah B'yachad](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/ladies-night-sushi-in-the-sukkah-byachad/)
- [Sukkot/Yizkor/Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/sukkot-yizkor-shabbat-service/)
- [Sukkot B'yachad - "Pizza in the Hut"](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/sukkot-byachad-pizza-in-the-hut/)
- [N'ilah Service at Gratz College](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/nilah-service-at-gratz-college/)
- [Yizkor Service at Gratz College](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yizkor-service-at-gratz-college/)
- [Afternoon Service at Gratz College](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/afternoon-service-at-gratz-college/)
- [Healing Service at Gratz College](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/healing-service-at-gratz-college/)
- [Kol Nidrei with cellist Kathy Read and Adult Choir at Gratz College](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-nidrei-with-cellist-kathy-read-and-adult-choir-at-gratz-college/)
- ["First Friday" erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-3/)
- [Tashlich B'yachad](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/tashlich-byachad/)
- [Rosh Hashanah with Adult Choir at Gratz College](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/rosh-hashanah-with-adult-choir-at-gratz-college/)
- [erev Rosh Hashanah with Adult Choir at Gratz College](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-rosh-hashanah-with-adult-choir-at-gratz-college/)
- [Selichot - Havdalah followed by service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/selichot-havdalah-followed-by-service/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-8/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-zoom-only-5/)
- [erev Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-only-2/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-7/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-zoom-only-4/)
- ["First Friday" erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/first-friday-erev-shabbat-service/)
- [Second Friday erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-4/)
- [erev Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-2/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-6/)
- [erev Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-zoom-only/)
- [Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-zoom-only-4/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-5/)
- [Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-zoom-only-3/)
- [Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-zoom-only-2/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-3/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2/)
- [Shabbat service - Zoom only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-zoom-only/)
- [Second Friday erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-friday-erev-shabbat-service/)
- [Kol Am  Art Show with Natalie Dyen and Carol Wit](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-am-art-show-with-natalie-dyen-and-carol-wit/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2-2024-06-28/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2-2024-06-21/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2-2024-06-14/)
- [Bat Mitzvah service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-05-25/)
- ["TAG Talk" Kabbalat Shabbat service with Cheryl Rice](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-05-17/)
- [Healing Service - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/healing-service-zoom-only-3/)
- [Rebecca Songs service with Adult and Student Choir "Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-05-03/)
- [Evening Honoring Rebecca Schwartz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/evening-honoring-rebecca-schwartz/) - We look forward to celebrating Rebecca on May 9th! Please click HERE to RSVP Please click HERE to view details about the evening as well as Sponsorship and Program Book opportunities Please click HERE to discover how you can add memories to a Tribute Book keepsake gift for Rebecca
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-02-16/)
- [Religious School Kabbalat Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-02-09/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue (Zoom only)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-01-13/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-01-12/)
- [Haftarah Chanting Program with Cantorial Soloist, Rebecca Schwartz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/haftarah-chanting-program-with-cantorial-soloist-rebecca-schwartz-2024-02-21/)
- [Haftarah Chanting Program with Cantorial Soloist, Rebecca Schwartz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/haftarah-chanting-program-with-cantorial-soloist-rebecca-schwartz-2024-02-14/)
- [Haftarah Chanting Program with Cantorial Soloist, Rebecca Schwartz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/haftarah-chanting-program-with-cantorial-soloist-rebecca-schwartz-2024-02-07/)
- [Create at Kol Ami with Rabbi Berkowitz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/create-at-kol-ami-with-rabbi-berkowitz/)
- [Tu B'Shvat Community Seder](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/tu-bshvat-community-seder/)
- [Cheryl Turetsky Art Exhibit](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/cheryl-turetsky-art-exhibit/)
- [Coffee, Cake and Conversation with Co-Presidents](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/coffee-cake-and-conversation-with-co-presidents/)
- [Chai Tea with Rabbi Berkowitz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/chai-tea-with-rabbi-berkowitz-3/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat Hanukkah service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-12-08/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-04-05/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-04-12/)
- [Kol A'Minis Sukkot Celebration](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-aminis-sukkot-celebration/) - Featuring author Rabbi Berkowitz. Ideal for children ages 0-5 with a caregiver. Music, stories, and crafts,
- [Jewish Wisdom, Environmental Justice](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/jewish-wisdom-environmental-justice-4/)
- [Jewish Wisdom, Environmental Justice](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/jewish-wisdom-environmental-justice-3/)
- [Jewish Wisdom, Environmental Justice](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/jewish-wisdom-environmental-justice-2/)
- [Jewish Wisdom, Environmental Justice](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/jewish-wisdom-environmental-justice/)
- [Writing the Sacred Story: Classical and Creative Midrash](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/writing-the-sacred-story-classical-and-creative-midrash/)
- [Writing the Sacred Story: Classical and Creative Midrash](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/writing-the-sacred-story-classical-and-creative-midrash-4/)
- [Writing the Sacred Story: Classical and Creative Midrash](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/writing-the-sacred-story-classical-and-creative-midrash-3/)
- [Writing the Sacred Story: Classical and Creative Midrash](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/writing-the-sacred-story-classical-and-creative-midrash-2/)
- [Create at Kol Ami! Making Art as a Spiritual Prace](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/create-at-kol-ami-making-art-as-a-spiritual-prace/)
- [Chai Tea in the Sukkah with Rabbi Berkowitz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/chai-tea-in-the-sukkah-with-rabbi-berkowitz/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-11-03/)
- [Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-nidrei-2/)
- [Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yom-kippur-3/)
- [Shabbat Sukkot service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/sukkot/)
- [Shabbat Sukkot service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-4/)
- [Tashlich - Storytime and service followed by BYO picnic at Wall Park](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/tashlich-followed-by-byo-picnic-at-wall-park/)
- [Selichot](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/selichot/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-21/)
- [Purimsphiel](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/purimsphiel/)
- [Healing Service - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/healing-service-zoom-only-2/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-5/)
- [Simchat Torah Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simchat-torah-shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat - Simchat Torah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-kabbalat-shabbat-simchat-torah/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-at-wall-park/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-22/)
- [Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/rosh-hashanah-2/)
- [erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-rosh-hashanah-3/)
- ["Simcha" Second Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service - Board Installation](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-second-friday-kabbalat-shabbat-service-board-installation/)
- [Passover-Yizkor Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-04-27/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2023-11-25/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2023-12-30/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2023-12-23/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2023-10-28/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2023-11-04/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2023-11-11/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2023-11-18/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2023-12-02/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2023-12-16/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-01-06/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-01-20/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-01-27/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-02-03/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-02-10/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-02-17/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-02-24/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-03-02/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-03-09/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-03-16/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-03-23/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-03-30/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-04-06/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-04-13/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-04-20/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-05-04/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-05-11/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-3-2024-05-18/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-06-07/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-04-19/)
- [Religious School Kabbalat Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-03-08/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-03-01/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-02-02/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-01-05/)
- [B'Not Mitzvah service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/bat-mitzvah-service-2/)
- [Brit Mitzvah service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/bat-mitzvah-service/)
- ['Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service with Cantor Leon Sher and Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-12-01/)
- [Religious School Kabbalat Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-11-10/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-10-13/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-10-20/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-10-27/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-11-17/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-11-24/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-12-15/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-12-22/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2023-12-29/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-01-19/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-01-26/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-02-23/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-03-15/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-03-22/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-03-29/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-04-26/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-05-10/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-05-24/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2024-05-31/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-26-2024-05-01/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-26-2024-05-08/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-26-2024-05-15/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-25-2024-04-03/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-25-2024-04-10/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-25-2024-04-17/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-01-03/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-01-10/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-01-17/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-01-24/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-01-31/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-02-07/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-02-14/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-02-21/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-02-28/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-03-06/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-03-13/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-24-2024-03-20/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-23-2023-11-29/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-23-2023-12-06/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-23-2023-12-13/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-23-2023-12-20/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-22-2023-09-13/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-22-2023-09-20/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-22-2023-09-27/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-22-2023-10-04/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-22-2023-10-11/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-22-2023-10-18/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-22-2023-10-25/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-22-2023-11-01/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-22-2023-11-08/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-22-2023-11-15/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-21-2024-04-07/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-21-2024-04-14/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-21-2024-04-21/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-21-2024-04-28/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-21-2024-05-05/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-20-2024-02-25/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-20-2024-03-03/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-20-2024-03-10/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-20-2024-03-17/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-19-2024-01-21/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-19-2024-01-28/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-17-2023-12-03/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-17-2023-12-10/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-17-2023-12-17/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-16-2023-11-05/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-16-2023-11-19/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-15-2023-10-15/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-15-2023-10-22/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-15-2023-10-29/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service at Wall Park](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-at-wall-park-2023-07-14/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service at Wall Park](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-at-wall-park-2023-07-21/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service at Wall Park](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-at-wall-park-2023-07-28/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service at Wall Park](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-at-wall-park-2023-08-04/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service at Wall Park](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-at-wall-park-2023-08-11/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service at Wall Park](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-at-wall-park-2023-08-18/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service at Wall Park](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-at-wall-park-2023-08-25/)
- [Membership Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/membership-committee-7/)
- [Worship Enhancement Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/worship-enhancement-committee-2/)
- [Congregation Annual Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/congregation-annual-meeting/)
- [LOCA with guest speaker Janet Benton](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/loca-with-guest-speaker-janet-benton/)
- [Social Action Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/social-action-committee-4/)
- [Interfaith Relationship Dialogue (IRD) Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interfaith-relationship-dialogue-ird-committee/)
- [Religious School Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-committee-7/)
- [Chai Tea with Rabbi Berkowitz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/chai-tea-with-rabbi-berkowitz-2/)
- [Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/weitzman-national-museum-of-american-jewish-history/)
- [Rosenbach Historic House and Rare Book Museum](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/rosenbach-historic-house-and-rare-book-museum/)
- [Caring Congregants Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/caring-congregants-committee-2/)
- [The Knitting Group](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/the-knitting-group-3/)
- [SHARE Food Program](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/share-food-program/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-20/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-6/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-19/)
- [Shavuot Confirmation service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shavuot-confirmation-service/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-kabbalat-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir-3/)
- [Shabbat Morning service - Bat Mitzvah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-morning-service-bat-mitzvah-2/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service "TAG" Talk with Natalie Dyen](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-18/)
- [Bar Mitzvah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/bar-mitzvah/)
- [Interfaith Relationship Dialogue (IRD) "Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interfaith-relationship-dialogue-ird-simcha-first-friday-kabbalat-shabbat-service/)
- [Shabbat Morning service - Bat Mitzvah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-morning-service-bat-mitzvah/)
- [Shavuot-Yizkor Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shavuot-yizkor-shabbat-service-and-torah-study/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-20/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-19/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-17/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service "TAG" Talk with Alan Gershenson](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-tag-talk-with-alan-gershenson/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-16/)
- [Shabbat Morning service - Bar Mitzvah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-morning-service-bar-mitzvah/)
- [Community Mitzvah Day](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/mitzvah-day/) - Join Congregation Kol Ami on our Community Mitzvah Day on Sunday, April 23rd to celebrate Israel’s 75th year. Our congregation has chosen to focus on these 3 projects to support. Please sign-up using the links provided below. High School Park Clean-Up from 10A- 12P, Elkins Park Food Drive and Sorting at Reform Congregation Keneseth
- [Martini Havdalah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/martini-havdalah/)
- [Earth Day Shabbat service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-4-2023-04-22/)
- [The Knitting Group](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/the-knitting-group-2/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-14-2023-04-12/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-14-2023-04-19/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-14-2023-04-26/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-14-2023-05-03/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-14-2023-05-10/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-14-2023-05-17/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-35/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-34/)
- [Study at the Shul with Rabbi Berkowitz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/study-at-the-shul-with-rabbi-berkowitz-3/)
- [Study at the Shul with Rabbi Berkowitz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/study-at-the-shul-with-rabbi-berkowitz-2/)
- [Study at the Shul with Rabbi Berkowitz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/study-at-the-shul-with-rabbi-berkowitz/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-13-2023-04-16/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-13-2023-04-23/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-13-2023-04-30/)
- [The Knitting Group](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/the-knitting-group/)
- [Finance Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/finance-committee/)
- [Chai Tea with Rabbi Berkowitz](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/chai-tea-with-rabbi-berkowitz/)
- [Religious School Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-committee-5/)
- [LOCA Event](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/loca-event/)
- [Purim Sphiel](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/purim-sphiel/)
- [Shomrei Adamah Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shomrei-adamah-committee/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-18/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-2023-04-02/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-2023-04-09/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-5/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-12-2023-03-05/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-12-2023-03-12/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-11-2023-03-01/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-11-2023-03-08/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-11-2023-03-15/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-11-2023-03-22/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-11-2023-03-29/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-11-2023-04-05/)
- [Worship Enhancement Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/worship-enhancement-committee/)
- [Social Action Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/social-action-committee-3/)
- [Religious School Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-committee-6/)
- [Membership Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/membership-committee-5/)
- [Membership Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/membership-committee-4/)
- [Interfaith Relationship Dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interfaith-relationship-dialogue-2/)
- [Passover Second Seder](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/passover-second-seder/) - Join Kol Ami and Keneseth Israel for a special seder dinner at Keneseth Israel in Elkins Park
- [Shabbat service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-4-2023-04-15/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah Study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-4-2023-04-29/)
- [Passover-Yizkor Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/passover-yizkor-shabbat-service-and-torah-study/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-3-2023-04-01/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-3-2023-03-25/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-3-2023-03-18/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-3-2023-03-11/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-with-student-choir-2/)
- [Earth Day Kabbalat Shabbat service with "TAG" Talks guest speaker Ben Adams](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/earth-day-kabbalat-shabbat-service-with-tag-talks-guest-speaker-ben-adams/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-15/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-kabbalat-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service with "TAG" Talks guest speaker, Janine Pratt](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-with-tag-talks-guest-speaker-janine-pratt/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service with guest speaker Robin Burstein from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-with-guest-speaker-robin-burstein-from-the-anti-defamation-league-adl/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-with-student-choir/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-14/)
- ["Simcha" Second Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-second-friday-kabbalat-shabbat-service/)
- [Shomrei Adamah Committee - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/jewish-climate-action-committee/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-13/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-12/)
- [Membership Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/membership-committee-3/)
- [Tu B'Shvat Seder](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/tu-bshvat-seder/)
- [Religious School Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-committee-4/)
- [JDAIM Kabbalat Shabbat with Student Choir and 6 & 7 grade students](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/jdaim-kabbalat-shabbat-with-student-choir-and-6-7-grade-students/)
- [Caring Congregants Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/caring-congregants-committee/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-12/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-10/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-17/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-16/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-4/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-15/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-14/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-13/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-11/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-kabbalat-shabbat-with-adult-choir/)
- [Interfaith Relationship Dialogue - Guest Speaker, Jesse Bernstein](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interfaith-relationship-dialogue-guest-speaker-jesse-bernstein/)
- [Membership Committee - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/membership-committee-zoom-only/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-9/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-8/)
- [Social Action Committee - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/social-action-committee-zoom-only/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7/)
- [Board Meeting - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-28/)
- [Religious School Committee - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-committee-zoom-only/)
- [Knitting Group](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/knitting-group/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-5/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-4/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-3/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-3/)
- ["Simcha" Second Friday Kabbalat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-second-friday-kabbalat-service-with-adult-choir/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2023-02-04/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2023-01-28/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2023-01-21/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2023-01-14/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2023-01-07/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-11/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-10/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-9/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-12-31/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-zoom-only/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-12-24/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-12-10/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-11-26/)
- [Healing Service - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/healing-service-zoom-only/)
- [Hanukkah Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/hanukkah-kabbalat-shabbat/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-9/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-6/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat with Cantor Leon Sher and Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-kabbalat-shabbat-with-cantor-leon-sher-and-adult-choir/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-8/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat with Student Choir and Grades 4 & 5](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-with-student-choir-and-grades-4-5/)
- ["Simcha" Second Friday Kabbalat Shabbat with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-second-friday-kabbalat-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir/)
- [Social Action Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/social-action-committee-2/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kaballat-shabbat-2-2022-10-28/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kaballat-shabbat-2-2022-11-04/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kaballat-shabbat-2-2022-10-21/)
- [Chai Tea with Rabbi Berkowitz in the Sukkah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/chai-tea-with-rabbi-berkowitz-in-the-sukkah/)
- [Kol A-Minis in the Sukkah Playdate](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-a-minis-in-the-sukkah-playdate/)
- [Membership Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/membership-committee-2/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-kaballat-shabbat-2/)
- [Yom Kippur Children's Family service for Pre-K through Grade 2 with their grown ups](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yom-kippur-childrens-family-service-for-pre-k-through-grade-2-with-their-grown-ups/)
- [Yom Kippur with concurrent Yom Kippur Youth service for Students Grades 3-6](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yom-kippur-2/)
- [Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-nidrei/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kaballat-shabbat-2022-09-30/)
- [Children's Family Rosh Hashanah service for Pre-K through Grade 2 with their grown ups](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/childrens-family-rosh-hashanah-service/)
- [Rosh Hashanah service with concurrent Rosh Hashanah Youth service for Students Grades 3-6](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/rosh-hashanan/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kaballat-shabbat-2022-09-23/)
- [Havdalah and Selichot service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/selichot-service/)
- [Joint Selichot Program with Beth Sholom Congregation](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/joint-selichot-program-with-beth-sholom-congregation/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kaballat-shabbat-2022-09-16/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service with guest speaker, Jane Finkle](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kaballat-shabbat-2022-09-09/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-kaballat-shabbat/)
- [Kol A-Minis Pre-Rosh Hashanah Play Date](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-a-minis-pre-rosh-hashanah-play-date/)
- [Simchat Torah Kaballat Shabbat with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kaballat-shabbat-with-student-choir/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-10-01/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-10-08/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-10-15/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-10-22/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-10-29/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-11-05/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-11-12/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-11-19/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-12-03/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2022-12-17/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2023-02-11/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2023-02-18/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2023-02-25/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2-2023-03-04/)
- [Study at the Shul](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/study-at-the-shul-2022-10-20/)
- [Study at the Shul](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/study-at-the-shul-2022-10-27/)
- [Study at the Shul](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/study-at-the-shul-2022-11-03/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-10-2022-10-26/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-10-2022-10-19/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-10-2022-10-12/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school-2/)
- [erev Sukkot](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-sukkot/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-9-2022-10-02/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-9-2022-10-09/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-9-2022-10-16/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-9-2022-10-23/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-9-2022-10-30/)
- [Tashlich at Wall Park](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/tashlich-at-wall-park/)
- [erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-rosh-hashanah-2/)
- [No Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/no-religious-school/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-8-2022-09-14/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-8-2022-09-21/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-8-2022-09-28/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-2/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2022-09-10/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2022-09-17/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah study](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-study-2022-09-24/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service - Guest Speaker, Jane Finkle](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-6/)
- [Religious School Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-committee-3/)
- [Membership Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/membership-committee/)
- [Social Action Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/social-action-committee/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-30/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-29/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-27/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-26/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-25/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-24/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-23/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-kabbalat-shabbat-service-2/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-kabbalat-shabbat-service/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-7/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-5/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-4/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-3/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service-2/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-service/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue with special guest Rabbi David Levin](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-03-19/)
- [erev Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-01-21/)
- [Religious School Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-committee-2/)
- [Religious School Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-committee/)
- [Interfaith Relationship Dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/interfaith-relationship-dialogue/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-02-19/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-01-15/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-01-01/)
- [erev Shabbat service - Zoom Only](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-12-31/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue - ZOOM ONLY](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-12-25/)
- [Study at the Shul for Adults with Ira Cooperman](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/study-at-the-shul-for-adults-with-ira-cooperman-2/)
- [Study at the Shul for Adults with Ira Cooperman](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/study-at-the-shul-for-adults-with-ira-cooperman/)
- [erev Shabbat service celebrating Hanukkah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-12-10/)
- ["Simcha" Second Friday erev Shabbat service with Cantor Leon Sher and Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-12-03/)
- [erev Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-11-19/)
- [erev Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-10-15/)
- [Sukkot in the Fields](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/sukkot-in-the-fields/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-04-20/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-04-13/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-12-29/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-12-22/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-11-24/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-10-06/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-10-13/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-10-20/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-10-27/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-11-03/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-11-10/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-11-17/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-12-01/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-12-08/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2021-12-15/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-01-05/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-01-12/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-01-19/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-01-26/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-02-02/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-02-09/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-02-16/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-02-23/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-03-02/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-03-09/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-03-16/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-03-23/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-03-30/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-04-06/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-04-27/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-05-04/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-05-11/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-7-2022-05-18/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-05-08/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-04-17/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-04-10/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-02-20/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-01-16/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-01-02/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-12-26/)
- [Religious School Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-11-28/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-09-12/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-09-19/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-09-26/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-10-03/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-10-10/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-10-17/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-10-24/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-10-31/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-11-07/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-11-14/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-11-21/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-12-05/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-12-12/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2021-12-19/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-01-09/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-01-23/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-01-30/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-02-06/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-02-13/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-02-27/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-03-06/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-03-13/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-03-20/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-03-27/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-04-03/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-04-24/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-05-01/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-05-15/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-6-2022-05-22/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-11/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-4/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-10/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-9/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-8/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-7/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-6/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-5/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-3/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-2/)
- [Board Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-06-03/)
- [Interfaith Relationship Dialogue erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-05-13/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-05-06/)
- [Passover - Yizkor service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-04-23/)
- [erev Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-04-29/)
- [Congregation Second Seder](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/congregation-second-seder/)
- [First Night of Passover - no Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-04-15/)
- [Healing service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/healing-service-2/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-04-01/)
- [erev Purim - Purimshpiel and Megillah reading](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-purim-purimshpiel-and-megillah-reading/)
- [erev Shabbat service with grades 3/4/5/6 with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-03-11/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-03-04/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-02-04/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-01-07/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-12-24/)
- [Healing service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/healing-service/)
- ["Simcha" Second Friday erev Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-11-12/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-10-01/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-09-11/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-09-18/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-09-25/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-10-02/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-10-09/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-10-16/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-10-23/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-10-30/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-11-06/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-11-13/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-11-20/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-11-27/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-12-04/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-12-11/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2021-12-18/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-01-08/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-01-22/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-01-29/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-02-05/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-02-12/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-02-26/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-03-05/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-03-12/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-03-26/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-04-02/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-04-09/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-04-16/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-04-30/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-05-07/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-05-14/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-05-21/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-05-28/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-2-2022-06-04/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-113/)
- [erev Simchat Torah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-simchat-torah/)
- [erev Sukkot service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-sukkot-service/)
- [Board Installation erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-09-17/)
- [Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yom-kippur/)
- [Kol Nidre](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-nidre-2/)
- [Tashlich](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/tashlich/)
- [Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/rosh-hashanah/)
- [erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-rosh-hashanah/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-09-03/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-07-16/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-07-23/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-07-30/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-08-06/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-08-13/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-08-20/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-08-27/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-09-10/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-09-24/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-10-08/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-10-22/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-10-29/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-11-05/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-11-26/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2021-12-17/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-01-14/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-01-28/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-02-11/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-02-18/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-02-25/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-03-18/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-03-25/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-04-08/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-04-22/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-05-20/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-05-27/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-06-10/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-2022-06-17/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-8/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat / Special "Israel Connection" Event](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-special-israel-connection-event/) - Kol Ami has formed an “Israel Connection” committee with the express purpose of bringing a series of programs focused on Israel-related topics of interest to our congregation. For its inaugural program, we are lucky to have Kasa Bainesay-Harbor, Deputy Consul General at the Israeli Consulate in Miami. Kasa will share the story of her family’s
- [Early Learning Center - Fitness](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/__trashed/)
- [Executive Committee meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/executive-committee-meeting-12/)
- [Religious School Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-committee-24/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-158/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-4/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-5/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-7/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-83/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-3/)
- [Board Installation erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-installation-erev-shabbat-service-5/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-84/)
- [Selichot service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/selichot-service-3/) - 8:00 p.m. - Havdalah and Program with Dr. Andrea Weiss hosted by Beth David 10:00 p.m. - Kol Ami Livestream
- [Board meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-12/)
- [Board meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-13/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-80/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-2/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-81/)
- [Kabbalat Shabbat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kabbalat-shabbat-3/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-82/)
- [Annual Meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/annual-mee4ting/)
- [Farewell on the meadow erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/pride-erev-shabbat-service/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-with-student-choir-9/)
- [Havdalah Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/havdalah-service/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-114/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-112/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-111/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-67/)
- [Bat Mitzvah of Marisa Sanchez](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/bat-mitzvah-of-marisa-sanchez/)
- [Board meeting](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/board-meeting-20/)
- [Social Action Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/social-action-committee-11/)
- [Passover Story with Rabbi Leah Berkowitz and Rabbi Michelle Pearlman](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/passover-story-with-rabbi-leah-berkowitz-and-rabbi-michelle-pearlman-2/)
- [Passover Story with Rabbi Leah Berkowitz and Rabbi Michelle Pearlman](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/passover-story-with-rabbi-leah-berkowitz-and-rabbi-michelle-pearlman/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir-6/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-with-grades-5-6-participating/)
- [erev Shabbat service with Grades 5 and 6 and the Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-with-student-choir-8/)
- [Religious School - Model Seder](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-205/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-193/)
- [Tu B'shvat Seder](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/tu-bshvat-seder-3/)
- [erev Shabbat "Learners" service:  come learn more about prayers!](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-56/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service with Cantor Leon Sher and Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir-5/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir-4/)
- [Community Kabbalat Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-with-grades-3-4-participating/)
- ["Fun for Kids" Havdalah service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/fun-for-kids-havdalah-service/)
- [erev Shabbat service with Student Choir and Grades 2, 3 & 4](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-with-student-choir-5/)
- [erev Sukkot](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-sukkot-3/)
- [erev Simchat Torah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-simchat-torah-3/)
- [Yom Kippur Family service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yom-kippur-family-service/)
- [Afternoon Torah service, Yizkor, Neilah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/afternoon-torah-service-yizkor-neilah/)
- [Shofar service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shofar-service/)
- [Rosh Hashana Family service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/rosh-hashana-family-service-2/)
- [Rosh Hashana Morning service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/rosh-hashanah-5/)
- [erev Rosh Hashana](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-rosh-hashanah-5/)
- [Second Day Tashlich and Rosh Hashana Seder](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/second-day-tashlich-and-rosh-hashana-seder/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-66/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-5/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-ever-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-65/)
- [Bat Mitzvah of Sadie Weinstock](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/bat-mitzvah-of-sadie-weinstock/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-64/)
- [Shavuot service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shavuot-service/)
- [erev Shavuot service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shavuot-service/)
- [Bat Mitzvah of Abigail Ellner](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/bat-mitzvah-of-abigail-ellner/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-110/)
- [B'nai Mitzvath of Ava and Emma Sabulsky](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/bnai-mitzvath-of-ava-and-emma-sabulsky/)
- [Bat Mitzvah of Dahlia Madden](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/bat-mitzvah-of-dahlia-madden/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-63/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-62/)
- ["Fun for Kids" erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/fun-for-kids-erev-shabbat-service-7/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-4/)
- ["Earth Day" Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/earth-day-shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-109/)
- [Passover-Yizkor service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/passover-yizkor-service-5/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-108/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-61/)
- [erev Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-with-student-choir-7/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-60/)
- ["Fun for Kids" erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/fun-for-kids-erev-shabbat-service-6/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-107/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-106/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-105/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-104/)
- [erev Purim - Purimshpiel and Megillah Reading](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-purim-purimshpiel-and-megillah-rading/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-59/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-58/)
- ["Jewish Disability Awareness" erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/jewish-disability-awareness-erev-shabbat-service/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-103/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-102/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-101/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-98/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-57/)
- ["Simcha" Second Friday erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-second-friday-erev-shabbat-service/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-54/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-100/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-99/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-97/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-96/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-95/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-53/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-52/)
- [erev Shabbat service with Student Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-with-student-choir-6/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-94/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-93/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-92/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-91/)
- [Healing Service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/healing-service-8/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-51/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-90/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-89/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-88/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-87/)
- ["Simcha" First Friday erev Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-first-friday-erev-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir-3/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-86/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-50/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-49/)
- [Bat Mitzvah of Alexandra Kraemer](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/bat-mitzvah-of-alexandra-kraemer/)
- ["Simcha" Third Friday erev Shabbat service with Adult Choir](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simcha-third-friday-erev-shabbat-service-with-adult-choir/)
- [Simchat Torah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/simchat-torah-2/)
- [Sukkot](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/sukkot-3/)
- [Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/yom-kippur-4/)
- [Kol Nidre](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/kol-nidre/)
- [Shabbat service and Torah dialogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/shabbat-service-and-torah-dialogue-85/)
- [erev Shabbat service](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/erev-shabbat-service-48/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-212/)
- [Religious School Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-committee-23/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-221/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-220/) - 4
- [Religious School - Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-closed-62/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-219/)
- [Religious School Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-committee-22/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-217/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-218/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-216/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-215/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-214/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-213/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-206/)
- [Religious School - Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-closed-61/)
- [Religious School - Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-closed-60/)
- [Religious School - Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-closed-59/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-211/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-210/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-209/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-208/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-207/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-204/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-203/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-201/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-202/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-200/)
- [Religious School - Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-closed-58/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-199/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-198/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-197/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-196/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-195/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-194/)
- [Religious School - Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-closed-57/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-192/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-191/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-190/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-189/)
- [Religious School - Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-closed-56/)
- [Religious School - Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-closed-55/)
- [Religious School - Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-closed-54/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-188/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-187/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-186/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-185/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-184/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-183/)
- [Religious School - Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-closed-52/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-174/)
- [Religious School - Closed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-closed-53/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-182/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-181/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-180/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-179/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-178/)
- [Religious School](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/events/religious-school-177/)

## Locations

- [St. John's Lutheran Church](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/st-johns-lutheran-church/)
- [Shaare Shamayim](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/shaare-shamayim/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-40/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-39/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-38/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-37/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-36/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-35/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-34/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-33/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-32/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-31/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-30/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-29/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-28/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-27/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-26/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-25/)
- [National Museum of American Jewish History](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/national-museum-of-american-jewish-history/)
- [Act II Playhouse](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/act-ii-playhouse/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-24/)
- [Jim and Natalie Dyen](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/jim-and-natalie-dyen/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-23/)
- [Home of Joel Edelstein and Betsy McKinstry](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/home-of-joel-edelstein-and-betsy-mckinstry/)
- [SHARE](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/share-4/)
- [SHARE](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/share-3/)
- [SHARE](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/share-2/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-22/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-21/)
- [Betsy McKinstry & Joel Edelstein](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/betsy-mckinstry-joel-edelstein/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-20/)
- [Home of Bill and Betty Shapiro](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/home-of-bill-and-betty-shapiro/)
- [Cairnwood Estate](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/cairnwood-estate/)
- [Congregation Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/congregation-kol-ami/)
- [Details will be sent under a separate email from the Engagement Committee](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/details-will-be-sent-under-a-separate-email-from-the-engagement-committee/)
- [SHARE](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/share/)
- [David and Shelley Chamberlain](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/david-and-shelley-chamberlain-2/)
- [David and Shelley Chamberlain](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/david-and-shelley-chamberlain/)
- [National Liberty Museum](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/national-liberty-museum/)
- [The Rink on Old York Road](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/the-rink-on-old-york-road/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-19/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-18/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-17/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-16/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-15/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-14/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-13/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-12/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-11/)
- [Abramson Center for Jewish Life](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/abramson-center-for-jewish-life/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-10/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-9/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-8/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-7/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-6/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-5/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-4/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-3/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami-2/)
- [Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/locations/kol-ami/)

## Sermons

- [Lighting New Fires: Retelllng the Story of the Baal Shem Tov - Kol Nidre](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/lighting-new-fires-reterrlng-the-story-of-the-baal-shem-tov-kol-nidre/) - There is a beautiful story about the 18th century Hasidic master the Baal Shem Tov, retold here by storyteller Noa Baum: "It is told that in every generation there are times when hope threatens to leave this world. At such times, the Baal Shem Tov, the great Jewish mystic, would go into a secret place
- [In the Same Boat: Noah, Jonah and the Big Question - Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/in-the-same-boat-noah-jonah-and-the-big-question-yom-kippur/) - There is a teaching in the Talmud that, on Rosh Hashana, God opens not one Book, but three. The perfectly righteous are immediately inscribed in the Book of Life. The thoroughly wicked are immediately inscribed in the Book of Death. And a third book is designated for those who are beinoni, somewhere in between, whose
- [Finding Holiness in Life's Middles](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/finding-holiness-in-lifes-middles/) - Last Shabbat’s d’var Torah on parshat Shemini. One question I often get when we open the Torah is “how many letters are there in the scroll?” There is a rabbinic teaching that there are 600,000 letters in the Torah, one for each of the Israelites who stood at Sinai to receive it. This may be
- [Purim Jews and Pesach Jews](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/purim-jews-and-pesach-jews/) - D’var Torah from April 7, 2023 at Congregation Kol Ami. When I was a kid, cereal commercials used to boast that their product was “part of a balanced breakfast.” At the time this was just noise to me—kind of like the side effects listed in a drug commercial. But I realize now that what these
- [The Opposite of Faith](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-opposite-of-faith/) - This week’s d’var Torah on Ki Tissa and moving through a liminal season. Before I moved back to Philadelphia, I lived for three years in a town in the lower Hudson Valley that is often the butt of jokes. At one point I remarked to some people in my congregation, “Growing up, I always thought
- [Compare and Despair: A Purim Story](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/compare-and-despair-a-purim-story/) - This week’s d’var Torah in anticipation of Purim! On Monday night, we will celebrate Purim, a holiday where we escape into a fantasy world. We dress up in costumes, wear masks, and play different characters, sometimes with the help of excessive consumption of sugar or controlled substances. We read a story that at times is
- [What Makes Us Human? - erev Roshana](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/what-makes-us-human-erev-roshana/) - Shana tovah and Shabbat Shalom! I’m so grateful to be here with you to celebrate this New Year. Occasionally, some well-meaning person will ask me if I write all of my own sermons. The people asking this question have either a) never interacted with me when I am trying to finish a sermon or b)
- [Shabbat as an Act of Resistance - Rosh Hashana](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/shabbat-as-an-act-of-resistance-rosh-hashana/) - Shana tovah and Shabbat Shalom! Every year, people ask me whether the Jewish holidays are going to be early or late. This year, I was able to say: they are at exactly the perfect time. They start after Labor Day, they’ll end before the long weekend in October, and three of the four festival days
- [Rest as Resistance: Sabbath as Protest](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/rest-as-resistance-sabbath-as-protest/) - This week’s d’var Torah on Bereishit, the commandment to rest, and Tricia Hersey’s new book Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto. I spend a lot more time on social media than is probably healthy or productive. I’ve had to put up all sorts of technological barriers and guardrails to keep me from “doomscrolling” all the
- [And Sarah Laughed](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/5105/) - This week’s d’var Torah on parashat Vayera and the meaning of laughter. With gratitude to Rabbi Adam Lavitt for his teaching on ednah in this week’s Creative Commentary Class for the Jewish Studio Project. וַתִּצְחַ֥ק שָׂרָ֖ה בְּקִרְבָּ֣הּ לֵאמֹ֑ר אַחֲרֵ֤י בְלֹתִי֙ הָֽיְתָה־לִּ֣י עֶדְנָ֔ה וַֽאדֹנִ֖י זָקֵֽן׃ And Sarah laughed to herself, saying, “Now that I am withered, am I to
- [A Referendum on the American Dream - Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/a-referendum-on-the-american-dream-yom-kippur/) - Engraved on the base of the Statue of Liberty are the words of the Jewish poet Emma Lazarus: "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" These were
- [Survival for What? - Kol Nidre](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/survival-for-what-kol-nidre/) - This past year, I participated in a fellowship with clergy and educators across the denominations of Judaism. We had the opportunity to study with Rabbi Yitz Greenberg, an Orthodox theologian and a longtime proponent of Jewish pluralism. Although we might have very different perspectives on Jewish law, his writing has deeply influenced my own thinking
- [Oys and Joys: What is the Purpose of Praying in Community?](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/oys-and-joys-what-is-the-purpose-of-praying-in-community/) - This week’s d’var Torah on Ki Tavo. On a conference call with other small congregation rabbis earlier this week, a colleague was lamenting that their congregants just weren’t coming back to services in person, and it was disheartening to see all the empty chairs. I, personally, am learning to rejoice just as much in
- [Hayom Harat Olam: Today the World is “Eternally Pregnant” Part II - Rosh Hashana](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/hayom-harat-olam-today-the-world-is-eternally-pregnant-part-ii-rosh-hashana/) - “There is no law without story.” This was Rabbi Aviva Richman’s refrain during the Hadar Institute’s two-day conversation about Jewish perspectives on abortion. This is how she explained why, in addition to traditional and contemporary rabbinic rulings, this conversation included the voices of modern scholars and health-care professionals, those who had struggled with infertility and
- [Hayom Harat Olam: Today the World is “Eternally Pregnant” Part 1 - erev Rosh Hashana](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/hayom-harat-olam-today-the-world-is-eternally-pregnant-part-1-erev-rosh-hashana/) - As I first began to conceive of my High Holy Day sermons, my family was eagerly anticipating the birth of my nephew. On erev Tisha B’Av, about four days before his due date, I casually texted my brother and sister-in-law, saying, “No pressure, but according to the Jewish tradition, if the baby is born before
- [Believing In Brighter Days Ahead](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/believing-in-brighter-days-ahead/) - This week’s d’var Torah on parshat Bo. With gratitude to my chevruta Rabbi Rebecca Reice who drew my attention to these texts. Our life as a free people begins in the middle of the night. In parashat Bo, Moses receives instructions on how to observe the first Pesach, just as the Israelites are poised to
- [Shamor L'Amour:  How Do We Give Thanks For The Ones We Love?](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/shamor-lamour-how-do-we-give-thanks-for-the-ones-we-love/) - This week’s drash in honor of Jewish Women International’s Healthy Relationships Shabbat. Consider using JWI’s Family Conversation Cards as a jumping-off point to talk about healthy relationships. I saw a fantastic meme the other day: “When I say I want a biblical wife… What people think I mean: I want a wife who is passive and
- [Making An Idol Out Of The Unborn](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/making-an-idol-out-of-the-unborn/) - This week’s d’var Torah on Ki Tissa and Reproductive Justice. A few weeks ago, our community observed #ReproShabbat, an initiative of the National Council of Jewish Women. #Repro Shabbat is observed on the week we read Mishpatim, a Torah portion that briefly addresses the personhood of a fetus. But given the mounting legal challenges to Roe
- [How Can We Sing The Eternal's Song In A Strange Land](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/how-can-we-sing-the-eternals-song-in-a-strange-land/) - This week’s d’var Torah on Passover and Yom HaShoah. With gratitude to Rabbi Tali Adler for her lecture “A Seder in Novobirisk: What Seder Nights in Times of Trauma Can Teach us in Times of Joy,” April 7, 2022. Depending on whom you ask, Passover has either just ended, or the last day of Passover
- ["The Heart Knows The Bitterness Of Its Own Soul":  Trusting The Pregnant Person](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-heart-knows-the-bitterness-of-its-own-soul-trusting-the-pregnant-person/) - This week’s d’var Torah on Reproductive Justice and the Yoma 82a-83a. This is the first time I’ve had the opportunity to speak to the congregation since the draft Supreme Court opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked. I’m glad to have had a little time to process. Because frankly, sometimes it feels like I’ve already
- [Woe To The Generation Who Is Stuck With This Leadership](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/woe-to-the-generation-who-is-stuck-with-this-leadership/) - This week’s d’var Torah on parashat Behukotai and gun violence. The wisest thing I ever heard a clergy person say was after the sudden death a 19-year-old girl. Amy had gone to high school with me and my younger brother, and most of our community crowded into St. Anastasia’s Catholic Church for the funeral mass.
- [It's Okay To Want Things](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/its-okay-to-want-things/) - This week's d’var Torah on parashat Re’eh and student loan forgiveness. I still remember the name of the woman who processed my final student loan payment over the phone. It was Kaffeine. With a K. Bless her. Though my rabbinical school tuition was heavily subsidized (that’s one place our URJ dues go), it still
- [Juneteenth and James Patterson](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/juneteenth-and-james-patterson/) - This week’s d’var Torah on B’haalotecha and lifting up marginalized voices. I know that social media gets a bad rap, but every once in a while, something amazing happens on Twitter. This might be because my feed is a carefully curated Venn diagram of activists, progressive clergy, writers and librarians. This week, writers, book lovers,
- [Murmuration and Transformation: The Power of a Swarm](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/murmuration-and-transformation-the-power-of-a-swarm/) - December 24, 2021 Murmuration and Transformation: The Power of a Swarm This week’s d’var Torah on parashat Shemot. This week, I had the opportunity to study with Rabbi Adina Allen at the Jewish Studio Project. She called our attention to the Hebrew word sheretz, which means “swarm.” In this week’s parasha, Shemot, the new Pharaoh in Egypt uses sheretz to describe
- [The Miracle of Showing Up](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-miracle-of-showing-up/) - December 3, 2021 The Miracle of Showing Up This week’s d’var Torah on parashat Miketz, Taanit 11a, and celebrating Hanukkah in difficult times. One of the occupational hazards of the rabbinate is that sometimes a piece of text chases you down and makes you preach about it, or, as Rashi says, it calls out Darsheini, “Interpret
- [Twenty Minutes a Pound](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/twenty-minutes-a-pount/) - November 26, 2021 “Twenty Minutes a Pound” This week’s sermon on parshat Vayeshev. Last week, our student choir sang a song about Rabbi Ben Bag Bag, who, in addition to having a “double name-name” is known for saying about the Torah, “Turn it, and turn it, and turn it again, for everything is in it”
- [Sarah, Hagar and the Pursuit of Reproductive Justice](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/sarah-hagar-and-the-pursuit-of-reproductive-justice/) - October 22, 2021 This week's d'var Torah on Parashat Vayera and Reproductive Justice. This week’s Torah portion, Vayera, is brimming with complex moral questions. Abraham and God argue over whether God should destroy the cities of Sodom and Gomorroh, even through there might be a few righteous people living there. Abraham passes his wife Sarah off
- [The Golem and the Mensch](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-golem-and-the-mensch/) - October 29, 2021 This week’s d’var Torah on Chayei Sarah. Halloween is not a Jewish holiday. In some ways, it is the opposite of a Jewish holiday. When we dress up in costumes and go door to door (on Purim), it’s for the purpose of sharing food with others, not demanding sweets for ourselves. Nevertheless,
- [What Do We Owe To Each Other?](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/what-do-we-owe-to-each-other/) - August 13, 2021 This week’s d’var Torah on parashat Shoftim and communal responsibility. Sometimes, a piece of text seems outdated and irrelevant, until you’re ready to understand it in a new way. That’s how I feel about this week’s parasha, Shoftim, which outlines the procedure that Israelite communities should follow if someone finds a dead body
- [Emerging from the Cave - Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/emerging-from-the-cave-kol-nidrei/) - Y’all know I love a weird Talmudic story, especially when it speaks to our current situation. So as I started to prepare for the High Holy Days, thinking we would be just about “back to normal,” I sought out a story about coming out of quarantine. I found a passage about two rabbis who lived
- [Choosing our Density - Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/choosing-our-density-yom-kippur/) - As a child of the 80s, almost every movie I watched growing up was part of a trilogy: Indiana Jones, The Karate Kid and of course, Star Wars (there were only three back then). So when one of my seminary professors asked us to select a modern film and analyze its theological messages, I said,
- [Sacred Discomfort - erev Rosh Hashana](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/sacred-discomfort-erev-rosh-hashana/) - Shana Tovah! Whether you are joining us here in person or online, we are so grateful to have you here in our sacred community. And whether you are joining us here in person or online, this probably isn’t the Rosh Hashana you were dreaming of when we gathered virtually last year. To have survived from
- [Cancel Culture versus Teshuva Culture - Rosh Hashana](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/cancel-culture-versus-teshuva-culture-rosh-hashana/) - I wanted to give at least one sermon this year that wasn’t about the pandemic or the move. So this morning, I’m going to address an issue that is undoubtedly on all of our minds. Has The Cat in the Hat been canceled? This past March, Dr. Seuss Enterprises decided to stop publishing six of
- [Matot-Masei: All Hands on Deck](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/matot-masei-all-hands-on-deck/) - July 9, 2021 This week’s d’var Torah on Matot-Masei and our upcoming move. My paternal grandmother, of blessed memory, was not a big fan of rabbis. While I like to think she was secretly pleased that the rabbi in our family was a woman, she did try several times to talk me out of my chosen profession
- [What Women Want: The Right to Self-Determination](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/what-women-want-the-right-to-self-determination/) - July 2, 2021 This week’s d’var Torah on Parshat Pinchas, the Daughters of Zelophechad, and the #FreeBritney movement. Many years ago, possibly in the first year of my rabbinate, a bat mitzvah student asked me why we bother adding the matriarchs’ names to the Amidah, since, and I quote, “They didn’t even do anything!” Her
- [The Patience to Carry One Another](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-patience-to-carry-one-another/) - June 4, 2021 This week’s d’var Torah on parshat Shelach Lecha. As we prepare to leave our High School Road property and head to a new home (not to mention starting to think about leaving the wilderness of Zoom), it’s fitting that we should read about our ancestors wandering for forty years in the desert.
- [When Human Dignity is Not at the Center](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/when-human-dignity-is-not-at-the-center/) - May 14, 2021 This week’s d’var Torah addressing the violence in Israel. When I heard of the violence and bloodshed occurring in Jewish and Muslim holy sites—the Temple Mount and the Al Aksah Mosque–centered around Jewish and Muslim holy days—Yom Yerushalayim and Ramadan—I thought not of the Torah portion but of a very odd and
- [Emor: Speak Up!](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/emor-speak-up/) - April 30, 2021 This week’s d’var Torah on parshat Emor. I don’t mention the details of specific incidents in this drash, but those that have been made public are readily available in Jewish publications like The Forward. I also encourage you to read this statement from the Women’s Rabbinic Network. One might think that, after years
- [Beware of "Back to Normal"](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/beware-of-back-to-norman/) - April 2, 2021 This week’s drash for Shabbat Pesach. On Shabbat Pesach, we suspend the regular weekly Torah reading cycle in order to retell the climax of the Exodus story, the joyous song we sang when we passed through the parted Red Sea into freedom. When we read this passage, and the chapters that surround
- [The High Priest's Garments and Amanda Gorman's Coat](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-high-priests-garments-and-amanda-gormans-coat/) - February 26, 2021 This week’s d’var Torah on parashat Tetzaveh. Some of you know that one of my outlets during the pandemic has been online thrift shopping, and this week, I had a particularly good find: a bright yellow wool peacoat. This isn’t something I would have bought a year ago, or even six weeks
- [Fragility and Fear in the Purim Story](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/fragility-and-fear-in-the-purim-story/) - February 19, 2021 This week’s drash on Parashat Terumah, but mostly on the Purim Story. Over the last few weeks, you’ve heard me talk quite a bit about the Purim story, particularly about Queen Vashti’s bold refusal to appear before the king. But tonight, as Purim approaches, we should probably talk about King Ahashuerus. King A.
- [Shemot:  Fear and Moral Courage](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/shemot-fear-and-moral-courage/) - January 8, 2021 This week’s d’var Torah on parashat Shemot. On a conference call on Wednesday morning, my colleague Rabbi Heather Miller gave a wonderful d’var Torah on the concept of fear in this week’s Torah portion, Shemot. Anxious about the Georgia runoffs and the certification of the electoral college vote, I knew I’d be
- [Have Faith and Fill Your Storehouses](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/have-faith-and-fill-your-storehouses/) - December 18, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on parashat Miketz. This week’s Torah portion, Miketz, is the stuff of dreams, nightmares, and Andrew Lloyd Weber musicals. It isn’t typically a narrative with which we identify personally. But reading it at the end of a difficult year, anticipating the arrival of a new administration, and cautiously
- [Even When We Are Limping](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/even-when-we-are-limping/) - December 4, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on Vayishlach. Last week, we learned the origin of one of our people’s names: the words Jew, Jewish, and Judaism come from the name of Jacob’s fourth son: Judah, or Yehudah, meaning “to give thanks.” This week, we learn the origin of another one of our people’s names,
- [Grieve and Give Thanks: Thanksgiving 2020](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/grieve-and-give-thanks-thanksgiving-2020/) - November 27, 2020 Tonight’s d’var Torah on parshat Vayetze. It often happens that this Torah, Vayetze, portion falls on the Shabbat after Thanksgiving. It’s a nice pairing, because here we learn that the very origin of the Hebrew word for Jew, Yehudah, is giving thanks. This was the name of the fourth son Leah
- [In A Place Where There Is No Humanity, Let Us Strive To Be Human](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/in-a-place-where-there-is-no-humanity-let-us-strive-to-be-human/) - November 6 2020 This week’s drash on parashat Vayera. One of the reasons I love creating midrash—interpretive stories based on the narratives of the Torah—is because it gives us the opportunity to look for the places where we might see ourselves. Ancient and foreign as its ideas can be sometimes, the Torah can often provide
- [Living with Uncertainty on the Eve of the Election](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/4378/) - October 30, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on parashat Lech Lecha. We are nearing the end of one of the most contentious election seasons of our lifetime, and while many congregations across the country might be hearing sermons about the importance of civic engagement, here that feels redundant. It feels more necessary to address the
- [Breaking the Chandelier - erev Rosh Hashana](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/breaking-the-chandelier-erev-rosh-hashana/) - September 18, 2020 Watch recording on our YouTube channel According to the mystics, the world began with a shattering. In the book of Genesis, the world’s birth is portrayed as a gentle unfolding: a series of peaceful separations, the intimate animation of clay from earth’s four corners by God’s own breath. But in the 16th
- [Abraham and Moral Leadership - Rosh Hashana](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/abraham-and-moral-leadership-rosh-hashana-morning/) - September 19, 2020 Watch recording on our YouTube channel In the weeks leading up to Rosh Hashana, I like to ask people to share their questions about the texts we read on the High Holy Days. Without a doubt, the one that causes us the most trouble is the Binding of Isaac, which we read
- [My Father's Words of Wisdom - Kol Nidre](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/my-fathers-words-of-wisdom-kol-nidre/) - September 27, 2020 Watch recording on our YouTube channel Last year, as we read about being inscribed in the Book of Life, my family prayed that we would get one more year with my father. As you know, we lost him the week before Thanksgiving. It’s been ten months, and most days, I still don’t
- [What Are We Building? - Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/what-are-we-building-yom-kippur/) - September 28, 2020 Watch recording on our YouTube channel The Talmud tells us that, in the middle of writing the Torah, Moses asks God to take a break and show him the future. God obliges, taking Moses forward a thousand years and placing him in the back of Rabbi Akiva’s classroom. They are talking about
- [What Judaism Can Teach Us About Living in Interesting Times - erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/what-judaism-can-teach-us-about-living-in-interesting-times-erev-rosh-hashanah/) - September 29, 2019 One of my mentors, Rabbi John Friedman, warned me to always leave one High Holy Day sermon slot open until the last minute. This was in case, as he put it, “Rabin and Arafat shake hands on the White House lawn in the middle of September,” referring to the Oslo Accords, which
- [This Is Just To Say - Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/this-is-just-to-say-rosh-hashanah/) - September 30, 2019 "This is just to say,” a poem by William Carlos Williams: I have eaten the plums that were in the icebox and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so sweet and so cold “This American Life,” contributor Shawn Cole imagines this poem
- [Open the Box and Read the Recipe - Kol Nidre](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/open-the-box-and-read-the-recipe-kol-nidre/) - October 8, 2019 I am about to do something highly controversial. This may make some of you uncomfortable. You might even want to walk out. On the holiest night of the year, as many of us begin a 25-hour fast, I am going to tell a story about cake. Since we’ve only been fasting for
- [Hope in the Dark - Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/hope-in-the-dark-yom-kippur/) - October 9, 2019 Standing among the ruins of the first Temple in Jerusalem, the prophet Jeremiah sends a letter to the exiled Israelites in Babylon. While other prophets warned of the Temple’s destruction, or promised a return to Zion, Jeremiah finds himself squarely in middle. He must speak to where the people are, right at
- [Filling in the Blanks](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/filling-in-the-blanks/) - July 17, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on Parashat Matot-Maasei As we transition from Numbers to Deuteronomy, things start to get repetitive. The Israelites stand poised to enter the Promised Land, while Moses prepares for his death. As he bids farewell to the Israelites, Moses tells, and retells, the story of our people’s journey
- [Dancing into Mourning into Dancing](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/dancing-into-mourning-into-dancing/) - July 31, 2020 This week’s sermon on Tisha B’Av. Mourning for the ancient Temple isn’t at the forefront of the Reform Jewish consciousness. So you might not have known that yesterday was Tisha B’Av, the day of fasting and lamentation commemorating the Temple’s destruction. This is not a fast I typically observe, unless I’m in
- [When is Anger "Righteous"?](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/when-is-anger-righteous/) - July 10, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on parashat Pinchas. The first time I heard the story of Pinchas was at a teen study session at Camp Harlam, the topic of which was “Sex and Violence in the Torah.” Once I’d heard it, I wasn’t surprised I hadn’t learned it in Religious School. While Israelites
- [It Only Works When You Use It Regularly...](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/it-only-works-when-you-use-it-regularly/) - July 3, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on Chukat-Balak. One day, a rabbi decided to meet a local shop owner for a walk around the neighborhood. The rabbi was hoping that she might convince the shop owner to contribute to the synagogue and other worthy causes. After a bit of small talk, the rabbi
- [May We Be Strong and May We Share Our Strength](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/may-we-be-strong-and-may-we-share-our-strength/) - May 15, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on Behar-Behukotai. When we get to the end of a book of the Torah, as we do this Shabbat when we finish the book of Leviticus, what words do we say (and what does it mean)? Hazak Hazak v’Nitchazek (Be strong, be strong, and we will be strengthened). I
- [Love is a Discipline Too](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/love-is-a-discipline-too/) - May 1, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on Acharei Mot-Kedoshim This week, the Torah came to me from Twitter. About a week ago, I saw the following exchange. Jonathan Shalit, a British talent manager, tweeted this: “If you don’t come out of this quarantine with 1) a new skill 2) your side hustle started
- [We Are All Sitting Shiva](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/we-are-all-sitting-shiva/) - April 17, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on parshat Shemini. Though I was very proactive about reading the Torah portion early in the week (go me!), it got to Friday afternoon before I even began to write this d’var Torah. Some of that is due to quarantine brain, but some of it is due to
- [How to Stay Engaged and Connected During the Quarantine](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/how-to-stay-engaged-and-connected-during-the-quarantine/) - March 13, 2020 This information is also in a Google Doc that will be updated here as I hear about new ideas and opportunities. I know that the prospect of being cooped up for two weeks, whether you live alone or with family members, is a little nerve wracking. So I wanted to share a
- [Making Our Voices Heard in Israel](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/making-our-voices-heard-in-israel/) - March 6, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on parashat Tetzaveh and the World Zionist Congress Elections. This might surprise some of you, but I’m actually a late-blooming feminist. This is for two completely opposing reasons. On the one hand, I grew up mostly around adults who adhered to traditional gender roles and expectations. On
- [Ask Someone Else. Be Someone Else.](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/ask-someone-else-be-someone-else/) - February 14, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on Parashat Yitro. A couple of years ago, Temple Sholom in Cincinnati started putting out a series of artfully done, well-produced comedy videos about what it’s like to run a synagogue. One you are likely familiar with is “The Little Table,” which lampoons temple bureaucracy by showing the
- [Them's the Conditions that Prevail](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/thems-the-conditions-that-prevail/) - March 27, 2020 This week’s sermon on parashat Vayikra. When I used to call my grandmother at her assisted living facility, she had a couple of catch-phrases. If I asked her, “What’s new?” she would chuckle, “Well, there’s nothing NEW here!” Talking about the comforts she begrudgingly enjoyed at the facility, she would admonish me,
- [I am a Jew because ...](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/i-am-a-jew-because/) - January 10, 2020 Sermon on anti-Semitism and parashat Vayechi. On Friday nights, traditional Jews bless their sons with these words, y’simcha Elohim k’Ephraim v’chiMnasheh. This blessing comes from our Torah portion, where Jacob blesses his grandchildren in the following manner: “By you shall Israel invoke blessings, saying, God make you like Ephraim and Menashe” (Gen.
- [As Difficult as Splitting the Red Sea](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/as-difficult-as-splitting-the-red-sea-feb-7th-2020/) - February 7, 2020 This week’s d’var Torah on parshat Beshallach. This Torah portion contains two of God’s greatest miracles: splitting the Red Sea so that the Israelites could cross onto dry land and escape the Egyptians, and giving the Israelites manna to eat in the wilderness. Both of these events are an essential part of
- [There’s no such thing as “Not My Problem”](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/theres-no-such-thing-as-not-my-problem/) - January 17, 2020 This week’s sermon on Parshat Shemot. There’s a running joke in the American version of The Office where employee Dwight Schrute refers to himself as the “Assistant Regional Manager” and his boss, Michael Scott, corrects him by saying, “Assistant TO the Regional Manager.” While the ongoing semantic argument makes the two of
- [How Words Create Worlds](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/how-words-create-worlds/) - My sermon this week on Parashat Bereshit The Creation Story found in the Hebrew Bible is a revolutionary one. There are many reasons we might say this: The biblical creation story puts forth the image of ONE all-knowing, all-powerful deity, who existed before creation and will continue to exist even if the world should come
- [Tree of Life](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/tree-of-life/) - This week’s sermon on Chayei Sarah and the tragic shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh Undo it, take it Back Undo it, take it back, make every day the previous one until I am returned to the day before the one that made you gone. Or set me on an airplane traveling
- [Hineini - Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/hineini-rosh-hashanah/) - September 10, 2018 When God calls, the right answer is “Hineini.” Abraham says hineini when God instructs him to sacrifice his beloved son. Moses answers hineini when God calls to him from the burning bush. Isaiah cries out hineini when God invites him to prophecy to Israel. The literal translation of this word is, “Here
- [Being Yourself - erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/being-yourself-erev-rosh-hashanah/) - September 9, 2018 There is a story about a beloved rabbi who, after a long and fulfilling career at one spectacular synagogue, decides to retire. His congregants are supportive, but anxious. The community has been thriving. The last thing they want to do is to rock the boat The synagogue president calls an emergency meeting.
- [New Beginnings New Hopes New Voices - The First High Holy Day Service of Congregation Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/new-beginnings-new-hopes-new-voices-the-first-high-holy-day-service-of-congregation-kol-ami/) - September 05, 1994 The High Holy Days are a time for reflection, resolution and renewal. As early as the High Holy Days are this year, thanks to the lunar calendar, my personal journey toward them occurred during the first week of July. I had just completed twenty years in the pulpit, having made my decision
- [A Proud Moment - A Precious Legacy -- The Dedication of the Kol Ami Torah - Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/a-proud-moment-a-precious-legacy-the-dedication-of-the-kol-ami-torah-rosh-hashanah/) - September 25, 1995 We will soon read from the Akedah narrative in the Torah. The binding of Isaac is a stark description of one of the most important personal journeys in Jewish literature, one in which there is little dialogue. Of the 306 Hebrew words from the beginning of the portion - “some time afterward,
- [No Regrets - Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/no-regrets-kol-nidrei/) - October 03, 1995 Yom Kippur is the most sacred day of the year, so sacred that it is often referred to simply as “The day”. There are other major and minor holy days on the Jewish calendar, but this is the holiest one of them all. On all the other holy days, the evening that
- [Pope John Paul Visit to Rome Central Synagogue](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/pope-john-paul-visit-to-rome-central-synagogue/) - April 04, 1998 In this week's Torah Portion, we read about the laws of sacrifice. It begins with these words: "The Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 'Command Aaron and his sons, This is the ritual of the burnt offering. The burnt offering shall remain where it is burned upon the altar all night until morning,
- [Our Congregation Travels to Israel for Her Jubilee Year Celebration](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/our-congregation-travels-to-israel-for-her-jubilee-year-celebration/) - May 09, 1998 This Shabbat we are greeted by a double Torah Portion, called Aharei Mot-Kedoshim. The first portion, Aharei Mot means "after the death" and it refers to what followed "after the death of the two sons of Aaron [Nadab and Abihu] who died" {Leviticus 16:1} when they offered "alien fire which God had
- [Teach Us To Number Our Days -- Tuesdays With Morrie and Messages From My Father -- Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/teach-us-to-number-our-days-tuesdays-with-morrie-and-messages-from-my-father-yom-kippur/) - September 30, 1998 Among the several books that I read this summer, two are significant because of the memories and messages that they provide. One book is entitled Tuesdays With Morrie - An Old Man, A Young Man, and Life's Great Lesson {Doubleday, 1997} written by Mitch Albom, and the other is Messages From My
- [The Art of Giving](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-art-of-giving/) - February 15, 2002 In this week's Torah Portion, we read about gifts which led to the establishment of the first Jewish communal structure: the tabernacle. In the words of the Torah, this portable sanctuary was the combined effort of "every person whose heart so moved him" {Exodus 25:2}. Here is a different version of the
- [In Honor of Those Who Fought and Fell So That We Might Stand - Independence Day](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/in-honor-of-those-who-fought-and-fell-so-that-we-might-stand-independence-day/) - July 05, 2002 I see them every time a distant battle is commemorated. I hear them interviewed every July 4th and on Memorial Day. Many now walk with unsure steps, often aided by canes, or they sit in wheelchairs, eyes squinting in the sun. They wear jackets inscribed with the names of their units, and
- [Dealing With Lifes Challenges and Changes - Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/dealing-with-lifes-challenges-and-changes-kol-nidrei/) - October 05, 2003 I have always found the Kol Nidrei to be the most evocative prayer and melody in our tradition. As I hear the words chanted, I am transfixed and transformed, moving through time and space to a place that feels remarkably familiar. The Kol Nidrei sings and speaks to us of vows and
- [The Shame of Abu Ghraib](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-shame-of-abu-ghraib/) - May 15, 2004 There is so much to admire in this week's Torah Portion. We are commanded by God to allow the land to replenish itself. Just as we need rest from the rigors of work, so too does the earth. We enable it to renew itself, undisturbed by human hands that would otherwise be
- [Terror of the Tsunami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/terror-of-the-tsunami/) - January 08, 2005 Whenever we open the pages of a prayerbook or turn to text of the Torah, the traditional prayers and the Biblical narratives are always the same. The story lines never change. Heroes and heroines, patriarchs and matriarchs, rebels and dysfunctional siblings, dreamers and visionaries, cynics and doubters, all play their roles and
- [The Ordeal of Civility - Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-ordeal-of-civility-rosh-hashanah/) - October 04, 2005 When I was seven or eight years old, I told a friend to “shut up.” I no longer recall what prompted it. When my mother heard about it a few hours later, she sat me down and told me in no uncertain terms that I was not to speak to anyone in
- [A Closer Look at the Kol Nidrei - Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/a-closer-look-at-the-kol-nidrei-kol-nidrei/) - October 12, 2005 Of all the holy days on the Jewish calendar – from Rosh Hashanah through Shavuot – tonight is my favorite. Even more than Passover! How can that be? How can a service devoted to introspection, resolve and especially remorse, be my favorite service of the year? It is because of the Kol
- [The Prices We Pay in the Quest for Perfection and Power - Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-prices-we-pay-in-the-quest-for-perfection-and-power-yom-kippur/) - October 13, 2005 A little boy carried his bat and ball into his backyard and said, “I am the best batter in the world.” He tossed the ball up, swung and missed. Again he said, “I am the best batter in the world,” and tossed the ball up again, took a big swing and missed
- [Who Will Cry For Israel](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/who-will-cry-for-israel/) - August 04, 2006 Who will cry for Israel? This past Wednesday, August 2nd, the holy day of Tisha b’Av was observed…the day on which we mourn the destruction of the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. We fast…we sit on the floor and reflect on the tragedies that have befallen our People…we cry. We read
- [You Are My Kaddish -- Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/you-are-my-kaddish-kol-nidrei/) - October 02, 2006 This morning, we read these words from the Torah: “I set before you this day life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life,” says God on this holiest day of the year. Yet surely some choices are made for us. Sometimes choosing life can be one of the most difficult commandments to
- [Dedication of the American and Israeli Flags on the bimah of Congregation Kol Ami](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/dedication-of-the-american-and-israeli-flags-on-the-bimah-of-congregation-kol-ami/) - January 05, 2007 The fact that we have arrived at this moment in our congregation’s history to dedicate the American and Israeli flags on our bimah is very significant. Until this past September, we were always in someone else’s home – Gratz College or Congregation Melrose B’nai Israel – and while we were always made
- [Hope Lives -- erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/hope-lives-erev-rosh-hashanah/) - September 12, 2007 We are the ‘People of Hope.’ In Israel’s national anthem, HaTikvah, written in 1886 by Naphtali Herz Imber, we read and sing, Lo avdah tik’va’teynu/”Our hope will not be lost.” This phrase should inspire us because history, and Jewish history in particular, has cuffed hope around so many times throughout the ages,
- [From Generation to Generation - Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/from-generation-to-generation-rosh-hashanah/) - September 13, 2007 With the completion of this morning’s Torah Portion, the fabric of family, already frayed, has been completely severed. Abraham and Isaac would not see each other again until it was time to bury Sarah. The ancient rabbis, arguing causality, suggest that she died of a broken heart. Once again on this annual
- [The Always Open Door - Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-always-open-door-kol-nidrei/) - September 21, 2007 The litany of transgressions that we read this evening is daunting, but just imagine if you had to stand every time a transgression was recited that applied to you! To quote from ‘Gates of Repentance,’ our High Holy Day prayer book: “[for] the sins of arrogance, bigotry…deceit… greed [and] injustice… grudges, maliciousness…violence…xenophobia
- [Finding God -- Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/finding-god-yom-kippur/) - September 22, 2007 If memory is correct, I was about 14 years old and I was sitting in the magnificent sanctuary of the synagogue of my youth. It was Yom Kippur. The beautiful, soaring Moorish architecture of Temple Emanu-el was even more awe-inspiring on the High Holy Days. The sunlight that streamed through the stained-glass
- [Fill Our Hands with Blessings -- erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/fill-our-hands-with-blessings-erev-rosh-hashanah/) - September 29, 2008 One of the words that instantly comes to mind for me when I hear the phrase “the High Holy Days” is “transition.” This is all the truer in the wake of astonishing and unnerving changes on Wall Street as well as the forthcoming Presidential election on November 4th that will welcome a
- [Speaking to God: The Challenge of Language - Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/speaking-to-god-the-challenge-of-language-kol-nidrei/) - October 08, 2008 In about twenty-one hours, the Neilah Service and its refrain, “When the gates are closing and the day begins to fade” {Gates of Repentance, p. 518} will signify that the ten days that encompass Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are coming to an end. By six o’clock tomorrow evening, all appeals to
- [Toward Personal and National Redemption -- Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/toward-personal-and-national-redemption-yom-kippur/) - October 09, 2008 This past summer I reacquainted myself with books by Martin Buber – the eminent rabbi, philosopher and theologian - who is best known for his applied philosophy of ‘I-Thou,’ the quest for intimate relationship with God and with each other. I was riveted by an article entitled ‘The Jewish Soul,’ written by
- [Be Holy - Wage Peace -- erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/be-holy-wage-peace-erev-rosh-hashanah/) - September 18, 2009 “Wage peace with your breath. Breathe in firemen and rubble, breathe out whole buildings and flocks of red wing blackbirds. Breathe in terrorists and breathe out sleeping children and freshly mowed fields. Breathe in confusion and breathe out maple trees. Breathe in the fallen and breathe out lifelong friendships intact. Wage peace
- [Words to Confirmation Class 2010](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/words-to-confirmation-class-2010/) - May 18, 2010 As parents, we push you to excel, all the while trying to define the fine line that acknowledges your growing independence with our need to continue to teach and inspire you; and in quiet moments we realize that there are times it is you who teach and inspire us: tonight and into
- [Anger in America -- erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/anger-in-america-erev-rosh-hashanah/) - September 08, 2010 Four months ago, I was driving down Broad Street on my way into town, when I noticed the driver in the car to my right trying to get my attention by gesturing at me with rapid hand motions. Once he caught my eye, he momentarily took his hands off the steering wheel
- [When Is A Jew - Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/when-is-a-jew-rosh-hashanah/) - September 09, 2010 In the late 1970s, leaders of Reform synagogues and the Union for Reform Judaism – the former Union of American Hebrew Congregations – were exploring ways to establish Reform Jewish day schools throughout the United States because research has consistently shown that the best ways to strengthen Jewish identity in children and
- [What Does It Remember Like -- Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/what-does-it-remember-like-kol-nidrei/) - September 18, 2010 Two months ago, mid-July, we arrived at the last Torah Portion in the Book of Numbers. It is there, in the 33rd chapter, that one finds a lengthy list of the names of every one of the places that we encamped in the wilderness: 42 in total, enumerated in 49 verses. It
- [Egypt in Turmoil](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/454/) - February 04, 2011 Two months ago, on Friday, December 17th {2010}, I participated in my monthly 10am kabbalat Shabbat service at the Federation Early Learning Center, and then spent the remainder of the morning and early afternoon preparing discussion packets that would accompany readings by our 8th and 9th grade students at our Shabbat service
- [Service of Remembrance - A Decade Later](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/service-of-remembrance-a-decade-later/) - September 11, 2011 “A day of darkness and gloom; a day of cloud and shadows, spread like soot over the hills...their vanguard a consuming fire, in their wake a devouring flame” {Joel 2:2-3}. Those are the words of Joel, a Hebrew prophet from the 9th century BCE, describing a plague of locusts followed by drought
- [The Power of the Spoken Word - erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-power-of-the-spoken-word-erev-rosh-hashanah/) - September 28, 2011 The advertising campaign of one of the largest telecommunication companies in the world is based upon the question, “Can you hear me now?” It addresses our concern that in an age of instant communication, we might be out of touch. In 1982, the poster that announced the arrival of a movie directed
- [Lament for a Nation -- The Plague of Hunger in America - Sh'lahchaynee - "Send Me" - Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/lament-for-a-nation-the-plague-of-hunger-in-america-shlahchaynee-send-me-rosh-hashanah/) - September 29, 2011 A month ago, on August 28th, the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington D.C. was formally dedicated. It extols the man whose speech, “I Have A Dream,” delivered in 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, electrified the country. The first sentence contains a direct reference to President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation
- [Hunting Season - Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/hunting-season-kol-nidrei/) - October 07, 2011 One of the most remarkable places in Israel is located in Jaffa, adjacent to Tel Aviv. It is a combination theatre and restaurant, and it is called the Nalaga’at Center. Nalaga’at means “Please touch.” It opened in 2007 and most of the 70 people on its staff are deaf or blind, and
- [Shame - Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/shame-yom-kippur/) - October 08, 2011 I love ‘Keeping the Faith.’ That is a true statement, and it is also the title of a movie directed by Edward Norton, starring Ben Stiller, Jenna Elfman and Norton. It’s about three people who became friends in the eighth grade in New York City. As the years progress, Stiller and Norton
- [America the Beautiful - Can It Be - Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/america-the-beautiful-can-it-be-rosh-hashanah/) - September 17, 2012 A very important election awaits this nation in November, and so I want to share some thoughts with you about the America that I experience and envision. I want to talk about the American flag for a moment, and in particular about the American flag that stands on our bimah. It was
- [Express Yourself - Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/express-yourself-kol-nidrei/) - September 22, 2012 There have recently been a flurry of articles in The Jewish Exponent, The Philadelphia Inquirer and The New York Times about an increasing number of synagogues that have welcomed technology into their services in an effort to engage the younger generation. No longer are their rabbis asking worshippers to turn off their
- [We Are Michaelangelo's Unfinished Works - Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/we-are-michaelangelos-unfinished-works-yom-kippur/) - September 26, 2012 Most of you do not know this about me: I am a snob. This character flaw manifests itself in the waiting room of my dentist’s office. Arrayed before me in perfect horizontal and vertical rows on a large table are magazines whose titles peek out just over the covers of their competitors,
- [To Love Is To Give - erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/463/) - September 04, 2013 Exactly four months ago, on the weekend of May 3rd-4th, we celebrated our congregation’s 18th year of existence: a number that in Hebrew is represented by the word chai – the letter chet plus yud, the numeric equivalent of 18 – the Hebrew word that means “life.” It was an occasion, though
- [Exisence As Encounter - Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/exisence-as-encounter-rosh-hashanah/) - September 05, 2013 Every time that a family schedules their son’s or daughter’s Bar or Bat Mitzvah to be celebrated in the Spring, it comes with the realization that most of the Torah Portions will be from the Book of Leviticus: how festivals are to be observed, a litany of laws about sacrifice offerings, instructions
- [Let My People Stay - Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/let-my-people-stay-yom-kippur/) - September 14, 2013 We are a People well-traveled, we wandering Jews. We spread our wings to explore the world on bicycle, car, ship, plane, train and on foot. We visit locales that are packed with fellow-tourists, and places that few people have seen. Cities offer us their cultural riches, as do villages and towns their
- [What We Remember and Why - Yom haShoa](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/yom-hashoa-what-we-remember-and-why/) - April 17, 2015 This week, Jewish communities throughout the world observed Yom haShoa, the commemoration of the Holocaust, a day of remembrance inaugurated in 1953 by David ben Gurion, the Prime Minister of Israel. The original proposal was to hold it on the 14th of Nisan, the anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising {April 19,
- [Opening Eyes Minds and Borders - erev Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/erev-rosh-hashanah-opening-eyes-minds-and-borders/) - September 13, 2015 The Louvre in Paris - 9 million. The British Museum, London - 7 million. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City - 6 million The Vatican Museums - 6 million Tate Modern, London - 5 million Reina Sofia, Madrid - 3 million The Uffizi, Florence: 2 million The Van Gogh Museum,
- [The Hebrew Word for Year Also Means Change - Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/yom-kippur-the-hebrew-word-for-year-also-means-change/) - September 23, 2015 Donald Trump? Seriously? This is not going to be a post-debate analysis. There are wiser heads than mine to do that, and there is not enough Excedrin in the world for me to try, but there is a theme that occurred to me coming out of all the preening, put-downs and pontificating
- [A Time to be Together, Gathering to Express Hope the Day After the Election](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/a-time-to-be-together-gathering-to-express-hope-the-day-after-the-election/) - November 9, 2016 Late Tuesday night, November 8th, it became evident that what many of us hoped/worked/prayed and yearned for was not going to happen. Donald Trump – Donald Trump! – will be the next President of the United States. I went to bed but could not sleep. It was one of the most restless
- [Esau, post-election, reclaimed from history](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/esau-post-election-reclaimed-from-history/) - December 3, 2016 Surely you have read about me. “Esau the meek” some call me. Esau, the one who had his birthright taken from him not once, but twice, by his brother, Jacob. I was, they say, a refined man. I don’t deny it. I spent time at home and in camp, and so I
- [The Beast Is Loose](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-beast-is-loose/) - March 3, 2017 This is ‘Shabbat Across America’ though at this particular time, this particular week, it should really be called ‘The Much Needed Shabbat Across America’ because if you are like me, you are bone tired, worn down, reeling and angry. People have told me that it does not do me any good to
- [Disturbing Memories](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/disturbing-memories/) - March 10, 2017 It has been a very difficult few weeks for all of us. Just five days after more than a hundred headstones were toppled and damaged at Chesed Shel Emet Cemetery in St. Louis {February 21, 2017}, almost a hundred headstones were pushed over, severed from their foundations, at Mt. Carmel Cemetery here
- [Gesher l'Ahteed - Bridge to the Future - Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/gesher-lahteed-bridge-to-the-future-rosh-hashasnah/) - September 21, 2017 Last night, I gave the first of what will be my last High Holy Day sermons as your rabbi. This morning I want to share with you my heartfelt optimism about our future as we prepare to welcome your next rabbi. Our leaders on the Board of Trustees have created Gesher l’Ahteed/‘Bridge
- [If I Forget Thee, O Jerusalem - Kol Nidrei](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/if-i-forget-thee-o-jerusalem-kol-nidrei/) - What vows will you make this year and how might they help you create a better future? There are so many images filling the pages of our newspapers, television screens and mobile devices, and most of them are alarming and depressing, as well as painful to see and hear: political invectives and impasses; anti-Semitism and
- [The Sin of Indifference - Yom Kippur](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/the-sin-of-indifference-yom-kippur/) - Last night during our Kol Nidrei service, we sang the evocative words of the Ashahm’nu, the litany of transgressions in alphabetic acrostic: Ashahm’nu, bah’gahd’nu, gahdahl’nu, dihbar’nu…an acknowledgment that we betray and steal, we scorn and are cruel, we scheme and slander, we lie and ridicule…and on and on. The list exists because these are the
- [Hearing but not Listening - Rosh Hashanah](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/sermons/466/) - September 14, 2015 I am always tempted to use today’s Torah Portion about Abraham, Isaac, Sarah - and the absent Ishmael – to talk about contemporary issues and relationships. However, I am going to turn instead to the Haftarah Portion. It is there, in the first chapter of the first Book of Samuel, that we

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- [Jane Katzer Pace](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/voices/jane-katzer-pace/) - My Journey to This Moment - Jane Katzer Pace, June 16, 2018 While reading through our Machzor during the morning service this past Rosh Hashanah, I found this verse to which I made a strong connection; “I try to walk the road of Judaism. Embedded in that road there are many jewels. One is marked
- [Meryle Gurmankin](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/voices/meryle-gurmankin/) - My Journey to This Moment - Meryle Gurmankin, June 16, 2018 Two years ago I decided to embark on this journey to become an adult Bat Mitzvah. Why did I decide to spend time each month preparing for this day? I became a Bat Mitzvah when I was thirteen and had attended Hebrew School and
- [Gary Turetsky](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/voices/gary-turetsky/) - My Journey to This Moment - Gary Turetsky, June 16, 2018 How and why did I come to make the commitment to become an adult B’nai Mitzvah? Back in March of this year, at the Shabbat service honoring Rabbi Holin’s many years of involvement with the adult B’nai Mitzvah program at Kol Ami, I was
- [Jack Selkirk](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/voices/jack-selkirk/) - My Journey to This Moment - Jack Selkirk, June 16, 2018 When I sat down to write about my personal journey in becoming a bar mitzvah, I started to jot down a list of everything I learned or experienced over the past two years relative to the b’nai mitzvah program. After I had finished, I
- [Shelley Chamberlain](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/voices/shelley-chamberlain/) - My Journey to This Moment - Shelley Chamberlain, June 16, 2018 This just feels so right. As a kid I attended Jewish camp, wrote creative services, and attended LONG Seders with our extended family. As a teen, I served as president of our temple youth group. I took great pride in my grandfather’s role as
- [Aaron Blower](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/voices/aaron-blower/) - Confirmation Service - Aaron Blower, May 20, 2018 I express my commitment to Judaism by actions based on Jewish teachings. I attend a Jewish summer camp and I am going to Israel this summer in order to have more Jewish experiences. I also support causes that I believe to be congruent with Jewish beliefs, like
- [Emma Fishbein](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/voices/emma-fishbein-2/) - Confirmation Service - Emma Fishbein, May 20, 2018 When I have a family, I would like to raise my children Jewish. I want my children to have the community Judaism brings with it. It would connect them with so many people. I would be part of a synagogue so that my children could go to Hebrew
- [Ben Goldstone](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/voices/ben-goldstone/) - Confirmation Service - Ben Goldstone, May 20, 2018 To be Jewish isn’t just a choice, it’s a lifestyle. I am proud to be Jewish not because of the eight days of presents or the chocolate covered matzah, but because I can turn to my community when I am in need of help. When I go
- [Noah Stern](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/voices/noah-stern/) - Confirmation Service - Noah Stern, May 20, 2018 Confirmation is celebrated on Shavuot, a holy day representing the giving of the Ten Commandments. Moses was given the tablets but then ended up destroying them when he saw the people had built the Golden Calf. So he went up again and received new tablets. The giving
- [Jonathan Warsaw](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/voices/jonathan-warsaw/) - Confirmation Service - Jonathan Warsaw, May 20, 2018 If I could change one thing in our society it would be to try and end gun violence. Especially in light of recent events such as the Parkland shooting and the way that the students there and across the country have reacted to it, now is the
- [Ila Charendoff](https://www.kolamielkinspark.org/voices/ila-charendoff/) - Confirmation Service - Ila Charendoff, May 20, 2018 Congregation Kol Ami is more than just a synagogue to me. I grew up with Congregation Kol Ami as a constant in my life. From the start of Hebrew school I made connections and friendships with people I may not have ever known and strengthened relationships I

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