Boomers Plus Book Club: We Would Never
We will be reading We Would Never by Tova Mirvis. Inspired by a true story, We Would Never is “an intellectual mystery—part whodunit, part whydunit, and heavy on the complexities of family dynamics, asking: How far would you go to protect those you love?” Our discussion will take place remotely via Zoom. Registration is required. […]
Boomers Plus Book Club: Tap Dancing on Everest
This month’s read is Tap Dancing on Everest: A Young Doctor’s Unlikely Adventure, by Mimi Zieman, MD. Our discussion will take place remotely via Zoom. The plan was outrageous: A small expedition of four climbers would attempt a new route on the East Face of Mt. Everest, considered the most remote and dangerous side of […]
Boomers Plus Book Club: Just As I Thought
This month’s Book Club feature is Just As I Thought by Grace Paley. Our hybrid discussion will take place in person at Kol Ami and remotely via Zoom. As close to an autobiography as anything we are likely to have from this quintessentially American writer, Just As I Thought gives us a chance to see Paley not […]
Boomers Plus Book Club: The Boston Girl
This month’s Book Club feature is The Boston Girl by Anita Diamant. Our hybrid discussion will take place in person at Kol Ami and remotely via Zoom. Written with the same attention to historical detail and emotional resonance that made Diamant’s previous novels bestsellers, The Boston Girl is a moving portrait of one woman’s complicated […]
Sisterhood Membership Brunch
Sisterhood members are invited for brunch (provided) and to hear speaker Jean Hoffmann Lewanda. Ms. Lewanda, author of Shalama: My 96 Seasons in China, writes and speaks about her family’s journey from Nazi-occupied Austria to Shanghai to the United States. Her book will be available for purchase and will be signed upon request. Registration required […]
Social Action at BookSmiles
Kol Ami and Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill want to build our relationship as well as help our community by participating in a joint service project at the BookSmiles warehouse in Pennsauken. Registration required as space is limited.
Shabbat Evening Service: Installation Shabbat with Koleinu
We install our new slate of Officers and Board of Trustees. Our Choir, Koleinu, joins us! We encourage you to join our weekly services so we can draw strength from our traditions and from our connections to one another. We celebrate Anniversaries on the FIRST Friday of each month We celebrate Birthdays on the FOURTH […]
RH: Tashlich Service at Lions Lake Park
Tashlich is a ceremony generally conducted on the first day of Rosh Hashanah in which we symbolically cast our sins into a moving body of water, such as a river, stream, or ocean. We will join together at the lake for a casual, short service. Bird seed will be provided. Lions Lake Park 101 Dutchtown […]
Selichot Study, Service & Dessert
Who is Wise? Scholars Who Inspire Us 7:00 pm Selichot Teaching & Discussion with the Rabbis 8:00 pm Selichot Service with Havdalah & Changing of the Torah Covers 9:15 pm Dessert Pirkei Avot, the ethical teachings of the sages, asks, “Ei’zeh hu cha’cham?” Who is wise? and answers, “the person who learns from everyone.” Come […]
Parade at Broadway Theatre of Pitman
Attend a live performance of “Parade” at the Broadway Theatre of Pitman. $40 per person, orchestra seating Kol Ami reserved tickets are limited, so act fast! Register by August 1. Sponsored by Kol Ami’s Arts & Culture Committee, Boomers Plus Social Group, and Sisterhood. Parade Amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, the […]