SHABBAT SCHEDULE
Shabbat M'var'khim • Parashat Matot-Masei
July 17th – 18th • 26th Tammuz

Friday, July 17th
5:30 pm ... Family Shabbat Service
6:30 pm ... Erev Shabbat Service
8:37 pm ... Candle Lighting

Saturday, July 18th
9:00 am ... Traditional Shabbat Morning Service
9:37 pm ... Havdalah
Due to COVID-19, services will ONLY be held via livestream or Zoom
SIDDURIM & CHUMASH
MINYANIM & YAHRZEITS
Learn more about Minyanim and this week's Yahrzeits .
You should have received your 2020 – 2021 membership commitment letters in the mail. If you haven't received it yet, or have any questions, please contact the office at 801-484-1501 or email Danny Burman . We appreciate your membership and support!
We’re very excited and grateful to Dovan Lapin for being the inspiration behind this project and to the Highland Utah South Stake for taking us on as a service project. This is a wonderful expression of our interfaith partnerships that will greatly reduce our water usage, support our mission of tikkun olam, and improve the appearance of our property.

WE NEED VOLUNTEERS
Monday, August 3rd through Friday, August 7th • contact Jeremy Lapin
LAMENTATIONS STUDY SESSION
Sunday, July 18th at 4:30 pm
with Rabbi Wenger and Faye Lincoln

As Tisha B’av approaches us on July 29th – 30th, we turn our attention to Lamentations, or Eicha, in Hebrew. This short work is an intricate set of dirges and descriptions of Jerusalem under siege and of the destruction of the First Temple. The elegy bewails Jerusalem, once teeming with life and now sitting abandoned and alone like a solitary widow. View the text here.
ARE YOU HAVING FINANCIAL HARDSHIPS AS A RESULT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC?
Please don’t hesitate to reach out to Rabbi Samuel L. Spector, Danny Burman, Jim Isaacson, or Teresa Bruce. If you prefer, you can contact Ellen Silver at Jewish Family Services. We will do our very best to help you address those needs. Your community is here for you. We stand together during these difficult times, and Kol Ami will do what we can to help you through these challenges.
IN ORDER TO KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE, THE OFFICE IS CLOSED AND ALL PROGRAMMING IS BEING HELD REMOTELY
Staff and clergy will be answering questions regarding office, religious school, and preschool related matters via email. We will respond to you as soon as possible. Contacts can be found below:

If you have an urgent matter and you need to speak to someone in the office please call Tracy Plotkin, Administrative Assistant, at 773-474-2672. If prompted to leave a message, please include the spelling of your name and the best phone number to reach you.

If you have an emergency such as an unexpected hospitalization or loss of a loved one, please call our emergency line at 801-742-1501.
Let us raise our voices, let us put our Jewish values into action, and let us create a nation that truly is a place for all our people.
TAKE ACTION

Join or support a protest. If you go, wear a mask and keep a safe distance.

Condemn Police Brutality by signing NCJW's petition.


VOTE! If you are not registered to vote, register now.
WATCH SOMETHING

13th (Netflix)
Dear White People (Netflix)
Fruitvale Station (Available to rent)
If Beale Street Could Talk (Hulu)
Just Mercy (Available to rent for free)
The Hate U Give (Hulu with Cinemax)
When They See Us (Netflix)
READ SOMETHING

How To Be An Antiracist
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Me and White Supremacy
KOL AMI CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
COVID-19 PROCEDURES
The Kol Ami Cemetery Association has some new, temporary, procedures in regards to the current pandemic. They can be found  here.
Our Google classroom website, created by McGillis School Jewish Educator Liz Paige, is there to support you in continuing your Jewish learning at home.
Questions? Contact Cantor Wendy Bat-Sarah, Religious School Director.
COMMUNITY RESOURCES & EVENTS
Wednesday, July 15th at 7:00 PM — click the link above to RSVP for the link


For any member of the community to receive or provide a helping hand



Find great resources and activities for kids

Digital storytelling to spark connections to Judaism for learners of all ages
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