Posted by in Uncategorized We are still celebrating this wonderful week of Sukkot! A time of great joy and a time of great celebration. Yesterday our congregation celebrated Sukkot by walking in AIDS Walk Los Angeles. We joined the more than 30,000 people who took to the streets of West Hollywood to raise funds for Aids Project Los Angeles…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Shabbat Sukkot is a double dose of joy! Sukkot is known as “zman simchateinu” -season of our rejoicing. On this holiday we celebrate the abundance in our lives. Even as the occupy Wall Street folks protest the corporate greed of the 1% we Americans enjoy a standard of living so far above many parts of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized Sukkot Rabbi Denise L. Eger We have just finished the sacred journey from Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur through the Ten Days of Repentance. We have moved from Yom Terurah and Yom HaDin, Day of Sounding the Shofar and Day of Judgment to the Day of Atonement. As the gates of heaven closed at…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized http://myemail.constantcontact.com/News-from-Kol-Ami.html?soid=1100447839517&aid=Jz8xA1QAP7c. Please see this info about all the Sukkot Activities at Kol Ami!
Posted by in Uncategorized I am so honored to be LGBT History Month’s icon for National Coming Out Day! Thanks to everyone at Equality Forum. My profile is featured today. Please click the video to the right of this column to see my story today! And I am between Alan Cumming and Lady Gaga. Now that’s some awesome pair!
Posted by in Uncategorized Tomorrow is National Coming Out Day. If you have been in the closet, hiding your sexual orientation, tomorrow is a day to take your next step. Tell a friend. Tell a loved one. Each time we speak truthfully about our lives we heal a piece of our own souls and most importantly we heal the…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized How are you using this week? The days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are a solemn time in our tradition. The days of this week are meant to be part of the journey toward atonement and purification for this year. If you have been hurtling toward Yom Kippur without taking a few moments of…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized LGBT History Month: An “iconic” project that will feature LGBT role models :: EDGE Philadelphia. See this press release about LGBT History month. And see who is number 11!
Posted by in Uncategorized October is LGBT History Month. I am honored to have been chosen one of the ICONS of this year’s LGBT History month by the Equality Forum. If you click on the video just to the right of this each day a different important person in the LGBT community is highlighted. Watch for my story! Thank…Read more »
Posted by in Uncategorized I want to wish you a very Happy New Years day. Tonight the month of Tishrei arrives and so does 5772 of the Jewish calendar. I hope that this night ushers in for you and those you love a season of renewal, blessing and hope. The Ten Days of Repentance allow for deep reflection and…Read more »
Walking Humbly. Seeking Justice. Living with Hope. 