The Open Yad Project

#Torah comes in all forms, and as we prepare to celebrate #Shavuot, take a listen to Duke Marine sharing just some of the ways we have learned together with The Open Yad Project over the past 3 years. Then consider a #donation while they are being matched 1-1 this month! Double your impact and help us keep bringing #Jewish and Jew-ish folks in our 20s & 30s together here in #westhollywood! https://www.kol-ami.org/open-yad-support

Hear from The Open Yad Project leadership council member Sarah Steiker about what our community means to her! Support us with a donation today! #matchedgift #doubleyourimpact https://www.kol-ami.org/open-yad-support

That's the way our leadership council member Michael Prince describes our community! Here's why they supported us with a #matched #donation this month!: Over the past 3 years, the Open Yad Project has been such a blessing to me: this welcoming community of Jewish and Jew-ish young adults has given me priceless friendships, precious memories, ongoing Jewish education, and above all, a place of belonging as a #queer, #trans Jew-by-choice. By supporting the Open Yad Project with a donation, you help this incredible group as we continue to extend an open hand to Jewish and Jew-curious young adults of all genders, orientations, and backgrounds. You can be a part of building this radically inclusive, uplifting, fun-loving, and sacred community! Amen amen! We’d be honored if you’d donate too! https://www.kol-ami.org/open-yad-support

Last night the @openyadproject celebrated #mothersday and #Jewishmothers with a #bookclub discussion of "Mamaleh Knows Best" by Marjorie Ingall. So much #wisdom in this book! Still sitting with this gem in particular: "Jewish mothers have always been the storytellers-in-chief. ...Whether we’re outside-work moms or at-home-most-of-the-time moms, we’re usually the ones conveying values, setting expectations of behavior, nurturing curiosity and love of learning and confidence and general chutzpah Storytelling is a big part of the why. Whether it's a happy day or a tough day for you, we see you, and we're sending #love and #support and #kindness your way

After a long week, #shabbat arrives with a chance to #unplug and #refresh our spirits! #shabbatshalom How do you unplug after a long week?

THIS SATURDAY: They know to cook, but who is the IRON MACCABEE CHEF? Join our Congregation Kol Ami and Open Yad Project community for a Chanukah Havdalah in the kitchen that you won’t want to miss, Saturday December 12 at 5:30 PM! We will bid farewell to Shabbat with Havdalah, light our Chanukah lights with community and song, and then cheer on our community's chef contestants as they seek the title of Iron Maccabee Chef during our own version of the famous cooking TV sh...ow! Register here --> https://us02web.zoom.us//tZMvceyrpjwrGNaU8u-url9EKLDWSyYOH

Shabbat Shalom!