FRIDAY NIGHT SERVICE AND DAIRY DINNER
FRIDAY, JUNE 6 AT 6:30 PM
Join us for a wonderful Friday evening of community, prayer and sing-along! In honor of Shavouot, a dairy dinner with ice cream.
All are welcome - bring your friends and relatives. Adults, $20 and children (5 to 12 yrs), $10. Please RSVP by Thursday, May 29th. Flyers are in the atrium.
CELEBRATE SHAVUOT, SUNDAY, JUNE 8
We'll honor our Religious School graduates and celebrate the gift of Torah. Students in our 7th grade class will help conduct services on the occasion of their religious school graduation.
Services and graduation begin at 6 pm, our ice cream bar opens at 7:15 pm and our tikkun Lei Shavuot (all night Torah study) begins at 8:30 pm. Join us for all or part of the evening!
Shavuot services continue at 9:30 am Monday morning with Yiskor on Tuesday morning.
Shabbat - Fri. Nights
We've brought back the Friday night service and celebration to the first Friday night of each month at 6:30pm. Join us to welcome with joy and new energy the beginning of Shabbat.
We sing Kabbalat Shabbat with piano accompaniment (before the Barchu). We pray with traditional and new readings. And we share a little nosh (so you can have dinner before or after).
First Friday night of each month, beginning at 6:30pm. You'll be back home in an hour, re-Jew-venated!
Shabbat - Sat. Morning
Shabbat is the anchor of our community. A variety of activities highlight this special day of the week.
Every Saturday morning, beginning at 9:30 and concluding around 12:00, we enjoy a full traditional, but egalitarian, service. Members participate in a lively Torah discussion and may also lead portions of the service, chant a Haftarah or provide a scholarly discourse. We also honor our B'nai Mitzvah of all ages with the opportunity to lead services.
If you wish to participate in Shabbat services (receive an aliyah, perform the role of hagbah or g'lilah, open the ark, introduce a new prayer, give a d'var Torah or serve as an usher), contact the office and we'll put you in touch with the Religious Practices Committee.
Specially scheduled Friday evening services, often followed by a festive Shabbat dinner and a themed program, usher in the beginning of Shabbat (keep an eye out in the calendar and Activities section of the KMwebsite for announcements of these special events).
Shabbat Club meets weekly for all of our youngsters, ages 2 to 12, on Shabbat morning. Our club includes:
Tot Shabbat
For ages 2-1/2 to 5, meeting from 11:00am - 12:00pm.
Kid's Kahal
For ages 6 to 8, meeting from 11:00am - 12:00pm.
Junior Congregation
For ages 6 to 12, meeting from 11:00am - 12:00pm (once a month from September through June).
Child care is available every Shabbat morning while parents attend services.
Following services on Saturday morning there is a kiddush. This is a wonderful opportunity to get to know the members of the congregation, our rabbi, and our hazzan on a more intimate basis. Members take turns sponsoring the Kiddush to commemorate special occasions.
There are also opportunities to extend the Shabbat experience beyond the synagogue service. These gatherings have included a pot-luck Seudah Shlishit (third meal) and Study Sessions as well as Shabbat Study Groups after services.
Once a year, there is a Shabbaton for the entire congregation -- a complete Shabbat celebration, often with special scholars-in-residence, beginning with Friday evening services and dinner, and continuing through Havdallah on Saturday evening. Not to be missed!!
Shabbat in 3-D
Occasionally we celebrate Shabbat morning in 3-D. The 3 D's are Daven, Dine and D'rash (in English, that's Worship, Food and Learning).
The regular Shabbat services are run at a slightly accelerated pace so that we have time for a learning session and a leisurely lunch. All are welcome. There is no charge.
Rosh Hashanah / Yom Kippur
Due to increased attendance, High Holy Day services are held at the Olympic Collection located at 11301 Olympic Blvd. in West Los Angeles. Click to see a Map to the Olympic Collection. Phone: (310) 575- 4585.
Our services are conducted by our own Rabbi Michael Gotlieb and Hazzan Keith Miller.
We feature a full range of High Holiday services beginning with Erev Rosh Hashanah and ending with a light "break-fast" at the conclusion of Yom Kippur services.
On Rosh Hashanah, we also observe the custom of Tashlich by walking as a congregation to the end of the Santa Monica Pier and symbolically "casting our sins," in the form of bread, upon the waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Year 2008/5769 Schedule (bs"d)
Mon. Sept. 29
Leil Rosh Hashanah...6:15pm
Tue. Sept. 30
1st Day Rosh Hashanah...9:00am
Child Care...9:00am - 1:15pm
Junior Congregation...10:30am
Sermon...11:00am
Tashlich...5:30pm (at Santa Monica pier)
For information about ordering tickets for the services -- or better yet, joining the shul and receiving free tickets -- please contact Kathie Rose at (310) 829-0566 or office @ km-synagogue . org.
You may also inquire the office about buying a High Holy Days Siddur aka Mahzor for $45. If you're still learning Hebrew you may want to download an abridged transliterated Mahzor here.
To read a general description of Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur, see our Holiday Descriptions section of the website.
And to donate to the hungry what you would've spent on food during Yom Kippur, see Sova in the Social Action section of the site.
