Are you able to provide carpool to the event? Let us know by emailing our Youth Program Manager Jen Quick at jen@orami.org

SoMPTY is going to NFTY!!  Our 6th, 7th, and 8th graders are invited for the final middle school event of the year, 678 Spring, on March 23, 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at American Jewish University. This day-long event captures the NFTY (North American Federation of Teen Youth) experience and tailors it for middle schoolers.

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Geared toward new members, new friends, and community building, 678 Spring features interactive programs, mixers, Shira, dinner and Havdallah. Everything is teen-designed, teen-led, and developed in partnership with Temple Israel of Long Beach and the SOCAL 678 initiative.

Early Bird: $50
Register by March 3

Late Registration: $65
Register by March 10

Are you able to provide carpool to the event? Let us know by emailing our Youth Program Manager Jen Quick at jen@orami.org

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Please join us for 90 minutes of nosh, networking and a highly interactive program.

FACILITATOR: Rabbi Paul Kipnes

TOPIC: Retaining your passion and your family amidst intense business pressures. Lessons from Moses and his mothers, Yocheved and Batya

Rabbi Paul explores how being true to who we are makes make us better people, as well as more successful business and professional leaders.

The Or Ami Business Roundtable allows you to deepen relationships with other Or Ami members while discussing business, and spirituality, with a fun Jewish focus.

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WHEN: 7:30 – 9:00 pm February 22 2019

WHERE: Congregation Or Ami

Rabbi-for-the-Day Susie Gruber joins Rabbi Kipnes and Cantor Cotler for an inspiring service. Pre-Bar Mitzvah Solomon Krumholz.

Livestreamed at oramilive.com

[Torah portion: Ki Tisa Exodus 30:11-34:35]

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Or Ami is looking for young musicians to create a series of bands (divided by age levels and proficiency) to present awesome new music that will enhance the experience of our various events. Whether its rocking out at shabbat, or jamming along at the purim carnival, our congregation would love to hear you play!

Email Rabbi Julia Weisz with Participant’s Name, Grade and Instrument

Pay It Forward Social Action Event

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Click here to Sign Up

When:  Sunday, February 24,  11:00 am – 12:30 pm

Join Or Ami to make a difference!

Pay it Forward brings together activities to create items for donation including:

• Make No Sew Fleece Blankets (for people experiencing homelessness)
• Decorate onesies (Baby2Baby) www.baby2baby.org
• Make dog toys and treats (local animal shelter and Shelter Hope Pet Shop)
• Decorate bags (Meals on Wheels)  www.seniorconcerns.org/programs/meals-on-wheels/
• Write letters (Operation Gratitude)  www.operationgratitude.com
• Decorate panels for preschools in Africa (Jewish World Watch)

Learn about volunteering opportunities in our community from groups including:

• Sharsheret (www.sharsheret.org)
• Shelter Hope Pet Shop (www.shelterhopepetshop.org)
• Jewish Home for the Aging  (http://www.lajh.org/)
• Jewish World Watch (https://www.jww.org/)
• Children with Hair Loss (https://www.childrenwithhairloss.us)
• New Directions for Youth  (http://ndfy.org/)
• CARE; a Financial Education Resource for High School and College Students  (https://care4yourfuture.org/)

Register to:

• Be a bone marrow donor (https://www.giftoflife.org/)
• Vote (https://registertovote.ca.gov/)
• Participate in Or Ami Challah Bake

Buy jewelry produced by Bead for Life, an organization of Ugandan women (www.beadforlife.org)

WHEN: 7:30 – 9:00 pm

WHERE: Congregation Or Ami

Our Teen L’taken delegates report on their lobbying in Washington DC. Special blessing of our Jewish San Francisco Trip Participants. With Rabbi Kipnes, Rabbi Weisz and Cantor Cotler. Pre-B’nai Mitzvah honoring Nathan Admon and Colby Kurzban.

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