Candle lighting time for Friday, January 20, is 4:55 PM.  

Friday evening service will be held via Zoom only on January 20 at 5:30 PM.

Click here for the Zoom link. 

Shabbat morning services will be held in person and via Zoom on Saturday, January 21, beginning at 9:30 AM. The Torah portion will be Parshat Va'era.  Click here for the Zoom link.

Please click here for information about our mask policy for in-person services and events.

Monday evening service will be held via Zoom only on January 23 at 7 PM.  Click here for the Zoom link.

Thursday morning service will be held via Zoom only on January 26 at 9 AM.  Click here for the Zoom link.

You are invited to join us on Friday, February 3 as we celebrate Tu BiShvat with Auntie A! We will begin with a potluck dinner at 5:30 PM. Please bring a vegetarian side dish to share. A service geared toward young families will begin at 6:15 PM. Please text Allison (443-871-4126) with any questions or with your RSVP if you plan to attend.  Please note: this event will be held in person only. If you prefer to attend services via Zoom, please click here to access the link to our 5:30 PM Friday evening service.



Talmud Study will be held on Monday, January 23, at 10:30 AM. Click here for the Zoom link.

The Zentangle Meditative Art class is held via Zoom on Wednesday mornings beginning at 10 AM. No art background needed or required. Please have the following items available: several sheets of copy paper, a no.2 sharpened pencil, a black pen with a fine tip and good ink flow, a Q-tip and scissors (to cut out our drawing paper). Please e-mail the synagogue office at [email protected] with any questions or if you would like the Zoom link.

Torah and Tabloids will continue (via Zoom) on Thursday, January 26, beginning at 9:40 AM.  Click here for the Zoom link.

Siddur Class will NOT be held on Tuesday, January 24. Our next session is scheduled (via Zoom) for Tuesday, January 31, at 10:30 AM. A Zoom link will be made available as the date draws closer.



Dues: Please note that it is time for the Sisterhood to pay membership dues to WLCJ (Women's League for Conservative Judaism). It is not too late to submit the dues ($36 includes $15 to WLCJ) so that you can continue to access the WLCJ website. New members to the congregation are exempt from these dues as the first year is gratis complimentary of Kol Shalom Sisterhood. Questions? Contact Edith at [email protected] or Gloria at [email protected]

Women’s League Book Club: There is still time to RSVP for the book review on Sunday January 29, 2023 at 1 PM. Title of book: The Color of Love by Maara B. Gad. Please email Susan Zevin at [email protected]. or Judy Salob, [email protected] to RSVP.

Gift Shop: A Flash Sale of the Gift Shop contents will be available to our congregation very soon. The Sisterhood is requesting that checks be made out to Tree of Life Preschool or USY/Kadima at Congregation Kol Shalom (Kol Shalom's youth group). Once the inventory is posted, a schedule will be available for congregants to shop. Think about gifts for upcoming events and celebrations. The contents range from items for Shabbat, special days i.e., Pesach, Hanukkah, Yahrzeit candles, etc. 

WL Convention 2023 Highlights - Sisters Celebrating Together

Sunday July 16 - Wednesday July 19 Schaumburg, IL

Mark your calendars. Complete details are in the WL Weekly. Thirty-five women have participated in the Adult Bat Mitzvah Program over the last three years and will be celebrating at this event. Of the thirty-five, five are in the Seaboard Region. Kol Shalom is one of thirty-one sisterhoods in the Seaboard Region. It is an honor for me to represent Kol Shalom in the Adult Bat Mitzvah Class of determined women. For more information, please contact Edith at [email protected].

Oneg/Kiddush Donations: It is with thanks that we acknowledge the donations made to the Oneg/Kiddush fund. Howard Salob reads the list at services each Shabbat and we publish the list in The Weekly Shofar as well. Click here to view a list of donations for January 2023.  In addition to using the funds to serve food in the building, we are donating funds to the Anne Arundel County Food Bank and the Anne Arundel Community College Student Food Bank.  



UPDATE REGARDING AMAZON SMILE: Amazon has made plans to plans to discontinue AmazonSmile by February 20, 2023. Until this date, customer purchases made via AmazonSmile will continue to accrue funds for Congregation Kol Shalom.  Stay tuned for other ways you will be able to help Kol Shalom and our schools using Amazon.

If you have an item you would like to include in the Weekly Shofar, please compose and e-mail your submission to the synagogue office (see e-mail address below) no later than the preceding Tuesday. Any items received after this time will be held for the following week's announcements.



If you would like to purchase a plaque to memorialize a loved one, or a simcha leaf to commemorate a special occasion, please contact Howard Salob at [email protected] or 410-544-2440.