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Pride Shabbat - June 6, 2025

Join us for a vibrant and welcoming Pride Shabbat Service as we celebrate the intersection of Jewish and LGBTQ+ identities. This special evening will include traditional Shabbat prayers, spirited music, and reflections that honor the beauty of diversity and the power of community. All are welcome—come as you are and experience a joyful, inclusive space.

  • 5-6 p.m.: Kids' activities & light nosh
  • 6-7 p.m.: Shabbat service
  • 7-8:30 p.m.: Dinner

Dinner is $10 per person

Vaad Supervised Kosher buffet to be provided by Kim's Kreations.

Click HERE to register.

Welcome to Congregation Kol Ami!

We are a nonaffiliated, progressive, warm, eclectic, diverse, and LGBTQ+ friendly synagogue located in Kansas City's urban core. Kol Ami aims to become a hub for Jewish activity in the city’s center. We focus on music, lively discussion and social justice, and we welcome people of all levels of Jewish observance and experience. Interfaith families, singles and searchers find Kol Ami a safe and welcoming place to explore their Jewish journeys.

Membership

If you're interested in becoming a member at Kol Ami, please contact membership@kolamikc.org.

Mission

Kol Ami is an inclusive kehilah (community) that offers vibrant worship and modern Jewish experiences in and for the urban core.

About Our Services

We once again are holding services and events in the Bragg Sanctuary at All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church in midtown Kansas City, across from the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art and the Kansas City Art Institute. We also continue to hold some events via Zoom or livestream.

Our worship is informal, warm and open to everyone regardless of where you happen to be on your Jewish journey. We use the Mishkan T’filah for Travelers, the new prayer book from the Reform Movement, but we’re open to new voices in the Jewish world and regularly draw from other sources. Music is a focal point of our worship - we like to sing! Our music director, Karen Engebretson, leads a diverse ensemble of musicians. Rabbi Alpert weaves discussion into each service, explaining the intent and varying interpretations of prayers, texts and rituals. A brief period of meditation is usually included, along with the opportunity to greet visitors and each other. We also offer a healing blessing, the Mi Shebeirach, for those who are ill in our community.

Periodically, Kol Ami invites a speaker to participate and briefly address the congregation on a topic relevant to our vision and mission. 

At the conclusion of our Friday-night services, we gather around the table for Oneg Shabbat, which to some means “the sweetness of the Sabbath.” To others, it means “munchies and conversation.” However you interpret it, it’s better when we share it with you.

Our Prayer Book

Since we also convene on Zoom at times, please know that the Kol Ami worship siddur  Mishkan T'filah for Travelers is available on Kindle through Amazon for $4.99 or at ccarpress.org for purchase. The CCAR Press phone number is 212-972-3636, ext. 241.  When we gather together at All Souls, copies are available.

Morning Worship and Connection

Join us for morning prayer and connection each weekday (M-F) at 8:00 a.m.

Just a short 15 minutes for a little praying, a bit of Torah study, and to stay connected and support each other during this challenging time. Click to join Zoom. 

Our Upcoming Events

All Events
  • Saturday ,
    JunJune  7 , 2025
     
     
    Adult Study

    Shabbat, Jun 7th 9:30a to 10:30a
    On Saturday, May 7, at 9:30 a.m., at the home of Fay and Rabbi Doug and on Zoom, we will study and discuss together. If attending in person, RSVP to rabbidoug@kolamikc.org Click to join Zoom.

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  • Sunday ,
    JunJune  8 , 2025
     
     
    Kol Ami Book Club: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli

    Sunday, Jun 8th 2:00p to 3:30p
    Kol Ami’s book club meets on Sunday, June 8 at 2 PM. We will discuss: Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli. Email haleycferguson@gmail.com for location and more information.

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  • Friday ,
    JunJune  13 , 2025
     
     
    Shabbat Shulchan

    Friday, Jun 13th 6:00p to 7:00p
    Join us as we gather at All Souls for our Shabbat Shulchan, our Shabbat Table — informal Shabbat worship followed by our Seudah, our festive Shabbat meal. So we know how much food to bring, please RSVP with THIS FORM.

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  • Saturday ,
    JunJune  14 , 2025
     
     
    Shir L'Shabbat

    Shabbat, Jun 14th 10:00a to 11:00a
    We join in the opportunity to celebrate Shabbat with the monthly Shir L’Shabbat service. The service, co-led by our own Anna Jaffe and Rabbi Yonatan Rudnick is both a more traditional Shabbat morning service, combined with wonderful, creative music. Join in on Saturday, June 14 at 10 AM. Services are held at Asbury United Methodist Church, 5400 W. 75th Street (75th and Nall, parking in back).

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  • Saturday ,
    JunJune  21 , 2025
     
     
    Study, Worship, and Seudah - Shabbat Brunch

    Shabbat, Jun 21st 9:30a to 11:30a
    On Saturday, June 21st at 9:30 AM, we will make Shabbos with study and trading ideas on prayer, followed by praying and a Seudah, a festive Shabbat brunch. If attending in person please rsvp to: rabbidoug@kolamikc.org. If unable to attend in person, Zoom is always an option. Click to join Zoom.

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  • Friday ,
    JunJune  27 , 2025
     
     
    Shabbat Blessings

    Friday, Jun 27th 6:45p to 7:00p
    Join us as we "make Shabbos,” reciting blessings together to get our Shabbat started. Candle blessings, Kiddush over wine or grape juice, and Motzi add a sense of the sacred to our Shabbat experience and lives. Click to join Zoom.

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  • Friday ,
    JulJuly  11 , 2025
     
     
    Shabbat Shulchan

    Friday, Jul 11th 6:00p to 7:00p
    Join us as we gather at All Souls for our Shabbat Shulchan, our Shabbat Table — informal Shabbat worship followed by our Seudah, our festive Shabbat meal. So we know how much food to bring, please RSVP with THIS FORM.

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