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Worship Event
of the Week

Shabbat Study, Service and Seudah
We make Shabbos together with study, informal prayer and a Seudah — a festive Shabbat brunch — on Saturday, December 21, beginning at 9:30 a.m. We will be at the home of Fay and Rabbi Doug and on Zoom. 

If attending in person, you need to RSVP to rabbidoug@kolamikc.org.

To join in via Zoom, click here.

Upcoming Kol Ami Worship Event

Shabbat Hanukkah
At Kol Ami, we always look forward to our Shabbat Hanukkah. On Friday, December 27, we will have our annual Shabbat Hanukkah service at 6:45 p.m. at All Souls. Bring your Hanukkah menorahs to make the room glow with the warm light of the candles. 

Yahrzeits
This Week

December 18
Ida Bamberger – mother of David Bamberger, grandmother of Elissa Bamberger

Joyce Weisman Karp – mother of Ellen Karp

December 21
Dan Marcum – father of Rebecca Marcum Parker

December 22
Besse Engleman Gottstein – grandmother of Beth Thompson

We Wish Mi Shebeirach
A complete healing of mind, body and spirit:

Robert Clinton
Kenneth Dantzler
Alan Dietchman
Renée Dietchman
Yale Krugman
Steve Sackin
Micha ben Sarah
Jean Shifrin
Melvin Michael Slater
Serena Verden

If you would like a name to continue to be listed or if you have a
new name to include, please send an email to  healing@kolamikc.org. 

Rabbi's Week in Review



While waiting for a program to start, in which I was giving a D’var Torah, I had a conversation with someone whom I had the honor/pleasure of working with years ago in the Jewish community, someone I still admire. The conversation was centered on fighting antisemitism, and what the best approach is to successfully carry on that fight.

In this week’s blog, I am not elaborating on that fight. Rather, I want to relate how refreshing ... Click here to read the rest of Rabbi Doug's blog post.

This Week's Torah Portion
Parashat Vayeshev (Bereishit/Genesis 37:1-40:23)​​​​
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We read the story of Judah and Tamar — Judah not fulfilling a promise made to his daughter-in-law Tamar but ultimately admitting his wrongdoing. When we have wronged someone, it is easy to be paralyzed into not acting, avoiding and fearing the response from admitting our wrongdoing. Yet the fear is almost always unfounded, and releasing the burden of guilt is always preferable, even if we do not get the response for which we hoped.

Upcoming Kol Ami Events

Kol Ami Cooking Series:
Hanukkah Cookie Baking and Decorating



Help us prepare cookies for our special Hanukkah Oneg Shabbat on Friday, December 27. Snacks provided. 
• Date: Sunday, December 22 
• Time: 2 p.m.
• Where: All Soul's Kitchen
• Cost: Free 
• RSVP: By this Thursday, December 19
RSVP/Questions: kehilahvp@kolamikc.org

Happy Hour at Upcycle Piano Craft
Save the date of Tuesday, January 7, from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. More info to come.

Kol Ami/Community Event

Hanukkah Dinner December 25
Tannin Wine Bar & Kitchen (1526 Walnut, Kansas City) offers a three-course, $55-per-person Hanukkah dinner the first five nights of Hanukkah, from 4 to 10 p.m. (with matzo ball soup, brisket, latke, carrot tzimmes, and babka bread pudding). Kol Ami members Linda and Richard Rostenberg will be there the first night, December 25, and would love some company! Email Julia at engagement@kolamikc.org or Linda at larosty@aol.com with questions or to coordinate meeting up. 

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