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We will begin Shabbos on Friday, March 28 at 6:45 PM on Zoom with Shabbat blessings and a bit of Torah.

We are excited to be celebrating with Brent Never and Erica Clinton the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter Tilly this Saturday, March 29, 10:30 AM. The service will be held at Westport Presbyterian Church, 201 Westport Road, Kansas City, MO. Tilly is also the granddaughter of our Kol Ami president, Pat Clinton. Please join us on this very special day for the Never-Clinton family, and our Congregation Kol Ami family.

Upcoming Kol Ami Events

Shir L'Shabbat Service
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 a more traditional Shabbat morning service, combined with wonderful, creative music. Join in on Saturday, April 5 and Saturday, May 10 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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Mah Jongg Club
Kol Ami's Mah Jongg Club meets two Monday evenings a month at 7 PM. Email office@kolamikc.org for information.

Resting in Mindfulness Classes
Save the following Saturdays — April 5 and May 10 — for Julia Billquist’s mindfulness classes. These beginner-friendly sessions are from 2 - 2:45 PM at All Souls, and consist of such practices as gentle movement; guided meditations; and ways to self-connect and access a grounded, rested nervous system. Register for any/all classes by clicking here.

Yahrzeits This Week

March 27
Beulah Rachlin -- mother of Lara Steinel

March 30
Rose Hirsch -- grandmother of Deborah Hirsch

Dorothy Solomon -- mother of Roberta Solomon

We Wish Mi Shebeirach

A Complete Healing of Mind, Body and Spirit to:

Robert Clinton
Kenneth Dantzler
Renée Dietchman
Megan Garrison
Sally Gottstein
Yale Krugman
Carol Ann Parker
Steve Raduziner
Steve Sackin
Micha ben Sarah
Jean Shifrin
Melvin Michael Slater

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.

Membership

Interested in membership at Kol Ami? Email membership@kolamikc.org

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Rabbi's Week in Review



A few thoughts this week:

Starting with the good and most important news. With Tilly’s Bat Mizvah this coming Saturday, we celebrate welcoming her into our Kol Ami adult Jewish community. (No, this does not mean she is free of parental guidance, getting her own apartment or the keys to the car.) Becoming B’nai Mitzvah-a child of the commandments-means that we welcome another important voice into our Kol Ami family, and her perspective on a myriad of issues will strengthen our community. It is important that our Kol Ami family be present to welcome Tilly in an official way into our community.

The number of individual/congregant meetings continue at a significantly increased rate since January...Read more.

This Week's Torah Portion
Parashat Pekudei (Shemot/Exodus 38:21-40:18)



This week, with Pekudei, we complete our reading of the Book of Shemot/Exodus, learning the many materials and effort that went into the building of the Mishkah-the Holy Tabernacle, and through those many gifts allowed everyone to have contributed to its creation.

Save the Date & Register Now:

2nd Night Passover Seder

Save the date for our annual four-course, catered, vegetarian, Passover Seder dinner. Members and Non-Members of Kol Ami are warmly welcomed, so please bring a friend! Learn more and register here.

Details
Date: Sunday, April 13th
Time: Doors open at 5:30 PM, Seder from 6-8 PM
Location: Unity Temple on the Plaza, 707 W 47th St, Kansas City, MO 64112
Questions? Please email engagement@kolamikc.org

Special Events

Meet Lee Gordon of Hand In Hand 
Hand in Hand is an organization that has established and supports Jewish-Arab schools in Israel.
Time:  Sunday, March 30th at 4:30 PM.  
Location: Home of Fay and Rabbi Doug.
RSVP: rabbidoug@kolamikc.org.

Haggadah / Passover Seder Study
In preparation for Passover, Congregation Kol Ami and Rabbi Mark Levin are inviting you to a very special study opportunity on four consecutive  Wednesdays 7-8 PM, leading up to Passover.

Rabbi Levin is an avid collector of Haggadot and brings his vast knowledge and insight into our Passover Seders.
Topic: Haggadah Course
Time: Mar 19, 2025 7 PM
Every week on Wednesday, until Apr 9, 2025
Please download and import this iCalendar (.ics) file to your calendar system. Join Zoom Meeting 

Feature: Sweet Sesame Matzah Bars 

Reprinted with Permission from butter, sugar, flowers. .
Fragrant with nutty sesame flavor, these sweet, crisp bars offer the moist richness of almond paste and the tart tang of fresh orange peel.

1.5 cups sesame seeds
About 8 cups plain matzah crackers roughly broken into 1.5 inch pieces
14 ounces almond paste, OR 7 ounces almond paste plus 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
2 medium oranges
¾ cup unsalted butter or coconut oil
1 teaspoon salt
¾ cup honey
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 F. Place sesame seeds in a 9 x 13” cake pan and bake for 20 minutes, stopping halfway through to stir and turn seeds. Remove from oven and let seeds cool in pan. Grate almond paste with a standard sized grater; set aside. Zest oranges with a fine grater; set zest aside. Juice oranges over a sieve until you have 1/3 cup strained juice (one orange may be enough). When sesame seed pan is cool enough to handle, pour the toasted seeds into a bowl with the broken matzah. Line the bottom and sides of the pan with foil; grease the foil, set pan aside nearby, then grease a wooden spoon for easy mixing. Measure out the peanut butter (if using), honey and vanilla so they are ready to quickly add to the pot. Learn more .