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Shabbat Worship
This Friday, April 4, 6:45 PM at All Souls we will be together for worship, music and Oneg Shabbat-Shabbat joy. Please come and celebrate Shabbat and connection in community.

Shabbat Study
Please note the special time for this week’s Saturday morning Shabbat and study at the home of Fay and Rabbi Doug, or on Zoom. Saturday morning, April 5th, we will meet at 8:30 AM, not 9:30 AM. This is to give folks the opportunity to attend Shir L’Shabbat.

Shir L’Shabbat
A monthly Shabbat service with both a more traditional service and wonderful music will be held this Saturday, April 5, beginning at 10 AM at Asbury Methodist Church at 75th and Nall.

Upcoming Kol Ami Events
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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

April 2
Fan Weinstein Weisman -- maternal grandmother of Ellen Karp

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



This past week, finding hope amidst despair:

The Bat Mitzvah of Tilly Never, a gathering of the Clinton-Never family and our Kol Ami family this past Shabbat, seeing Tilly speak so beautifully from the Bimah about how we pursue a more just world, gives us hope that our youth understand the need for a more just world, and are willing to do something about it.

While we were celebrating Tilly’s Bat Mitzvah, thousands of Kansas Citians hit the streets to march, and to fight against the injustice, to support each other, and not let fear and despair paralyze us from acting to make a more just country a reality.  Read more.

This Week's Torah Portion
Parashat Vayikra (Vayikra/Leviticus 1:1-5:26)



This week, we begin a new book of our Torah.  Vayikra/Leviticus begins with the rules surrounding the sacrificial cult and leads to in a few weeks-the holiness code. It is a move from how we relate to G-d to how we relate to each other; our interpersonal relationships. While in our part of the Jewish world we are not vying to bring back animal sacrifice, the different types of sacrifice give context to how we as imperfect humans relate to a G-d of redemption and how we work to better ourselves and our world.

Last Week to Buy Tickets:

2nd Night Passover Seder

TICKETS MUST BE PURCHASED BY THIS SUNDAY, APRIL 6 AT NOON 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

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
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