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"Feeling the Stress" - Kol Ami Newsletter 11/3/2020

11/03/2020 04:05:08 PM

Nov3

Rabbi's Week in Review



I am feeling the stress.  As I write this two days before the election, I am taking to heart what any number of pundits haRead more...

"A Simple Message: VOTE" - Kol Ami Newsletter 10/27/2020

10/27/2020 07:54:22 PM

Oct27

Rabbi's Week in Review​​​​​​​We (finally!) reach November 3, and hopefully clear through some of the craziness and acrimony that havRead more...

"The Tree of Knowledge and QAnon"- Kol Ami Newsletter: 10/20/2020

10/20/2020 08:00:23 PM

Oct20

Rabbi's Week in Review



Last week, we read in our Torah about the Tree of Knowledge. While the common assumption and/or interpretation is that Adam Read more...

"No one right way to be a family"- Kol Ami Newsletter 10-13-2020

10/13/2020 07:01:23 PM

Oct13

Rabbi's Week in Review



Fay and I had special joy this week to be part of the wedding of my son, Solomon, and a member of the Kol Ami family, Lisa. Read more...

"In Gratitude"- Kol Ami Newsletter 10-07-2020

10/07/2020 09:14:40 AM

Oct7

Rabbi's Week in Review



I have often said that of all the categories of prayer, my favorite is gratitude. As it states in Midrash, Vayikra Rabbah, iRead more...

"How Come?"- Kol Ami Newsletter 09-30-2020

09/30/2020 05:05:38 PM

Sep30

Rabbi's Week in Review



The beauty of the Jewish calendar is the way in which it flows from an emotional perspective.  Having completed the difficuRead more...

Honoring the memory of RBG- Kol Ami Newsletter 09-23-2020

09/23/2020 05:51:22 PM

Sep23

Rabbi's Week in Review



This Rosh Hashanah began with the sad news of the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  There is an understanding that thoRead more...

"Take Heart in the Possibility of the New"- Kol Ami Newsletter Sept. 15, 2020

09/15/2020 05:20:37 PM

Sep15

Rabbi's Week in Review



As we approach Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, we engage in the difficult work of Cheshbon HaNefesh, an accounting of our soulRead more...

Vacations and turning fear into hope- Kol Ami Newsletter: 09/01/2020

09/01/2020 12:33:07 PM

Sep1

Rabbi's Week in Review



As I write this week, I am in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, gracious friends having given Fay and me use of their mountaiRead more...

Who let the dogs out?- Kol Ami Newsletter 8-26-2020

08/26/2020 09:06:37 PM

Aug26

Rabbi's Week in Review



This past Shabbos, we explored how our individual character traits impact the work we do in helping others, the strangers inRead more...

"In Pursuit of Absolute Justice"- Kol Ami Newsletter- August 18, 2020

08/19/2020 07:09:38 AM

Aug19

Rabbi's Week in Review



The Kansas City Jewish community faced a horrific tragedy last week with the death of Stacey Bell, of blessed memory. Her tiRead more...

The Art of Intention- Kol Ami Weekly Newsletter 8-11-2020

08/11/2020 12:30:07 PM

Aug11

Rabbi's Week in Review



This past week, those of us who are regulars for weekday-morning prayer and study held a celebration. We, along with a signiRead more...
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