Rabbi's Week in Review
Passover, maybe more than any other Jewish holiday, presents an opportunity for discussion and a plethora of interpretations. It is why, as a famous Talmudic tale relates, our great sages of the Talmud were enveloped in discussion throughout the night, until their students informed them it was time for the Shaharit (morning) service.
While we relate to a set group of four questions, the answers vary with time and circumstance. It is a ... Click here to read the rest of Rabbi Doug's blog post.
This Week's Torah Portion
During Passover this week, there is a different Torah portion assigned to each day of our celebration. Each assigned Parashah presents a different theme of Pesach. This coming Shabbat, the Torah portion assigned is from Parashat Beshalach (Shemot/Exodus 13:17-15:26). We celebrate our exodus with Shirat HaYam, the Song at the Sea. Our communication to G-d is one of gratitude, a recognition that all the good in the world cannot be achieved alone.
Worship Events of the Week
We celebrate Shabbat Pesach this coming Friday evening, April 2, 6:45 p.m., with our monthly livestream service. Join us for beautiful music and spiritually moving words of prayer (including Yizkor), as we approach the end of our Pesach celebration and as we welcome Shabbat. Click here.
Saturday, April 3, at 9:30 a.m., join in for wonderful discussion and inquiry with our Kol Ami Adult Study. For the Zoom link, click here.
Weekly Feature
Caring for One Another
Congregation Kol Ami accepts and welcomes individuals and families who are on a Jewish journey. Once people find and commit to us, we strive to continue to create community — a sense of belonging to our kehilah, our Kol Ami family. To do this, we need to get to know one another and forge meaningful connections.
Mark Kover, a new congregant who joined in early 2020, has come to the board with the idea of forming a group of members who would reach out to other members — to get to know them and to find out how each is doing.
Would you be interested in being part of this member outreach? We are forming a planning committee to get this effort off the ground. Once we know what we are going to do, we will seek others to join in and help. Will you consider being a part of this community-building experience? Email office@kolamikc.org if you would like more information about this.
Social Justice News
This Wednesday, April 1, at 10:30 a.m., the MIssouri Voter Protection Project, along with the Missouri NAACP, will be holding a rally, both in person
at the Capitol Rotunda in Jefferson City and virtually at facebook.com/ProtectMissouriVoters. A number of bills are before the
Missouri Legislature that restrict voting rights and opportunities.
Community Event
MeltonKC 2021 Spring Courses
MeltonKC is holding its spring courses via Zoom, and Rabbi Alpert is teaching “Social Justice: The Heart of Judaism in Theory and Practice,” a 10-week class beginning Wednesday, April 21, 6:30-8 p.m. This course will draw from text and history to explore how social-justice work goes beyond addressing short-term needs, and it looks at structural causes of injustice today. Topics include poverty, immigration and environmental degradation. Participants will be encouraged to identify issues particular to their own communities that they would like to explore. Click here for more information on this and other course offerings, and to register.
