Zoom Shabbat Blessings This Friday, Sept. 2, at 6:45 p.m., we begin Shabbat (and Labor Day weekend) together on Zoom with Shabbat blessings and a bit of Torah. It’s always a great way to connect and gain increased comfort with performing the rituals of Shabbat. Click here.
Upcoming Worship Events
High Holy Day Services The High Holy Days fast approach. Following is the schedule of services for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, all at All Souls’ Bragg Auditorium (unless otherwise noted). SUNDAY, SEPT. 25 Erev Rosh Hashanah,
7:30 p.m. MONDAY, SEPT. 26 Rosh Hashanah Morning Service, 10:30 a.m. (Our guest speaker during the morning service will be Emily Wales, president and CEO of Planned Parenthood Great Plains.) Tashlich Approximately 1 p.m. (or a half-hour following the service), at Theis Park - Brush Creek
Mi Shebeirach A Complete Healing of Mind, Body and Spirit to:
Berny Burke Tim Bruning Robert Clinton Jenny Dake Dennis Dalton Renee Dietchman The Rev. Kendyl Gibbons Bailey Hix Judy Krugman Michah ben Sarah Randal Strong-Wallace Cierra Wheeler
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
The American Jazz Museum held a celebration this past weekend for Charlie Parker’s birthday. (He would have been 102 this week, on August 29.) It was a wonderful night, featuring the best of what jazz has to offer.
One of the takeaways from the evening: the talented young jazz musicians playing way beyond their years, in both their level of competence and in the passion they brought to the music. The Kansas City ... Click here to read the rest of Rabbi Doug's blog post.
This Week's Torah Portion
This week’s Torah portion is Parashat Shofetim (Devarim/Deuteronomy 16:18-21:9). Tzedek, Tzedek Tirdof, this very often quoted phrase (Devarim/Deuteronomy 16:20), is the timeworn reference to lead Jews into our work for a more just world. Particularly when we have entered the month of Elul leading us into Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, it is a good time to consider how we go about the work of pursuing justice — getting beyond the broad platitude and being impactful in the work.
Kol Ami Event Meditation With Lara Steinel Meditation helps focus more of one’s mind on the present moment. In a virtual 30-minute session Sunday, September 4, from 2:15 to 2:45 p.m., Lara leads us in five-minute meditations to renew and reconnect. For the Zoom link, click here.
Weekly Feature
Kol Ami Caravans to Lexington Photos by Rod Perlmutter
With Suzanne Gladney and Alan Lubert, of Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund (a social-justice partner of Kol Ami's), Kol Ami members get ready to take part in the Monday-night distribution event for farmworkers and their families in Lexington, Mo., August 15.
Many, many paper bags must be filled with groceries. Helping with that are (from left) Rabbi Doug, Sheryl Kretchmer, Beth Thompson, Edi Shifrin and Brad Ordo.
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