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Before Yom Kippur begins Sunday night, we gather on Zoom this Friday evening, Sept. 22,
at 6:45 p.m., for Shabbat blessings and a word or two of Torah. This is always a nice way to connect and make Shabbat together while having Shabbat dinner in our own homes. Please join us. For the Zoom link, click here.

Social Justice

Donation Drive for
MLK School Students 
At Yom Kippur services (Sept. 24-25), Kol Ami is collecting the following clothing and toiletry items for students of Martin Luther King Jr School: socks and underwear for boys and girls in children’s sizes small, medium and large; also, boys up to men’s size 36 and girls up to women’s size 16. Toiletries are also greatly needed — deodorant, combs, shampoo and lotions. If donating lotion and/or skin cream, please try to get products with shea butter. Thank you.

Yahrzeits This Week
September 25
David H. Epstein – husband of Judith Epstein
Pearl Kretchmer Spector – mother of Gary Kretchmer

We Wish
Mi Shebeirach
A Complete Healing of Mind, Body and Spirit to:

Robert Clinton
Kenneth Dantzler
Brian Guthrie
Marc Ordo 
​​​​​Michah ben Sarah

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.

Rabbi's Week in Review



As I write this during the Yamim Noraim, the Ten days of Awe, I am listening to an interview with three military veterans. These heroes are talking about their fear of the direction our country is moving — a movement toward an authoritarian government and away from our democracy. They see the threat to our democracy as an existential threat to our existence. As such, they have announced an effort amongst our military leaders named ... Click here to read the rest of Rabbi Doug's blog post.

This Week's Torah Portion
Parashat Ha’azinu (Devarim/Deuteronomy 32:1-52)



We grapple with the description of G-d as perfect in deeds and possessed of justice and mercy vis-à-vis the existence of evil in the world. Part of the response may be to look at our covenant with G-d in regard to what G-d’s obligation is in the covenant and what our obligation is in the covenant — and where the balance between the two may lie. 

This Week at Kol Ami

Yom Kippur Worship Schedule
All Yom Kippur services and activities take place in person at All Souls (see below) and some are also being livestreamed. Patrick Buckley, former music director of Kol Ami, joins us for our services. 

Erev Yom Kippur — Sunday, September 24
Kol Nidre — 7:30 p.m. with cellist Matt Beckmann. For livestream, click here.

Yom Kippur — Monday, September 25
Morning service — 10:30 a.m. with jazz trumpeter Stan Kessler. For livestream, click here.

Study session — 1 p.m.

Meditation — 2:15 p.m.

Afternoon service — 3:30 p.m.
For livestream, click here.

Yizkor service — 4:15 p.m.
For livestream, click here.

Neilah (closing) service — 5 p.m. 
For livestream, click here.

We don’t require tickets or fees for our services, but please consider a donation to help defray costs. Your contribution in any amount is greatly appreciated. You can click on the yellow donate button at the top of our webpage — kolamikc.org — or send a check to Congregation Kol Ami, c/o All Souls UU Church, 4501 Walnut, Kansas City, MO 64111. Thank you.