Shabbat Blessings At 6:45 p.m. this Friday, November 24, we get together on Zoom to make Shabbos with Shabbat blessings and a little Torah study. This is always a nice way to enter Shabbat, to connect to our Kol Ami family and still be at home for Shabbat dinner. For the Zoom link, click here.
Weekday-Morning Service Just a note: For our weekday-morning service, 8-8:15 a.m., we are on for both Thanksgiving morning and Friday morning this week. For the Zoom link, click here.
Social Justice News/Event
MFAF Annual Shopping Fundraiser Shop at Ten Thousand Villages noon-4 p.m.Sunday, December 3, in downtown Overland Park (7947 Santa Fe Drive), and a portion of the proceeds benefits Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund.
Yahrzeits This Week November 22 Ben Katzeff – grandfather of Stan Stern November 23 Rae Snitz – mother of Irwin Snitz We Wish Mi Shebeirach A Complete Healing of Mind, Body and Spirit to:
Robert Clinton John Cottrell Kenneth Dantzler Bill Drummond Rev. Lloyd Fields Dana A. Fuller Amanda Goldstein Beth Greenwald Josh Greenwald Brian Guthrie Butch Murphy Michah ben Sarah Gerry Trilling
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.
I have in recent weeks spoken a lot about our conflicting emotions in response to the ongoing conflict and violence in Israel and Gaza. This week we have our annual Thanksgiving celebration. Regardless of the holiday’s historic origins, we do recognize Thanksgiving as a time when we have the opportunity to plug into a sense of gratitude.
This Week's Torah Portion Parashat Vayetze (Bereishit/Genesis 28:10-32:3)
We read this week of Jacob’s dream, a dream in which he sees angels going up and down a stairway reaching to heaven. Rabbi Morris Margolies z”l, of blessed memory, writes in his book A Gathering of Angels about the use of the word angel. It can be used as a compliment for someone who is good, sweet, noble and helpful; alternatively, it can refer to an angel of destruction. In short, angels can be seen as the forces within us, metaphors for the most basic human drives and emotions. May we strive to connect to the good angel within each of us.
Weekly Feature
Relishing (or Not) Susan Stamberg’s Cranberry Relish By Ellen Karp
My sister insists on making Susan Stamberg’s cranberry relish for Thanksgiving. I insist on disliking it. Apparently, we both have lots of company on our respective sides of the issue.
If you’ve read Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR, you know that Susan Stamberg started sharing her mother’s holiday tradition years ago, and it has appeared as “Mama Stamberg’s Cranberry Relish” ever since.
The recipe is based on a 1959 Craig Claiborne recipe that Susan’s mother got from The New York Times. Claiborne apparently commented to Susan that they had both gotten more mileage out of that single recipe than almost all their other work.
Echoes of shtetl cuisine (onions, sour cream) blend beautifully or horribly (take your pick) with that all-American bog fruit. For those of you who have not yet entered the fray, the recipe and commentary about it are found by clicking here.
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