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Worship Event
of the Week

Shabbat Study, Service and Seudah
Beginning at 9:30 a.m. this Saturday, April 20, at the home of Fay and Rabbi Doug and on Zoom, we have study, prayer and our Seudah, our festive Shabbat brunch. Study continues with our fascinating dive into Talmud. You can look upon the brunch as a last bread opportunity before Passover. If attending in person, you must RSVP to rabbidoug@kolamikc.org. For the Zoom link, click here. 

Upcoming
Kol Ami Events

Kol Ami Seder
Kol Ami's second-night Passover seder Tuesday, April 23, is sold-out. For information, email Brad Ordo at kehilahvp@kolamikc.org.

Meditation Group
Join meditation leader Lara Steinel at All Souls from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. Sunday, April 28. Participants will learn and practice the basics of Jewish meditation, with an introduction to the session’s theme by Rabbi Alpert.

Save the Date
Please plan to attend the annual Kol Ami congregational meeting Friday, May 3, immediately following the worship service. We anticipate the meeting will last 30 minutes. Come and meet our new music director and our director of engagement. I look forward to seeing you there.
— Pat Clinton, president

Social Justice Events

Voter Registration Training
Training takes place at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 17, at All Souls, as part of the Poor People’s Campaign to register 15 million poor and low-income people. Pizza will be served.

Rally Against White Christian Nationalism Gather at noon Thursday, April 18, at Mill Creek Park/Fountain (east side of the Plaza).

We Wish
Mi Shebeirach
A complete healing of mind, body and spirit:

Travis Beard
Karen Chisholm
Robert Clinton
Kenneth Dantzler
Harriet Greenwald
Karla Jacobs
Scott Krell
Daniel Shafton
Robert Allen Slater

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



I was involved in a roundtable last week as part of KCPT Channel 19’s “Flatland in Focus” program. The program was one of the events commemorating the 10th anniversary of the murders at the Jewish Community Center and Village Shalom. On the panel was Mindy Corporon, the founder of the SevenDays nonprofit organization promoting kindness and understanding, and the mother and daughter, respectively, of Reat Underwood and Dr. William ...  Click here to read the rest of Rabbi Doug's blog post.

Community Events

Hambingo Charity Night
Ga’avah KC — “a group dedicated to queer Jews and those who love them” — hosts Drag Charity Bingo Night from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 2, to raise funds for Ga’avah’s participation at this year’s KC Pride. The event, which “ain’t your grandma’s bingo,” happens at Hamburger Mary’s, 3700 Broadway, #110.
 
Bingo is cash only. Get a book of 10 bingo cards for a $10 donation; a $15 minimum purchase is also required. To make a reservation, click here. Can’t attend but want to support Ga’avah’s presence at Pride? Click here.

AIDS Walk Kansas City
Kol Ami and Ga’avah again team up for AIDS Walk Kansas City the morning of Saturday, April 27.

Don’t want to walk but wish to donate to the Kol Ami/Ga’avah team? Click here. 

To walk as part of the Kol Ami/Ga’avah team, register as a team member. Click here.
• Step 1 — Register under your name and personal information. 
• Step 2 — Click on "Join Team" and type in "Ga'avah KC & Kol Ami KC"  
• Step 3 — Set your fundraising goal, etc.
• Step 4 — Summary, optional donation opportunity, and complete registration.

We meet up at 8:30 a.m. on the lawn of the Nelson-Atkins Museum by the labyrinth for a short service, before a 9 a.m. opening ceremony and the walk that begins at 10.

If you have any questions, please email Julia at engagement@kolamikc.org. 

This Week's Torah Portion
Parashat Metzora
(Vayikra/Leviticus 14:1-15:33)​​​​​​​



We read this week not only about skin diseases but also about how our homes become afflicted with fungus or mildew. The cleaning we do in our homes in anticipation of Pesach/Passover is both a physical cleaning and a spiritual cleaning, an opportunity to see the places where we live as having the potential to be sacred spaces.

Kol Ami News

Bring Joy (Oneg) to a First-Friday Shabbat Service
A big thank-you to Jon Scheinman and Anita Grow, who hosted our April Oneg Shabbat. We invite other volunteers to bring simple vegetarian treats to share the first Friday-night service of the month. (Kol Ami provides challah and grape juice.) Please respond to  worship@kolamikc.org to get on the Oneg Shabbat calendar.
— Kol Ami Worship Committee

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