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Worship Event
of the Week

At All Souls this Friday, May 10, at 6 p.m., we hold our monthly Shabbat Shulchan — informal, meaningful worship followed by a Seudah, our festive Shabbat dinner. It is a wonderful time for us to be in community and make Shabbos together. Email rabbidoug@kolamikc.org to RSVP.

Paper Bag Donations
When you come to All Souls, bring your gently used paper grocery sacks with you. We donate them to Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund for food distribution to farmworkers and their families. Thank you!

Kol Ami Event

Young Family
Get-Together
Enjoy snacks and games beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 11, at Loose Park. If you have any questions, email Julia, Kol Ami’s director of engagement, at engagement@

kolamikc.org.

Yahrzeits
This Week

May 10
Pauline Milgrim – mother of Robert Milgrim

May 11
Ida Ordo – mother of Brad Ordo

Maxine Stade-Wheaton – mother of David Wheaton

May 14
Mort Finkel – great-grandfather of Rebecca Hollister

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

Karen Chisholm
Robert Clinton
Kenneth Dantzler
Renée Dietchman
Harriet Greenwald
Karla Jacobs
Scott Krell
Anna Schwartz
Daniel Shafton
Melvin Michael Slater
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



CBS News’ Sunday Morning ran a story about a new exhibition in New York City that displays clothes and other artifacts left behind at the Nova Music Festival, the gathering that Hamas attacked October 7. Death, kidnapping/hostage-taking and sexual violence — they all took place on that terrible day. The Sunday Morning segment included an interview with a woman who lost her young daughter. The exhibit, along with this horrific attack on our ... Click here to read the rest of Rabbi Doug's blog post.

This Week's Torah Portion
Parashat Kedoshim (Vayikra/Leviticus 19:1-20:27)



Known as the Holiness Code, this week's Torah portion provides a series of mitzvot/commandments that govern our interpersonal relationships. As G-d is holy, we are instructed to be holy — a holiness that is embedded in how we connect with others in our lives.

Mitzvah Moments

Community Gifting
by Julia Patterson, Kol Ami's director of community engagement

I am grateful for a group my neighborhood has on Facebook called “Community Gifting Brookside.” It not only gets stuff out of my house that I can easily give away to neighbors but it's also good for the environment and the wallet by getting things secondhand!



When my husband and I found out that we were having twins, we realized that we needed two of just about everything. I was able to acquire two (matching) cribs, two bookshelves, two swings, two bouncers and more, all for free from my neighbors. This group is quite the mitzvah in our lives!

Check out Facebook to see if your neighborhood has a community gifting group — they're nationwide.

Kol Ami News

Membership Survey
Kol Ami’s director of engagement, Julia Patterson, sent out a Membership Survey a few months ago, and 19 people responded. If you haven’t filled the survey out, it’s not too late. We’d love your feedback! Access the survey by clicking here. 

Bring Joy (Oneg) to a Shabbat Service
We invite volunteers to sponsor an Oneg Shabbat by bringing simple vegetarian treats to 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. Thank you.
— Kol Ami Worship Committee