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of the Week

As we get into the dog days of summer we find ways to stay connected in community. This Friday, June 27 at 6:45 PM, we gather on Zoom to make Shabbos with Shabbat blessings and a little bit of Torah. Please join us.

Also, we continue with our weekday morning short service and study, Monday-Friday 8-8:15 AM. This has been a wonderful way to begin our day, to support each other in community.

Kol Ami Events

Mah Jongg Club

Kol Ami's Mah Jongg Club meets two Monday evenings a month at 7 PM. Email office@kolamikc.org for information.

​​​​We Wish Mi Shebeirach

A Complete Healing of Mind, Body and Spirit to:

Robert Clinton
Kenneth Dantzler
Renée Dietchman
Liz Garrison
Megan Garrison
Yale Krugman
Carol Ann Parker
Edi Shifrin
Micha ben Sarah
Melvin Michael Slater
Tzipporah mibet Avraham v’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.

Yahrzeits

June 28

Ralph Denebeim - Grandfather of Deborah Hirsch

Conrad Steinel - Father of Dan Steinel

June 30

Blanche Haber - Grandmother of Brad Ordo

Ely Solomon - Father of Roberta Solomon

Membership

Interested in membership at Kol Ami? Email membership@kolamikc.org

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Rabbi's Week in Review


Honestly, I don’t know what to write this week. I go to bed with the announcement of a cease fire between Israel and Iran, and wake up learning it could not even hold for a day. We continue to be fed the delusion that there is any action of war that can make us safer.

Israelis can never stray too far from bomb shelters. Hostages, those still alive we pray, and those whose lives are lost, remain in Gaza. Hostage families continue to suffer. Starvation and destruction remain in Gaza, and Palestinians remain terrorized in the West Bank. Iranian civilians (a majority of whom despise their own government) remain under threat. This is madness...Read more.

This Week's Torah Portion
Parashat Korach (Bamidbar/Numbers 16:1-18:32)

This week, we read about Korach’s unsuccessful rebellion against Moses and Aaron. We confront the dilemma of when a rebellion is just and needed to protect the people, and when a rebellion is carried out with ill-intent, and not in the best interest of the people.

Meal / Care Train for Edi Shifrin
 
Longtime Kol Ami member Edi Shifrin is still recovering from a fall and is currently at a care facility, but should be returning home this week. Edi will need meals and will likely need additional support like rides to appointments, errands, etc. If you would like to keep updated about a meal train or other ways to support her, please email Julia at engagement@kolamikc.org and she’ll keep you informed as we know more. 

Urgent Assistance Request

The Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund (MFAF) is urgently in need of donations of bags of pinto beans and bags of white rice (NOT canned beans and NOT instant rice, please) for the families working the Lafayette County orchards this year. MFAF is expecting that 350-400 migratory farmworker families will arrive in mid-July, adding to the 300-350 year-round workers. Please place donations in designated bins at All Souls.

As always, MFAF has an ongoing need for your donations of brown paper bags.

Opportunities to Advocate

Looking for meaningful ways to uphold democratic values and pursue justice? Visit the events calendar on the Indivisible KC website to learn about local opportunities to take action—whether by attending events, contacting elected officials, or joining advocacy efforts.

You can also use the free 5 Calls app, a simple and effective tool that provides scripts and phone numbers so you can easily call your local representatives about issues you care about.