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Shabat Service

Join us this Friday, August 8th at 6 PM at All Souls to make Shabbos, and to give a fond farewell to our dear Finch. Finch is heading to the UK to embark on a PH.D. program and to be with partner, Fin. Speaking of which, we also will celebrate the wedding anniversary of Lara and Dan Steinel. Please join us.

Shir L'Shabbat

Saturday, August 8th, beginning at 10 AM, we celebrate Shabbat with Shir L’Shabbat at Asbury Methodist Church, 75th and Nall.

Kol Ami Events

Jews Who Read

Book Club
The Jews Who Read Book Club welcomes everyone, members and non-members, to meet on September 7, 2025 at 2 PM in the Small Meeting Room at the Plaza Branch of the KC Public Library. We will read and discuss The Sabbath by Abraham Joshua Heschel. Please RSVP to president@kolamikc.org

​​​​We Wish Mi Shebeirach

A Complete Healing of Mind, Body and Spirit to:

Liz Garrison
Edi Shifrin
Micha ben Sarah
Melvin Michael Slater

Rufus Magobotha
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

August 6

Anna Halle - Grandmother of Lynne Bratcher

August 6

Barbara Hirsch - Sister of Deborah Hirsch

August 9

Stuart Gottstein - Father of Beth Thompson;
Spouse of Sally Gottstein

Membership

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

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Rabbi's Week in Review


As I write this week’s blog, it has been 667 days since the brutal attack on Israelis at a kibbutz near the Gaza border and at a music festival. About 1,200 were killed. Of the hostages taken, it is estimated that 50 are still held by Hamas, with 27 of those dead. Gaza is in rubble, with virtually every hospital, school, university, and mosque destroyed. Approximately 60,000 Palestinians have been killed; of those, about 20,000 were children. There is still no agreement allowing food to enter, and death by starvation is now a daily occurrence. There is no infrastructure remaining to provide for the most basic of human needs.

As we gathered last Saturday night to observe Tisha B’Av, a day commemorating the many tragic events that have befallen the Jewish people, we chanted from Eichah...Read more

This Week's Torah Portion
Parashat Va’etchanan
(Devarim/Deuteronomy 3:23-7:11)

This week’s seminal parashah contains both a repetition of the Aseret Debrot - the Ten Commandments, and the Shema. We wrestle with their meaning, how we define our relationship with G-d in our covenant entered into at Mt. Sinai, and in how we use our covenant to develop positive, compassionate relationships with each other.

Explore Kansas City's Jewish History
 

Kansas City Jewish Community Digital Archive

Discover our shared history with the Kansas City Jewish Community Digital Archive, hosted by the Johnson County Library. This free online collection features photographs, oral histories, newspaper clippings, and artifacts that document over a century of Jewish life in our region.

Whether you’re researching your family’s roots, interested in local synagogues and businesses, or curious about Jewish life in decades past, the archive offers a window into our shared story. Highlights include images from early 20th-century congregations, interviews with longtime community members, and materials from institutions like The Jewish Chronicle and the Jewish Community Center.

The archive is a living resource: community members are encouraged to contribute photos or documents to help expand this collective memory.

To browse the archive or submit materials, visit:
jocolibrary.org/kcjewisharchive