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Prayer & Seudah

Join us for informal prayer and a Seudah - a festive Shabbat dinner with our monthly Shabbat Shulchan - on Friday, September 12, 6 PM at All Souls. If attending, please RSVP.

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.

Call for Volunteers: Caring Connections

We are recruiting volunteers who can provide occasional assistance to congregants with short-term transportation, meal preparation, minor home maintenance/repairs, or home/hospital visit needs.

For more information, check out this FAQ page about the program. If you are interested in volunteering, you can sign up here!

If you have any questions, please email Kol Ami President, Haley Ferguson, at president@kolamikc.org.

Musical Invitation for High Holy Days

It’s not too late to join our musicians in singing and playing during Kol Ami’s High Holy Days services. Rehearsals will be held in All Souls’ sanctuary from 2-4 PM on Sunday, September 21st. For more info, contact Kol Ami’s music director, Karen Engebretson, at music@kolamikc.org.

​​​​We Wish Mi Shebeirach
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A Complete Healing of Mind, Body and Spirit to:

Carol Ann Parker
Edi Shifrin
Melvin Michael Slater

Rufus Magobotha

Kay Spaniol

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

September 10

Stan Sutkin - Father of Gary Sutkin

September 11

Edith Compton - Mother of Marion Breinin

Rosalie Rosin - Mother of Elizabeth Rosin

September 14

Floriene Lieberman - Mother of Amy Pollack

Membership

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

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Rabbi's Week in Review


This week’s Torah portion contains a favorite lesson.  We read in Devarim/Deuteronomy 26:5-9 what is essentially our story - a story which is the most succinct reading of the Passover story.  What is most important is what precedes these verses, and the verse that follows. In 26:1-4, we bring the first fruits offering to the Kohein - to the high priest who makes the offering on our behalf. After, we read “our story” in 26:5-9; we take the same first fruits offering and make it for ourselves. We no longer need the Kohein to be our intermediary in making the offering.

When we understand our story, our history, and our values, we can interact more directly with G-d. We all join together as a “kingdom of priests,” small “d” democratic in which we all have a voice and all have an obligation to work for a better future...Read more

Rally in Jefferson City

The latest opportunity to work for a better future is a rally in Jefferson City at noon this Wednesday, September 10, on the steps of the state capitol. I know not everyone can get off of work for the day, or let other obligations go unaccomplished, in order to make the rally. However, if at all possible, please try and be there, to make our voices heard in order that we not lose our voices at the ballot box

This Week's Torah Portion
Parashat Ki Tavo

(Devarim/Deuteronomy 26:1-29:8)

This week’s Torah portion is an appropriate lead-in to Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur; Yamim Noraim, these days of awe with a listing of blessings and curses. Always an important discussion of how our own actions correlate to the blessings we receive, and the negative consequences of our action.

See larger version of High Holidays schedule.

Kol Ami Cooking Series presents...

Rosh Hashanah Honey Cake Baking Come join us in the preparation of the yearly tradition of handing out honey cakes on the first day of Rosh Hashanah. A light dinner will be served, followed by baking, packaging / decorating the cake labels. 

When: Wednesday, September 17th 
Time: 6:00 PM
Where: All Soul's Kitchen
Cost: Free 
RSVP: by Sunday, September 14th 
RSVP/ Questions: Brad at kehilahvp@kolamikc.org


During the High Holidays, Kol Ami is collecting sweatshirts for our primary social justice partner: the Migrant Farmworker's Assistance Fund (MFAF). These will help farmworker's stay warm during Fall apple picking.

When: Erev Rosh Hashanah through Yom Kippur

Where: All Souls Lobby

What to Bring:

• New or Gently Used Sweatshirts
• Sizes: Medium, Large or X-Large

• Fold Each Sweatshirt
• Place Individually in a Paper or Ziploc Bag
• Mark the Size Clearly on the Outside