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Shabbat & Seudah
Join us to make Shabbos this Friday, October 24 at 6:45 PM, on the patio at All Souls (or in the lobby in case of bad weather for Shabbat Blessings. It is a bring your own picnic for our Seudah-our festive Shabbat meal. 

May this Shabbat after all the Chaggim-all the holidays we have celebrated from Rosh Hashanah thru Shemini Atzeret/Simchat Torah be a time to come together as community, recharge, gain a sense of calm, and ready ourselves for the needed work to come to make our world and our local communities a better place.

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:

Michelle Hills

Lior Abraham ben Ziva Benhayun
Joanne Jupiter
Rufus Magobotha
Carol Ann Parker
Edi Shifrin
Melvin Michael 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.

Yahrzeits

Oct 26
Milton Mark - Father of Janet Mark

Membership

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

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Rabbi's Week in Review

I spent the past Erev Shabbat in St. Louis to be with family after the death of my wonderful Aunt Rose (her funeral was on Erev Yom Kippur, an impossible time for me to leave town). We attended Kabbalat Shabbat services at Shaare Emeth, a large and long-standing St. Louis congregation. The generosity of spirit shown by Rabbis Bennett and Goldstein, and Cantor Warner made not only for a beautiful service, but made me feel gratitude for the way they supported my St. Louis family.  

We raced back to Kansas City to participate in the No Kings Rally at Mill Creek Park...Read more.

This Week's Torah Portion
Parashat Noach (Bereishit/Genesis 6:9-11:32)
This week, in the Noach story, we read that he was righteous in his generation. I fear that in making righteousness a relative term, we risk diluting its meaning and importance to a point where we normalize behavior that is the furthest thing from righteous behavior.

Kol Ami Events

Bagels in Brookside
On behalf of Kol Ami’s Radical Inclusion Grant, Julia is forming a casual, inclusive Jewish community gathering group that'll meet all over the KC metro. The first get-together is this Sunday, October 26. 
Parents, bring the kids! Adults without children, please come too. Everyone is welcome! Julia will bring the @lucabagel bagels, you bring a blanket.
Date & Time: Sunday, October 26, from 10–11:30 AM
Location: Arbor Villa Park (Address: 1 E 66th Terrace, KCMO 64113)
RSVP: Please RSVP HERE so Julia knows how many bagels to get. 

Jazz Havdalah - SAVE the DATE


Mitzvah Crew Volunteer Opportunity
LAST CHANCE TO SIGN UP!
October 25, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM

Join us at Harvesters–The Community Food Network- to sort and repack food with Kol Ami's Mitzvah crew. 

Where: 3801 Topping Ave, KCMO 64129
When: Sat, October 25
RSVP: Email Julia at engagement@kolamikc.org to sign up for a volunteer spot!

Community Events

Hanukkah Bazaar
On Sunday, Nov. 9 from 11 am-4 PM, at Congregation B’nai Jehhudah, 12320 Nall, there will be a Hanukkah Bazaar, a chance to buy your gifts for the holiday. The glass work of our own Fay Balk will be featured.

Service to Honor Leonard Zeskind
On Sunday, Nov. 9, at 2 PM, at Congregation Beth Torah (on 127th between Nall and Lamar), there will be a special service to honor the memory of Leonard Zeskind-a national leader and often risk-taker in the fight against White Supremacists and Neo Nazis, long before it was on everyone’s radar screen.

The Soldier with No Name: Claude Cahun and Queer Jewish Resistance
A Webinar Presented by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education’s Dr. Melissa Karp
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
REGISTER FOR THE WEBINAR
This presentation will recount the life of surrealist artist turned anti-Nazi resistor Claude Cahun. Queer, Jewish, antifascist, and publicly critical of the ideas of gender that dominated their life, Cahun (born Lucy Schwob) and their partner Marcel Moore (Suzanne Malherbe) fought against Nazism through artistic counterpropaganda. The lecture covers the unfolding of the Holocaust in France and the Channel Islands, and highlights some of the contemporary sources bringing attention to Cahun and Moore’s story.