Kehilath Israel Synagogue 10501 Conser Street 913.642.1880

Overland Park, KS 66212 kisyn.org

May 16, 2015 27 Iyar 5775

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SHABBAT SCHEDULETorah Reading: Bob Gast Leviticus 25:1-27:34 pg 696 Haftarah: David Shanberg Jeremiah 16:19-17:14 pg 1179Introduction to Haftarah: Cheryl RafskyOn the Bimah: Alan Gallas, VP Joe Adamous, BdSenior Gabbai: Trent Daniels7:00 pm Rabbi Shron’s class, Behind the Scenes7:45 pm Mincha/Seudah Shlishit/Maariv 9:02 pm Havdalah

THIS WEEK AT K.I.SERVICESShacharit Sunday 9 am Mon. - Fri 7 amMincha/Maariv 6:45 pm Mon - ThursFriday Candle-lighting 8:13 pm Kabbalat Shabbat 6:45 pm

CLASSES, ETC.Wednesday- Yoga with Robin Jaffe (fee) 6 pm

16th annual allan greenberg memorial kehilath israel synagogue

GOLF TOURNAMENT 11 am check-in & lunch • 12:15 pm shotgun start • auction throughout

Join us for lunch and bid at the silent auction$175 per player, includes green fees, lunch and prizes

Special Recognition Opportunities: for more information, contact amy goldstein, alan gallas, or the k.i. office

ALLAN GREENBERG luminary at k.i. as a teacher torah reader youth director ritual director

this year we also honor the memory of MARVIN ORLOVICK

marvin loved the golf tournament and spent endless volunteer hours working to make it

successful. at age 89, he still played in it!

Buy Raffle TickeTs foR a chance To win a gas gRill valued aT $1,500!

$10 peR TickeT / $25 foR 3 TickeTs

donaTions honoRing The memoRy of allan gReenBeRg and maRvin oRlovick may Be made.

06.22.2015

Caviar Family Jewish sCholar in residenCe series

at K.i.

Kehilath Israel Synagogue and The Jewish Community Center

present one of the world’s leading authorities on KabbalahDR. DAnIEL C. MATT

Friday - Sunday, June 12-14Friday - 6:45 pm Upbeat, spirited Rock Balayla Kabbalat Shabbat service followed by Friday Night Dinner. Following dinner, Dr. Matt’s topic will be Shekhinah: The Feminine Half of G-d. One of the boldest contributions of Kabbalah is the idea that G-d is equally female and male. Dr. Matt will focus on the concept of Shekhinah (the feminine aspect of G-d) from its rabbinic origins to its full flowering in the Zohar, where Shekhinah is identified with the Sabbath Bride. Adults: $15 Children under 13: $10 RSVP by Friday, June 5

Saturday - 9:00 am services Dr. Matt will deliver the sermon, Raising the Sparks: Finding G-d in the Material World. He will explore the question of how G-d can be encountered in our daily lives and the challenge of discovering G-d in the material world. Kiddush luncheon follows services. Free and open to the public.

At the Jewish Community Center Sunday - 10:00 am G-d and the Big Bang: Discovering Harmony Between Science and Spirituality. How does the mystical understanding of Creation compare with the modern theory of the origin of the universe? Is there a way to harmonize these two approaches—the scientific and the spiritual? Join us for a fascinating exploration of the parallels between Kabbalah and contemporary cosmology. Free and open to the public.

Dr. Matt’s visit is made possible with the generous support of The Caviar Family and the Jewish Federation and Jewish

Heritage Foundation of Greater KC.

for kids !

Next Saturday, May 23 at 10 am

in the Spitcaufsky Library

Join Rabbi Shron next Saturday, May 23from 10-11 a.m.

in the Rose Morgan Chapel

for Shabbat Morning “Lite”

A creative, informal, interactive, uplifting, upbeat,joyous, informative and thought provoking service,

where you can experience what Shabbat mornings are all about.

Today we celebrate the Aufruf of David Shanberg.

The congregation is invited to kiddush sponsored by Allegra & Kent Shanberg in honor of the upcoming wedding of their son, David to Cheryl Rafsky.

Mazal & Bracha to the Shanberg & Rafsky families!

Rabbi Shron’s Joke of the Week Morris, a young Jew, comes to New York and applies for a job as care-taker at Park East Synagogue. The synagogue committee is just about to offer him the job when they discover that he is illiterate. They decide for many reasons that it would be inappropriate to have an illiterate caretaker. So Morris leaves and decides to forge a career in another business. He chooses to sell plastic goods door to door. He does well and soon is able to buy a car; and later to open a store; and then a sec-ond. Finally he is ready to open 5 more stores and so applies to the bank for a loan. But when the bank manager asks him to sign the contract, it is obvious that he can not write. Shocked to discover that this success-ful young man had little education, the bank manager says, “Just think what you could have been if you had learned to read and write.” “Yes,” says Maurice, “I would be the caretaker at Park East Synagogue.”

ISRAEL UPDATE May 15, 2015 - Senate calls on Iran to release detained AmericansOn May 11, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution calling on Iranian officials to release three American citizens currently detained in Iran. Passed 90-0, the non-binding measure advises the Obama administration to utilize all available resources to locate and secure the return of American detainees including Pastor Saeed Abedini, Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian and former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati. On the Senate floor, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) discussed how Abedini has been jailed for more than two years for the “supposed crime of building and operating an orphanage.” “Beaten, denied access to medical care, and locked away in solitary confinement—that’s apparently how the Iranian regime deals with those who dare to show love and compassion to others,” McConnell said. Sen. Ben Cardin (D-MD), the top Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, urged the Iranian government “to do the right thing...and immediately release these citizens and send them home to their families and communities as soon as possible.”

K.I. partners with AIPAC, America’s pro-Israel lobby, in educating our community on issues affecting the U.S.-Israel relationship. Learn more by visiting www.aipac.org or contacting AIPAC at 202.639.5200.

Rahel Berkovits lectures widely in both Israel and abroad on topics concerning women and Jewish law. She is an expert on women and Judaism. She is a founding member of Congregation Shirah Ha-dasha, a progressive halakhic minyan, which is enriched by both male and female participation in synagogue ritual.

8:15 pm Mincha Service: Traditional (Rabbi Jeffrey Shron) and Egalitarian (Rabbi Beryl Padorr) 9:10 pm Catered Dairy Buffet Dinner 10:15-11:45pm Pathways to Peace - Communities Built on Peace and Harmony Repair the World11:45pm-Midnight Coffee Break12:00 am-1:30am Living in the Kingdom of Heaven? Death, Women and Bodily Fluids

Annual Community-WideTikun Leyl Shavuot Program

Prayer, Study and Celebration A Kansas City Tradition

Saturday, May 23, 2015Kehilath Israel Synagogue

Rahel BerkovitsSenior faculty member at the Pardes

Institute of Jewish Studies in Jerusalem

RSVP online at www.kcrabbis.org. For additional information, visit www.kisyn.org, email afprogram@aol.com, or call 913.327.4622. Co-sponsored by The Rabbinical Association of Greater KC, supported by area congregations and funded by the Frank Morgan Fund of K.I. Synagogue.

K.I. Clergy & StaffRabbi Jeffrey Shron, Senior RabbiCraig Caplan, PresidentElizabeth Peden, Executive DirectorGevura Davis, Director, K.I. Fred Devinki Eitz Chaim Religious SchoolRabbi Herbert Mandl, Ph.D., Rabbi EmeritusSam Devinki, Honorary President for Life

Kehilath Israel Synagogue strives to be a warm, welcoming congregation, proud of its traditional values of learning Torah, engaging in meaningful and inspirational prayer and practices, and performing acts of loving kindness.

PRAYER FOR HEALInGMi shebeirach avotainu v’imotainu, ma-ayan hab’rachot borei r’fuot.

Adonai source of healing bring blessings to those we love, renew their spirit, renew their courage, renew their strength of body and soul.

Mi shebeirach avotainu......

Adonai compassionate G-d bring comfort to those we love, Adonai compassionate G-d bring healing from above.

Mi shebeirach avotainu......

Please Note:• K.I. nEXT Cooking class scheduled for

tomorrow has been cancelled.• Rabbi Mandl’s Talmud class is on summer

hiatus and will resume in the fall.

Men’s Club T-Bone GameSunday, June 21

Game starts at 1:05 pm

T-Bones VS Wichita Wingnuts

Meet at the Community America Ballpark at Noon. More information will be forth-coming in the June/July Focal Point.