All Jewish community members are invited to the community-wide Purim day celebration on Tuesday, March 7, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Village Shalom, 5500 W 123rd St, Overland Park, KS 66209.

The program will also be offered virtually. 

In addition to a catered lunch and shalach manot bags for attendees, the Purim celebration will include readings of the Megillah with music and discussion led by Rabbis David Glickman, Caitlin Brazner, Larry Karol, Beryl Padorr, Jonathan Rudnick, Linda Steigman, Scott White and Hazzan Tahl Ben Yehuda. 

There is no charge to attend the program, but attendees are asked to register online by March 1 at https://forms.gle/9g3Svmy1ehC3dVvK6

A Zoom link will be sent a few days prior to the program to all who register to participate virtually. 

Participants are welcome to wear a costume and are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items for the JFS Food pantry.

The Purim program is sponsored by the Rabbinical Association in partnership with Village Shalom, the J’s Heritage Center, and congregations, and generously supported by the Flo Harris Foundation of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City. 

More information and registration are available at kcrabbi.org or by contacting Annette Fish, administrator/program director of the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City, at or 913-327-8226.