Community News

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to a reality check for Steve and Denise Ellenberg, whose catering company is a staple of local Jewish celebrations.

Over 100 participants of all ages attended the recent virtual community Purim day celebration. Participants enjoyed an engaging program that included songs and a creative reading of the Megillah led by Rabbis David Glickman, Jonathan Rudnick, Scott White and Hazzan Tahl Ben Yehuda.

KC SuperStar — Kansas City’s premiere high school singing competition — is taking place despite the pandemic. Imagine winning $10,000 for singing your favorite song.

Nancy Kalikow Maxwell will be the local facilitator for Grandparents’ Connection, a new National Hadassah membership program for grandparents with grandchildren ages 13 and under. Six monthly sessions will begin from 3 to 4:30 p.m. April 18 via Zoom.

KU Hillel is already counting down the days until Passover with their students. For the second year in a row, Hillel has created virtual components for their Seder — but COVID-19 will not stop this community!

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy is a little over a week away from its first-ever Civic Service Award Private Broadcast Celebration. It is going to be a beautiful event honoring Tibor Klausner, of blessed memory, and if you haven’t RSVP’d yet, do so before it’s too late at hbha.edu, or send a check to HBHA Celebration.

A pre-recorded virtual Passover Seder created by the Rabbinical Association is being offered this year to assist families as they host their own home Seder.

Food insecurity continues to grow in Kansas City, and the Jewish Family Services Food Pantry is on the front lines helping hundreds of people each month.

Join Congregation Beth Shalom from noon to 2 p.m. on May 2 to paint, clean, weed, rake and more at Mount Carmel Cemetery, 5529 Ditzler Road. The day will be spent beautifying the cemetery.

Community Blood Center (CBC) is partnering with SevenDays Make a Ripple, Change the World, an event that promotes kindness and interfaith dialogue in the greater Kansas City area by inviting the public to virtually take part in themed activities over a two-week period, April 13-25, with one exception. Blood donation.