Community News

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.

COVID vaccines have become available in Kansas City, but there is a lot of confusing information. Jewish Family Services is working closely with Jackson (Missouri) and Johnson (Kansas) counties to provide up-to-date information about where to obtain your COVID-19 vaccine. Information is available at this link: jfskc.org/covid-19-vaccine-information/.

Thanks to the generosity of the Romotsky-Price-Cortes Genetic Testing Fund, Priya is able to offer a discounted price for the genetic testing. This allows for more growing families in Kansas City to be better informed when beginning their family planning journeys.

Enjoy a relaxing Passover Seder and a delicious catered Passover seder meal to go. Convenient curbside meal pickup takes place between noon and 1 p.m. March 26 at the Jewish Community Campus theater circle drive. Choose from a list of a full meal and/or a la carte items and order for yourself and/or for neighbors and relatives — you can drop it on their doorstep to practice good social distancing. Or buy a little extra and freeze the leftovers so that you can enjoy prepared meals throughout the week of Passover.

The pandemic has added yet another layer of stress facing our teens. Now Jewish Family Services’ YouBeYou program is offering additional resources online to help teens struggling with mental health issues.

“BIAV is looking to return hundreds of bronze Yahrzeit Plaques to loved ones” in the January 28, 2021, Chronicle sparked calls from throughout our community and beyond. So far, over 100 of BIAV's bronze yahrzeit plaques have been claimed by family members. 700 to go!

Here at The Chronicle we are thrilled by the response to our Passover recipe contest. Below are the submissions we have received to date. Please keep the recipes coming! You can vote for your favorite(s) by emailing editor, Mike Sherry, at or by filling out a form on our website beginning March 11. We are accepting recipe submissions through March 8.

The annual community seder, hosted by the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City, will be held virtually this year. According to Rabbi Javier Cattapan, president of the rabbinical association, most of the association’s rabbis will participate by recording pieces of the service in advance. In years past, just one or two rabbis led the seder.

The students have recently arrived back in Lawrence for the spring semester, but as they return to their campus things are still not the same. From the various changes to the class schedule and to the many guidelines and protocols in place, it is obvious that things will still be conducted quite differently than a typical semester at KU.

The virtual State of Kansas Holocaust Commemorative Service will be held at 1 p.m. on April 26.