Everyone is invited to safely join a benefit celebration of 35 years of CASA of Johnson & Wyandotte Counties’ volunteers making a difference in the lives of thousands of abused and neglected children. The virtual Hops & Barley Ball: Cheers to 35 Years will be streamed beginning at 7:15 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2, and can be viewed on an ongoing basis.
HBHA, with its cyclical learning model, rotates between one week of in-person learning and one week of virtual learning, continues to seek creative ways to safely educate its students during in-person weeks. From Hebrew lessons to PE to social studies, HBHA teachers are working outside time into their daily class schedules to allow students to safely learn while also getting fresh air and mask breaks throughout the day.
What we eat is so important for our general overall health.
At 1 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 15, jump online for the next Learn, Laugh and Love program, “Healthy Eating for Aging Well,” with Rebecca Collier, a registered dietician. This is a virtual program via Zoom due to safety and health restrictions.
Jewish Family Services is in the midst of its annual High Holidays Food Drive, which is typically its largest collection of non-perishable food of the year. But the pandemic may have changed that. So even while JFS is providing more food assistance to clients than ever before, collecting what it needs this year could be difficult.
By Lacey Storer
Contributing Writer
When Sarah Hurwitz signed up for an introduction to Judaism class at the age of 36 — after growing up with the Jewish experience of “dull services at Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and a dull seder” — she had few, if any, expectations. The then-chief speechwriter for First Lady Michelle Obama took the class merely to fill time after a breakup and wasn’t looking for any kind of spiritual awakening.
The Park University Alumni Association has awarded it’s Torchlighter Award to Blanche Sosland, Ph.D., a Kansas City, Missouri, resident. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the ceremony was held virtually on Sept. 17.
Kansas City artist, Gerry Trilling, debuts a new body of work entitled “Memory Ponds: Crocheting by the Light of Netflix” at the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in St. Joseph, Missouri, from Sept. 25 – Nov. 8. “Memory Ponds” marks Trilling’s first solo museum exhibition and is a departure from her previous work. More than 150 unique crocheted “drawings” will be exhibited, from palm-sized to room-sized works. The exhibition opens to the public Friday, Sept. 25, from 4 to 7 p.m.
The Sarah Peltzman Educational Series, Unit One, begins Thursday, Oct. 15. Classes will be held 10-11 a.m. via Zoom. The cost is $15 per unit or $36 for all three units. The fee for couples is $40 and includes all three units.
The Beth Shalom Sisterhood Gift Shop won’t be able to open the shop permanently until after Dec. 31, unless COVID-19 is still a problem.
If you have any immediate needs (Shabbat candles, mezuzahs and scrolls, other basic needs or gifts), call Mary Weiner at 913-642-9363. She will call Stefanie Williams, executive director, to set up an appointment.
In the meantime, Connie Simon has been working on setting up a website for the gift shop. Sisterhood will then photograph items in the shop for you to peruse. Sisterhood has already set up an online program for members to pay their dues and it works well.
Have you planned your menu for Shabbat/Sukkot dinner? Erev Sukkot begins at sundown Friday, Oct. 2. Skip the meal preparation and enjoy a delicious catered meal in your sukkah. This holiday meal will be prepared by Cathy Levin, Kosher Connection. Deadline for ordering your Shabbat/Sukkot meal is Tuesday, Sept. 29. Curbside pickup is from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 2.
