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Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated by Jewish people this time of year. The holiday focuses on religious freedom and generally is celebrated at home with the lighting of the Menorah each of the eight nights of the holiday. Small gifts are exchanged, traditional holiday foods (made with oil) such as potato latkes are enjoyed, and games of dreidel are played to commemorate the festival. This year, Hanukkah begins at sundown Thursday, Dec. 10.

Congregation religious school families are invited to a virtual interactive and engaging community Hanukkah educational experience from 10 to 10:50 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 6, in place of regular religious school morning sessions. Parents are encouraged to join in the fun and grandparents are welcome to participate!

Rabbi Mendy Wineberg with his granddaughter Menucha Perman, kindergarten; daughter Sarah Wineberg, fourth grade; and daughter Esty Perman.

By Marcia Montgomery / Associate Editor

Rabbi Mendy Wineberg of The Shul — Chabad of Leawood is over the moon about his granddaughter being the first of a third generation of students to attend Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy.

Rachel Black

By Sam Kricsfeld / 
Contributing Writer

The COVID-19 pandemic has upended virtually everything, and that includes Jewish studies, as an area cantorial student has discovered.

An Overland Park, Kansas, postal carrier provided much more than service with a smile for a Chronicle subscriber. (Credit: U.S. Postal Service)

Postal worker goes above and beyond for a Chronicle subscriber

By Mike Sherry / 
Editor

This has been a tough year for all of us, what with a raging pandemic and poisonous politics.

Gabriella Sonnenschein, 23, is working in Tel Aviv as part of the Masa Top Interns program. She contracted COVID about a month after arriving in Israel.

A gap year in Israel comes with restrictions and reservations

By Lacey Storer / 
Contributing Writer

For many Jewish young adults, spending a year after high school or college in Israel is the dream of a lifetime. That dream was put on hold this year for some, but others managed to make it a reality despite the pandemic.

Mike Sherry

Mike Sherry takes over as editor of The Chronicle

By Mike Sherry/
Editor

Thinking about my transition to editor of The Chronicle sent me to one of the large plastic tubs that sit on shelving in our basement. This particular container holds a lot of my childhood memorabilia.

Rabbi Mark Glass

By Michael Portman / 
Contributing Writer

When Rabbi Mark Glass, Congregation Beth Israel Abraham & Voliner’s (BIAV) new rabbi, learned about the synagogue located in Overland Park his first reaction was, “Where?” After all, a rabbi who grew up in Manchester, England, and had spent just a few years in this country’s Northeast couldn’t be expected to know much about the Midwest, and Kansas in particular.

Holocaust survivor Regina Dollman (seated) and her daughter, Lori Dollman, getting their Hanukkah gifts from JFS’ holiday project. Dollman receives support from several JFS programs, including Help@Home and Care Management.

By Lacey Storer /
Contributing Writer

Regina Dollman is a Holocaust survivor in our community. She is aging and suffered a major health setback last month, but with support from Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City (JFS), Dollman is able to stay in her home, something that is extremely important to her. As she always says, “Home is home.”

The Barstow School JSU President Susanna King joined with other local JSU presidents to pack unBoxes to be delivered to Jewish students taking part in JSU’s Unboxed program, which is designed to appeal to their curiosity, creativity and competitive spirit.

 

By Barbara Bayer/
Contributing Writer

Like other Jewish organizations, Jewish Student Union (JSU) needed to find a way to connect with its members when COVID-19 made it impossible to program in conventional ways. So its director, Rabbi Nati Stern, created a subscription box service for Jewish students in the Kansas City area.

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