EXHIBITION IS A MUST SEE — Today, Thursday, June 18, is the official opening of “Discovery and Recovery: Preserving Iraqi Jewish Heritage,” the exhibition on display at the National Archives at Kansas City in partnership with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education. I got a sneak peak at it last week and I have to say I’ll have to go back again later when I can take the time to study the artifacts more closely. The restoration of these artifacts after they were discovered in the ruins of Saddam Hussein’s intelligence headquarters in Baghdad in 2003 is amazing. If you don’t have a chance to visit the exhibition, the restored artifacts were completely digitized and may be found at www.ija.archives.gov. But Kansas City is privileged to be one of four cities to get this traveling exhibition, so you should take advantage of this special opportunity and see what you can up close and in person. It’s much more fun than looking at a computer screen! And don’t forget the special speaker’s series that begins June 24. Learn more about the exhibit and speaker’s series at mchekc.org/exhibit.
HELP WANTED — The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City is seeking a part-time coordinator for the yearlong communitywide course: Judaism for Conversion Candidates. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}A detailed job description can be found on the Rabbinical Association website at kcrabbis.org. Interested candidates should submit resume and cover letter to the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City via email to or to: 5801 W. 115th, Box 113, Overland Park, KS 66211. Deadline for submitting resumes is Monday, June 22, 2015.
BBYO SEEKS ADVISERS —BBYO Kansas City is currently looking for new female advisers who must be 21 years of age or older. Good candidates are college graduates, friends of BBYO, and anyone who is Jewish and is interested... Know anyone?
Annie Rifkin, regional director of the Kansas City Council, would love to speak with those interested now so that they can be trained over the summer and be ready when fall programming begins. For more information, contact Rifkin at .
WHY DOES STEPH CURRY HAVE A HEBREW TATTOO? By Gabe Friedman (JTA) — David Blatt is by far the most Jewish element of this year’s NBA Finals. The Cleveland Cavaliers coach has all of Israel behind him and has talked about embracing his Jewish side while coach of Maccabi Tel Aviv.
But the most unexpected Jewish element of this year’s finals may be a tattoo on the Golden State Warriors guard and regular season MVP Steph Curry — which is written in Hebrew.
The tattoo, located on Curry’s right wrist, is a passage from 1 Corinthians 13:8 in the New Testament that translates to “love never fails” (his wife got a matching tattoo).
However, the sharp-shooting guard is most definitely not Jewish, and the New Testament was written in Greek — so why is the star guard’s ink in Hebrew?
One clue lies in Curry’s mom, Sonya, who co-founded a Christian Montessori school with her husband, former NBA player Dell Curry. According to The Jerusalem Post, she has been studying Hebrew for four years.
Does that mean that Steph can actually read his own Hebrew tattoo?
“I can’t. I’m working on it,” Curry told Sport 5 TV.
(Editor’s note: The Warriors and the Cavaliers were slated to meet after The Chronicle went to press on Tuesday, June 16. At that time the Warriors had a 3-2 lead in the series and could lock-up the NBA championship with a win Tuesday night.){/mprestriction}
