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Jewish Family Services recently welcomed Vicky Leitnaker as its new Volunteer Engagement Manager.

BBYO, KCUSY, NCSY/JSU, and The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah recently came together to create a community-wide program at Mitzvah Garden KC for Jewish teens called Harvest and Havdalah. 

KU Hillel began its annual tradition, First Year Fries, after a debate over the best French fries in Lawrence.

Guitarist Beau Bledsoe and the international artists of Ensemble Iberica will play music at Une Soiree Parisienne, a kosher four-course French meal at Kehilath Israel Synagogue’s annual Grand Givers evening on Sunday, Oct. 30.

The Jewish community welcomed Noa Dovrat to Kansas City in September, as she began her time as the newest Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI) community shalicha (Israeli emissary).

Many people know that Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City supports not only our local Jewish community but also communities worldwide, working with organizations and agencies in Romania, Bulgaria and, of course, Israel. What most people might not realize is that Jewish Federation actually has a staff member on the ground in Israel.

KU Hillel celebrated the beginning of the year 5783 during its Rosh Hashanah services and dinner, Kol Nidre pre-fast dinner and services, and other High Holiday programming and events. 

JFS is partnering with the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City for the High Holiday food drive currently taking place.

KU Hillel has announced its annual Rock Chalk Shabbat will be held Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at the Kansas Union on the University of Kansas’s campus in Lawrence. 

More than 100 people filled the White Theater on Sept. 14 to mark the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City’s first Foundation for Our Future event in four years.