A conversion class connection turns into more for K.I.
The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City’s yearly conversion class not only welcomes new converts into the Jewish community, it helps them build a community of their own.
HBHA completes entrance security upgrade
Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy has completed security upgrades at its main entrance and elsewhere in the school.
MeltonKC receives Florence Melton Award
MeltonKC, under the direction of Program Director Megan Pener, was recently honored with the Florence Melton Award, Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning’s highest award.
Rabbi Schuster to leave KU Hillel, lead Des Moines synagogue
Rabbi Neal Schuster, rabbi and senior Jewish educator of KU Hillel for 13 years, will leave KU Hillel after the end of the University of Kansas’s spring semester.
Federation-led security program active through Texas crisis
While the congregants of Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, watched and listened to the livestream of the Shabbat service during which an armed man held hostage four individuals, including Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, and the rest of the country and even the world watched and listened to the news, Jewish Federation was receiving its own information and taking action locally.
‘I’m grateful to be alive’: Jewish world shaken in aftermath of Texas synagogue attack
(JNS) – “I’m grateful to be alive,” wrote Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker on Facebook shortly after he emerged unscathed from his Texas synagogue, where he was held hostage for nearly 11 hours, along with three congregants. “I am grateful that we made it out.”
Platt reflects on first year, Jewish community
Brian Platt is celebrating his first year as Kansas City's city manager, a role he took on after being business administrator in Jersey City.
KC Kosher Co-op brings kosher food to KC, more than 25 other cities
KC Kosher Co-op offers a wide variety of kosher foods for comparatively low prices.
A year of great progress, yet concerns remain
In the January 14 edition of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle, the front page headline read, “COVID notwithstanding, plenty of action on tap for local Jewish community in 2021.” The community certainly had its share of action this year.
Chabad on the Plaza burglarized
Chabad on the Plaza was broken into and damaged last week on the third night of Hanukkah.
JVS resettles more than 180 Afghan refugees
In the wake of the United States military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan and the mass evacuation of Afghans this summer, Jewish Vocational Service of Kansas City is helping more than 180 Afghan refugees resettle in the Kansas City area.
Local neurosurgeon helps Israeli soldiers through volunteer work
Dr. William Rosenberg, a neurosurgeon at Research Medical Center in Kansas City, was recently visited by a group of three wounded Israeli soldiers. The visit occurred through Rosenberg’s involvement with Brothers for Life, a nonprofit that helps link injured soldiers to potential healthcare treatments outside of Israel when they may have difficulty getting them in Israel.
Former lone soldier killed, 4 injured after Hamas assailant opens fire in Old City
An Israeli man in his 20s is dead and four others were injured after a Hamas assailant opened fire with a submachine gun in Jerusalem’s Old City Sunday morning.
Rod Minkin: More than 60 years of service
Few people can say they’ve served their community for more than 60 years. Rod Minkin, a native Kansas Citian, is one of them. Minkin has been active in the Kansas City Jewish community since the early 1960s and has left an indelible mark on it.
KU Hillel moving to larger, custom-finished space
KU Hillel will soon move just a few doors down from its current location to a new, custom-finished location with more than 3,000 square feet of student-facing programming space.