Community News

Local artist Paul Tosh was the recipient of the 2025 Stephen Schoenfeld Volunteer Recognition Award at Village Shalom.

Julie Fingersh, a native of Greater Kansas City and acclaimed author and journalist, will return to Kansas City later this month to discuss her new book, “Stay: A Story of Family, Love, & Other Traumas.”

All Jewish women are invited to attend the next Jewish Unforgettable Ladies Interested in Eating Together (JULIETs) event, which will feature Alisa Meireis’ presentation about her history, “We Are Not All Ashkenazi.”

SevenDays invites area high schoolers to apply to its Kindness Youth Leadership (KYLT) team for the 2025-2026 school year.

The University of Kansas Student Senate overruled its president’s veto of a resolution denouncing Israel, titled “A Resolution to Recognize the Ongoing Genocide in Palestine.”

Congregation Beth Torah member Robert Cohn, son of Holocaust survivors, donated his family’s Holocaust-related items to his synagogue.

A new scholarship fund, the Ben and Martin Jabenis Memorial Endowment Fund, has been established at the Jewish Community Foundation to benefit Jewish students attending Johnson County Community College (JCCC) and Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA).

Jewish War Veterans (JWV) MO-KAN Post 605 is currently seeking applications for college scholarships for the 2025-26 academic year. Post 605 offers scholarships annually.

The Jewish Studies Program at the University of Kansas is looking to hire a Hebrew language specialist to begin in the fall of 2025.

After eight years of service to The J and the community, Keith Wiedenkeller, director of Arts and Culture and managing artistic director of The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre, has announced his retirement, effective this July.