Community News

A cohort of local high school students recently traveled to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) in Washington, D.C., as part of the Together We Remember program.

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) has announced the New Beginnings Scholarship, created to support Jewish students in 6th-10th grade who are new to the HBHA community.

The Jewish Chaplaincy program, under the auspices of Jewish Family Services (JFS), will hold its pre-Hanukkah Service of Spiritual Renewal on Sunday, Dec. 22, at 3 p.m.

PJ Library, a program of Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City, will host multiple events in December for a variety of audiences.

The 2025 application process for the Jacob and Rose Szneler Scholarship Fund has begun.

Recently, Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) entered into a partnership with Flourish: A Furniture Bank to provide much of the furniture and household items for the homes of the hundreds of refugees the organization welcomes. 

Earlier this month, students from KU Chabad joined more than 2,000 Jewish college students from 176 universities in Brooklyn, New York, for Pegisha 2024.

Village Shalom recently revealed its newly-named main entrance, now called the “Stanley J. Bushman Circle Drive,” in recognition of Bushman’s generosity and dedication to the community.

In late November, a squad of about 18 volunteers from Bridging the Gap fanned out along Wilson Avenue and Belmont Boulevard on the northern fringe of Kansas City to plant 31 trees on the public right-of-way adjacent to Congregation Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner’s Sheffield Cemetery.

SevenDays is seeking nominations from the public for its annual Ripple of Kindness Award.