Community News

Caring Connections has announced the launch of its services in the Kansas City area.

Now in its 11th year, SevenDays is looking for inspirational designs by area high school students (9-12 grades) to capture its daily themes for its annual SevenDays Button Art Competition.

The Acclaimed Author Series, presented by Jewish Experiences, a collaboration of Jewish Federation and The J, returns this season with five authors coming to Kansas City to share their stories.

Since Kansas Poet Laureate Emeritus Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg's nonfiction book, “Needle in the Bone: How a Holocaust Survivor and Polish Resistance Fighter Found Each Other and Beat the Odds,” was published in 2012, she has brought this story of the Holocaust and Polish Resistance to dozens of small towns and cities throughout Kansas.

Meredith Willson’s “The Music Man” will open The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre’s 20th season at The J, where it will run for 11 performances on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays from Oct. 26 through Nov. 17.

Officials for the Kansas City JCC Maccabi delegation are hosting an event to celebrate the accomplishments of recent athletes and to share developments for the program in 2025.

JFS is seeking donations to keep its pantry shelves stocked as it heads into the fall and winter when demand is likely to increase.

Congregation Beth Torah’s Weiner Religious School (WRS) has a new mascot this year.

The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) will commemorate the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht with a dance performance based on testimony from survivors and witnesses.

In its core granting cycle, the Jewish Community Foundation’s (JCF) Community Legacy Fund has awarded $349,175 to 21 Jewish community organizations.