Community News

A pre-recorded virtual Passover Seder created by the Rabbinical Association is being offered this year to assist families as they host their own home Seder.

Food insecurity continues to grow in Kansas City, and the Jewish Family Services Food Pantry is on the front lines helping hundreds of people each month.

Join Congregation Beth Shalom from noon to 2 p.m. on May 2 to paint, clean, weed, rake and more at Mount Carmel Cemetery, 5529 Ditzler Road. The day will be spent beautifying the cemetery.

Community Blood Center (CBC) is partnering with SevenDays Make a Ripple, Change the World, an event that promotes kindness and interfaith dialogue in the greater Kansas City area by inviting the public to virtually take part in themed activities over a two-week period, April 13-25, with one exception. Blood donation.

Join The J’s My Jewish Kitchen and Congregation Beth Torah for “Etgar” Pesach: Cooking Challenge, an interactive “Chopped”-like cooking challenge, 6-7:30 p.m. on March 31 via Zoom.

Here at The Chronicle we are thrilled by the response to our Passover recipe contest. Below are the second round of submissions we received by the March 8 deadline. We published the initial submissions in the March 4 issue and you can view all of the submissions individually on our Passover Recipe Contest page. You can vote for your favorite(s) by filling out the voting form or by emailing editor, Mike Sherry by March 21. The form has links to all of the recipes to read again before voting. Look for a profile of our top vote-getter in the March 25 issue.

The new Blitt Art Suite is open, and The J is offering expanded art classes, including ceramics. The J’s recent expansion included the addition of 1,000 square feet for a new ceramics studio that has seven pottery wheels, two kilns and two wedge tables for the use of white and red clay. It features skylights to allow for natural light. The ceramics studio is connected to the existing painting studio.

Picture this: It is the night of the first Passover Seder. The table is set. The candles are burning brightly. Everything sparkles. The children and guests are seated around the table. A sweet voice of a child recites the Four Questions. Serenity and joy are palpable in the warmth of the Passover atmosphere.

The Heritage Center at The J will present “Humans of Tel Aviv” as a virtual program from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. on March 16. Photographer and speaker Erez Kaganovitz will share what he has learned after photographing 1,000 life stories in Tel Aviv and Israel.

Pouting pitifully, thinking of preparing another pandemic Passover at home? Feeling frustrated facing a fidgety, fussy family for your freedom feast? Seeking something to spiffy-up, surprise and specialize your seder?