A virtual communitywide Purim day celebration will take place 11 a.m. to noon on Friday, Feb. 26. Jewish community members of all ages are invited to join Rabbis David Glickman, Beryl Padorr, Jonathan Rudnick, Linda Steigman and Hazzan Tahl Ben Yehuda for an interactive and engaging reading of the Megillah along with music and discussion.
The next curbside Shabbat meal-to-go will be available for pick up on Friday, Feb. 19.
Help stock the pantry at 425 E. 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri, with this month’s most needed items: spreadables (nut butters including peanut butter, almond butter, jams and jellies), disinfectant wipes, paper towels, oatmeal and Passover items (grape juice, matzo ball soup mix, Passover cake mixes).
On Monday night and Tuesday, members of the Jewish Federation board and professional staff were among the more than 3,000 people nationwide who participated in a virtual mission to Washington, D.C., organized by the Jewish Federations of North America.
This year Hadassah Greater Kansas City was selected to participate in Hadassah Grandparents’ Connection, a new national membership program for grandparents with grandchildren age 13 and under.
With thousands of individuals unemployed in the Kansas City area, Jewish Family Services (JFS) and Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) have enhanced Career Skills and Connections, a program offering executive coaching and employment assistance for individuals from diverse socio-economic backgrounds with a variety of work histories and experiences.
Last year was a challenging year for many, but that doesn’t mean that nothing good came out of it. Maybe you adopted a new family pet, had a virtual seder, planted your first garden, tried a new challah recipe, took up a musical instrument or even wrote a song.
Skip the grocery shopping and meal preparation and enjoy a delicious catered chicken or eggplant curbside Shabbat dinner on Friday, Feb. 19, prepared by Steve Ellenberg, Ellenberg Experience Catering under the supervision of the Vaad HaKashruth of Kansas City.
The Lewis and Shirley White Theatre of The Jewish Community Center (The J) is excited to announce it will debut the Broadway smash hit musical “Something Rotten.” This brand-new production, performed on The White Theatre stage, will be available to audiences on-demand Feb. 13 through March 7 for the opening of its reimagined 2020-2021 theater season.
The application deadline for Leadership Tomorrow, Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City’s paid summer internship program, has been extended to Sunday, Feb. 12.
