Community News

In an effort to reach a larger Jewish communal audience, PJ Library of Kansas City collaborated with several community agencies on programs and events over the summer. 

The entire chapter of Hadassah Greater Kansas City was invited to join Evolve members and their families at Mitzvah Garden KC for a morning of service, connection and celebration.

Friendship Circle of Kansas City has launched a new program, the Young Adult Club, designed to provide ongoing opportunities for young adults with and without intellectual and developmental disabilities to connect through shared activities.

KU Chabad hosted a wellness retreat last month at the Circle S Ranch outside of Lawrence, Kansas, for dozens of students.

The site of the former Jewish Community Center, and later the Paul Robeson Middle School, has been abandoned since 2006 and has been in a state of disrepair for well over a decade.

Terri Apple, a multitalented actress, voiceover artist and filmmaker who grew up in the Kansas City Jewish community, stars in the newly released horror movie “Strange Harvest.”

The Goldenberg Duo, consisting of siblings Susan and William Goldenberg, will present a series of free recital performances at the end of October.

When Ann Stern and Donna Gould-Cohen teamed up to co-chair the B’nai Mitzvah Fundraising Campaign for Jewish Family Services’ (JFS) Kesher Food Pantry, they didn’t just inspire families to give — they helped raise more than $350,000 to stock the food pantry with essentials for neighbors in need.

Jewish actress Linda Lavin’s final movie, “One Big Happy Family,” will be screened at local AMC theaters in the Kansas City area next month.

The two locations of Jewish Family Services (JFS) Food Pantry are providing more than 550 local families with food, personal care items and household goods, but need community help to keep the shelves stocked and filled with choices.