Three Jewish Kansas City-area weightlifters, Samantha Goodman, Aiden Luther and Zachary Lerner, had been preparing to represent Team USA at the 2025 Maccabiah Games in Israel when the competition was postponed.
The spiritual care volunteers (SCV), part of the Jewish Community Chaplaincy program at Jewish Family Services (JFS), visit others at their most vulnerable moments, including during challenging health situations (including hospital visits), fulfilling the mitzvah of bikkur holim.
Broadway classic “West Side Story” begins its run at The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre at The J on Saturday, July 5.
Jewish Family Services offers Transparentcy, a peer-led support group for Jewish families with trans or nonbinary children of any age.
All Jewish women are invited to attend the next Jewish Unforgettable Ladies Interested in Eating Together (JULIETs) event, which will feature a presentation about Pawsperity, a Kansas City nonprofit with the goal of helping struggling parents break the cycle of intergenerational poverty by teaching pet grooming skills.
The Jewish Community Foundation’s Jewish Leadership Education Action and Development (J-LEAD) program, a giving circle for adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s, recently completed its 2025 grant cycle, in which members collectively granted $24,112 to six important community programs.
Although summer is just beginning, the Kansas City Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is already looking ahead to the back-to-school season.
The Menorah Heritage Foundation announced the expansion of its pilot program, Better Together: A Jewish KC Conversation Project — a dialogue-based initiative that invites participants to engage in meaningful, respectful conversations across differences.
Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) is seeking a Middle and Upper School chemistry teacher for the 2025-26 school year.
Jewish baker Michael Crane will host a one-day pop-up bread sale centered around naturally-leavened sourdough bread at Olive Tree in Overland Park, Kansas.
