Community News

The Greater Kansas City Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is selling honey for the High Holidays.

KU Hillel is searching for qualified applicants for three open positions: assistant director, development and events manager, and Jewish student therapist.

With the support of community members Dave and Carol Porter, Jewish Community Relations Bureau|American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC) will expand its Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) program to now offer all participating students a free trip to Washington, D.C. for AJC’s LFT Advocacy Summit.

Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City is searching for a Young Adults Division (YAD) associate to enhance the program by engaging Jewish young adults in their 20s and 30s through creative programming, leadership development and philanthropic outreach.

Internationally-acclaimed muralist Solomon Souza has completed a new mural on the front wall of the soon-to-be-completed Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Lawrence, Kansas.

After 22 years of service as administrator and program director for the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City, Annette Fish has retired, concluding her 48-year career as a Jewish communal professional in Kansas City.

In 1933, the Kansas City Section of National Council of Jewish Women awarded the first Liberman Scholarships for high school students going to college in the fall.

Every month, the two locations of Jewish Family Services’ Food Pantry provide more than 500 families with food, non-perishable household goods and personal hygiene items as well as pet food for those who need it.

Community member and philanthropist Lewis Nerman was elected to serve a three-year term on the board of trustees of Park University, a private university in Parkville, Missouri.

Kelly Murphy has joined the nonprofit SevenDays as its new executive director. Murphy will oversee SevenDays, providing strategic, operational and fundraising leadership to advance the organization’s mission.