Community News

The Glenwood Arts Theater will now screen “Big Sonia,” the film about local Holocaust survivor and tailor Sonia Warshawski, every Tuesday.

“Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” a play by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, will be performed in the University of Missouri, Columbia Hillel. 

The Kansas City Jewish community and the State of Kansas will commemorate Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Damien Timms was named the new executive director of Congregation Beth Torah, serving the synagogue since February.

Congregation Beth Shalom and The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah are partnering to present “Just for Us,” a one-man play by Jewish comedian Alex Edelman.

BBYO youth group chapter Two’s AZA of Kansas City will celebrate its centennial anniversary at its Marty Awards event.

The Kansas Holocaust Commemoration service memorializes the victims of the Holocaust at the annual official state observance.

Community member Ethan Helfand has been named the new executive director of KU Hillel.

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) will present a production of the play “A Monster Calls,” based on the novel by Patrick Hess.

The Jewish Community Foundation welcomed teens and their families to its 18th annual youth philanthropy fair, the B’nai Tzedek Shuk.