Community News

The Epsten Gallery in Village Shalom is presenting “The Collection of Babs Lowenstein,” an art exhibit featuring the works of local artist Babs Lowenstein.

All Jewish women are invited to attend the next Jewish Unforgettable Ladies Interested in Eating Together (JULIETs) event, which will focus on estate planning and elder law for Kansas and Missouri. It will be held on Sunday, April 27, at 12:30 p.m. at Congregation Beth Torah (6100 W. 127th St., Overland Park, KS 66209).

KU Hillel is preparing to welcome Jewish students for its annual Passover celebrations.

Both the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives approved a bill to codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism in the state’s statute.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has proclaimed April 9, 2025, as Education and Sharing Day, held to emphasize the importance of morality in education, a cause championed by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (z”l). 

Community partners are hosting a community conversation on hereditary health risks and genetic screenings, titled “What’s In Your Genes? A Conversation about Jewish Genetic Screenings,” on April 6, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Jewish Community Campus Social Hall.

The Jewish history of Lawrence, Kansas, will be highlighted this month with a discussion with Dr. David Katzman at the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation (LJCC) and an exhibition of Judaica at the Watkins Museum of History.

Seven members of the 2025 SevenDays Kindness Youth Leadership Team (KYLT) are Jewish students. Students in the KYLT meet monthly to participate in leadership training, perform acts of community service and advance SevenDays’ message of spreading kindness at their schools.

Annie Glickman, head of school at Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA), has joined the 14th cohort of the Day School Leadership Training Institute (DSLTI) fellowship for new and aspiring heads of school, offered as a partnership between Prizmah and the Jewish Theological Seminary.

Leadership of Vision Associates, the nonprofit which owns the 14 acres of land adjacent to the south of Village Shalom, changed last month.