Community News

Jewish Family Services is offering community members the opportunity to help more than 220 families by sponsoring Rosh Hashanah meal kits.

The Jewish community is invited to come together to prepare for the High Holy Days at the annual community Selichot program and service on Saturday, Sept. 9.

As part of Jewish Family Services’ 120th anniversary celebration, the agency is highlighting families that have had a major impact on its success.

This year will mark the 20th anniversary of a walk for survivors to gather with others and celebrate the lives of loved ones lost to suicide.

Israeli-born musician and composer Noam “Nani” Vazana is one of the few artists in the world who write and compose new songs in the endangered Jewish language Ladino (Judeo-Spanish).

Through the Jewish Community Chaplaincy program housed at Jewish Family Services, the community is invited to prepare for the holidays by attending a Service of Spiritual Renewal for the High Holidays at 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 27, at Village Shalom, 5500 W. 123rd St., Overland Park, KS 66209. 

Jewish Family Services (JFS) is starting a monthly peer-led support group for the caregivers of aging parents and older adults. This follows JFS’ sponsored program for caregivers in July.

The annual Day of Discovery on Sunday, Aug. 20, will include two sessions touching on the intersection between the American Civil Rights Movement and Judaism.

Ed Kanter’s greatest joy in life was his family. Kanter and his wife, Rochelle, raised three children and were later blessed with eight grandchildren, who lovingly called him PawPaw. Throughout his life, Kanter taught his children and grandchildren how to work with their hands and build something new, sharing his own adventure and passion with his family.

Car dealerships Bob Sight Ford and Bob Sight Kia collected more than 200 rolls of toilet paper for Jewish Family Services' (JFS) annual Wipe Out summer campaign for its food pantry.