Community News

As the school year winds down, Jewish Family Services’ (JFS) YouBeYou program is already making plans for the fall.

New programming and a creative approach to engage students in learning are on the horizon as Morgan Fasbinder takes the helm of Congregation Beth Torah’s Weiner Religious School.

When The J presented Merna Siegler with its Lifetime Membership award for the longest standing member in 2021, her children approached The J looking for a way to honor Siegler and her late husband, Sylvan, z”l. 

Lara Portnoy, a native of Overland Park, will be the guest speaker at Kehilath Israel Synagogue during Shabbat morning services on Saturday, May 20.

Jewish War Veterans (JWV) MO-KAN Post 605 is currently seeking applications for college scholarships for the 2023-24 academic year.

Twenty high school singers from across the metro have been chosen as semifinalists for KC SuperStar 2023.

The Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) offers several gift options to empower young adults to make a substantive philanthropic impact on their favorite charitable causes.

As Israel celebrates its 75th anniversary as a modern nation in May, The Lewis and Shirley White Theatre at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City (The J) and Kansas City Actors Theatre will present the one-man show “Eddie: The Friendship That Changed History.”

On April 27, 2023, the Johnson County, Kansas, Board of County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution formally adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism while recognizing an increasing number of incidents in the region and the nation.

KU Chabad was recently given two Rock Chalk Recognition Awards by the Student Involvement and Leadership Center (SILC) at the University of Kansas.