Community News

The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah is bringing artists-in-residence Isaac and Rabbi Shawna Brynjegard-Bialik, who call what they do “Paper Midrash.”  

SevenDays is seeking original designs by area high school artists (9-12 grades) to capture the daily themes of SevenDays Make a Ripple, Change the World.

Nearly 500 people gathered at the Sheraton Kansas City Hotel ballroom at Crown Center to honor long-time civil rights and community activist Alvin Brooks with Jewish Community Relations Bureau|American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC)’s Henry W. Bloch Human Relations Award. 

Rock Chalk Shabbat, KU Hillel’s annual largest Shabbat of the year, took place on Friday, Nov. 4.

(The Jerusalem Post) — Allan and Rini Gonsher made aliyah from Kansas to Efrat in Nov. 2019.

Sheffield Cemetery has received a green vanguard of newly planted rosebud trees along a 1,000-foot city right-of-way adjacent to one of the city’s oldest Jewish burial grounds, and it could well be the harbinger of a much broader environmental push.

Beth Shalom Sisterhood PrayerWorks recently celebrated its 25th anniversary with a gathering at the home of PrayerWorks Facilitator Rickie Haith.

KU Chabad is now offering Jewish students at the University of Kansas a kosher meal plan.

Jewish Family Services is partnering with the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City for its monthly drive-up communitywide food drive on Sunday, Nov. 20. JFS is asking donors to put together a Thanksgiving Meal Kit. 

On Thursday evening, Nov. 17, the community is invited to attend the third event of The J’s Acclaimed Author Series presented by Jewish Experiences, a collaboration of Jewish Federation and The J.