Community News

Jewish Family Services has named Susan Warshawsky Terman its Volunteer of the Month, recognizing her work on the agency’s behalf.

Kansas City Lodge #184, B’nai B’rith has announced the 2023 Margolis Memorial Essay Contest.

The Selichot service took place Saturday evening at host congregation Congregation Beth Torah with multi-access participation. 

As part of its “ReJOYvination 360” mental health initiative, KU Chabad held a day-long mental health retreat for students.

For anyone in the community looking for career assistance, Jewish Vocational Services and Jewish Family Services offer a program to help.

A new group of teen leaders now make up the board of the Kansas City chapter of USY (KCUSY), and they have created and announced new USY programs in addition to continuing to facilitate traditional programs. One new program is Second Saturdays.

The Lewis and Shirley White Theatre will begin its 2022-2023 season with an homage to Jewish contributions to Broadway with a special one-performance concert on Sunday, Oct. 2.

Beth Shalom Sisterhood will host an educational program about the Vilna Ghetto Resistance and lunch on Thursday, Oct. 13, at 10:45 a.m. in Goldsmith Hall.

JFS is partnering with the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City for the High Holiday food drive taking place from Sept. 23 through Oct. 18.

MeltonKC, a regional division of the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning, has released its fall and winter class schedule that includes a variety of class lengths, topics and teachers, both new and returning.