Community News

PJ Library, a program of Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City, will host multiple events in December for a variety of audiences.

The 2025 application process for the Jacob and Rose Szneler Scholarship Fund has begun.

Recently, Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) entered into a partnership with Flourish: A Furniture Bank to provide much of the furniture and household items for the homes of the hundreds of refugees the organization welcomes. 

Earlier this month, students from KU Chabad joined more than 2,000 Jewish college students from 176 universities in Brooklyn, New York, for Pegisha 2024.

Village Shalom recently revealed its newly-named main entrance, now called the “Stanley J. Bushman Circle Drive,” in recognition of Bushman’s generosity and dedication to the community.

In late November, a squad of about 18 volunteers from Bridging the Gap fanned out along Wilson Avenue and Belmont Boulevard on the northern fringe of Kansas City to plant 31 trees on the public right-of-way adjacent to Congregation Beth Israel Abraham and Voliner’s Sheffield Cemetery.

SevenDays is seeking nominations from the public for its annual Ripple of Kindness Award.

Approximately 300 people gathered at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah on Nov. 21 to hear from longtime Jewish advocate David Harris.

After more than 50 years, former Kansas Citian Deborah Goodman and Dr. Milton Maltz, a Jewish Brazilian exchange student who stayed with her family in 1971, reunited.

Last month, members of J-LEAD, the Jewish Community Foundation’s (JCF) young adult giving circle, gathered with their families for an afternoon of volunteering at Mitzvah Garden KC.