Community News

The Jewish Culture Fest will offer a special art show celebrating Israel's 75th year and featuring local artists.

The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City will once again offer a community-wide “Judaism for Conversion Candidates” course for anyone considering conversion to Judaism. The program begins on Aug. 10.

Registration for this year’s annual Day of Discovery, taking place Sunday, Aug. 20, is scheduled to open on July 10. Information on this year’s sessions, presenters, and how to register is available online at dayofdiscoverykc.org. 

Jewish Family Services is hosting a workshop, Community Conversations: Aging Parents, on Tuesday, July 11, from 6:30 – 8 p.m.

The Jewish Community Foundation’s (JCF) Community Legacy Fund has awarded $75,040 in innovative and emergency grants.

Many incoming university students from across the country are visiting the University of Kansas campus in Lawrence to prepare for entering college, and KU Chabad is greeting and welcoming the new students and the parents to the university and its Jewish life.

The musical “13,” a coming-of-age story focused on a young Jewish boy, will be performed at Theatre in the Park between June 30 until July 8.

The Jewish community will hold open services and opportunities for learning during Tisha B'Av, a period of fasting, lamentation and prayer to remember the destruction of the First and Second Temples of Jerusalem and other major disasters and tragedies that Jewish people experienced throughout history. 

The Rabbinical Association is offering a community-wide course, “Judaism for Conversion Candidates,” for those seeking a comfortable forum to learn more about the fundamentals of Jewish thought and practice. 

The Kansas City section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) recently installed its 2023-24 board of directors at an event where NCJW members and friends recognized the contributions of outstanding volunteers.