Community News

Jewish Family Services has named Jana Nye its March Volunteer of the Month.

Unger and Madison are at it again — Florence Unger and Olive Madison, that is, in Neil Simon’s popular work with a twist, “The Odd Couple – Female Version.”

The J - Jewish Community Center will host a bridge tournament in efforts to assist the food pantry at Jewish Family Services.

Jewish Family Services and the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy will host “Our Youth and Their Mental Health” on Wednesday, March 30, at 7 p.m. in the Jewish Community Center and virtually. 

In response to the unrest caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and by two years of a global pandemic, KU Chabad has launched its own version of March Madness as college students follow the March Madness basketball tournament.

This year, Rock Chalk Shabbat will return as an in-person, community-wide event on Friday, April 29, 2022, after two years of hybrid and virtual Rock Chalk Shabayits.

The pre-Passover community-wide Service of Spiritual Renewal will take place in the social hall at Village Shalom, 5500 West 123rd Street in Overland Park, at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 20.

Jewish Family Services is offering a free walk-in vaccine clinic on Tuesday, March 22, in the MAC Room at the Jewish Community Center, located at 5801 W. 115th Street in Overland Park.

Kosher Passover Seder meals-to-go, sponsored by the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City, are available for purchase this year and will be prepared by Cathy Levin of Kosher Connection.

KU Hillel created a pilot class, Jewish Flavors, last semester as part of its Jewish Learning Fellowships (JLF).