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Several COVID-19 vaccines under development in Israel hold out promise for their ability to protect against variants of the virus that are challenging existing vaccines.

Sasone, a community-wide program that provides support for Jewish children with special needs, has named a new director. Lindsey Lipsky has taken over the role from Perry Hilvitz, who served in the position for 13 years.

Keeping kosher can be especially challenging for homebound elderly and disabled people. Since its founding in 2013, KC Kosher Meals on Wheels has been trying to make keeping kosher easier for these populations: The program delivers free kosher meals in the Kansas City area on both sides of the state line; most of its clients live at or below poverty level.

Children in need at two Kansas City, Missouri, elementary schools will have year-round access to new clothes starting this fall through Stacey’s Closet, a new program of the Kansas City section of the National Council of Jewish Women.

Jewish community member and active volunteer Hadas Moshonov-Cohavi is working to make the transition to college, and to college-level math classes, easier for students — and her work is paying off.

Congregation has raised more than $12 million to pay for construction and ongoing operating costs

Congregation Beth Shalom has exceeded its initial $12 million fundraising goal to pay for a planned sanctuary, despite a pause on the fundraiser caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Jewish Community Relations Bureau|AJC has announced that the Rev. Thomas B. Curran, S.J., will receive the Henry W. Bloch Human Relations Award at its annual Human Relations Event on November 18. Curran is the first clergy member to receive this honor.

Midwest Center for Holocaust Education building additional community education around exhibit

Born in Budapest, Hungary, Judy Jacobs spent about six months in the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp as a 7-year-old. Three of her grandparents and some aunts, uncles and cousins died in the gas chambers of Auschwitz.

Despite the sweltering heat in the early afternoon at the U.S. Capitol on Sunday, Jews who attended the “No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity With the Jewish People” enthusiastically received the many speakers on the rally stage.

Marla Kaufman’s elder son is doing well these days, healthy and happy and working in his field.

But her son has walked a long and painful path to recovery from addiction, starting in the summer of 2006 at age 16. That’s when Kaufman and her husband, Joe, learned their son was “using substances in a dangerous way,” she said.