Joy Koesten is running for the Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees because she’s passionate about the community and making sure there’s a robust educational system afforded to the people who live in Johnson County, she says.
Aharon Zazulia is now the Kansas City NCSY and Jewish Student Union (JSU) Director, following Rabbi Nati Stern. Zazulia developed a love for NCSY after his time in university and hopes to energize and sustain Kansas City’s branch.
Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City has significantly expanded its services during the COVID-19 pandemic, including its food pantry, social work support, Care Navigation Line, mental health and education, and Jewish life services, among others.
For Rabbi Samuel Stern, the idea of becoming a rabbi first crossed his mind while his own rabbi was helping him learn for his bar mitzvah.
The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah’s religious school is implementing a new vision where students will go through their school day in four different physical spaces. The spaces will correspond with the themes: Israel — past, present and future; a Jewish home — featuring Judaica from the Michael Klein Collection; a mitzvot workshop for learning, planning, practicing and doing mitzvot; learning from Torah and Judaism’s greatest thought leaders.
Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Twitter and YouTube fail to act upon the majority of reported antisemitic posts, according to a study by the Center for Countering Digital Hate.
Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy plans to start construction soon to improve security features at its main entrance and finish the work by the end of September.
Last year, as the pandemic forced the Jewish community to celebrate the High Holidays differently, members were certain that this year, they would be able to go to temple or synagogue and pray the usual way. But the resurgence in COVID-19 cases and the rise of the Delta variant has many people on edge, and local congregations are adapting to make sure they offer safe High Holiday services.
Kansas City-area Jewish teenagers will soon have a new way to blend fun, friendship, community outreach and spiritual study.
Although a house-hunting trip Rabbi Stephanie Kramer and her husband Adam made in February was the first time she had ever visited Kansas City, she grew up hearing about the vibrance of the Jewish community here. Her mother’s best friend had lived in Kansas City for years, and always talked about the wonderful Jewish community here.
