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Jewish Family Services is offering community members the opportunity to help more than 220 families by sponsoring Rosh Hashanah meal kits.

The Jewish community is invited to come together to prepare for the High Holy Days at the annual community Selichot program and service on Saturday, Sept. 9.

As part of Jewish Family Services’ 120th anniversary celebration, the agency is highlighting families that have had a major impact on its success.

This year will mark the 20th anniversary of a walk for survivors to gather with others and celebrate the lives of loved ones lost to suicide.

Israeli-born musician and composer Noam “Nani” Vazana is one of the few artists in the world who write and compose new songs in the endangered Jewish language Ladino (Judeo-Spanish).

After 10 years of working with B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) in Kansas City, senior regional director Annie Rifkin is leaving the organization to follow a new career path.

In the midst of rising antisemitism, an increase in disinformation and Missouri’s new laws mandating Holocaust education, the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) holds an opportunity for local and rural educators to further learn about the Holocaust in order to better teach their students.

The University of Kansas’s Jewish Faculty and Staff Council (JFSC) recently elected Dr. David Slusky as its new president. The organization, now in its second year, is intended to be a resource for KU’s Jewish professionals regarding matters relevant to Jews at the university.

Through the Jewish Community Chaplaincy program housed at Jewish Family Services, the community is invited to prepare for the holidays by attending a Service of Spiritual Renewal for the High Holidays at 2 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 27, at Village Shalom, 5500 W. 123rd St., Overland Park, KS 66209. 

Jewish Family Services (JFS) is starting a monthly peer-led support group for the caregivers of aging parents and older adults. This follows JFS’ sponsored program for caregivers in July.