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At the end of 2023, Lauren Mattleman Hoopes will retire as executive director of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City, a position she has held for nearly 20 years.

The Governing Body of the City of Leawood, Kansas, has unanimously passed a resolution recognizing increased levels of antisemitism and adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism.

The Jewish Community Relations Bureau|AJC is bringing Neta Meltzer, the national vice president of community engagement for the progressive Zionist movement Zioness, to Kansas City to speak about Zionism. 

Debbie Goodbinder will become president of Hadassah Greater Kansas City at the installation of the 2023 local Chapter Board on Monday, Feb. 27, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on Zoom.

KU Chabad is hosting “Jewish Info” tables at different campus venues throughout every week at the University of Kansas in Lawrence.

A temporary art installation at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah encourages visitors to think about the cycle of renewal in our world by featuring worms.

Simcha Gifts, a program of the Chabad House Center of Kansas City, prepares and delivers holiday packages to a variety of people within the Jewish community, including seniors living in facilities and their own homes. 

“May you live until 120,″ a traditional Jewish blessing in remembrance of Moses’ long life, is an achievement Jewish Family Services is celebrating, having served the Greater Kansas City community for 120 years. 

The Jewish Community Foundation recently unveiled its newly redesigned donor recognition space in the Jewish Community Campus.

All Jewish community members are invited to the community-wide Purim day celebration on Tuesday, March 7, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Village Shalom, 5500 W 123rd St, Overland Park, KS 66209.