The J’s largest fundraiser provides scholarships, vital programs
By Ruth Baum Bigus
Special to The Chronicle
The finals of KC SuperStar, Kansas City’s premiere high school singing competition, is happening but like a lot of events in 2020, it’s now taking place in the virtual world.
By Lacey Storer
Contributing Writer
Earlier this year, as college students and recent grads were absorbing the disappointments of canceled internships and Birthright trips, they began wondering how they’d pass the long summer months. The answer came in the form of a question: Are you ready to be a Changemaker?
Hadassah Greater Kansas City will honor Hadassah affiliated attorneys and judges at its third annual Touch of Red Gala from 7 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, via Zoom.
Now that the fall festival season has concluded, Congregation B’nai Jehudah’s “Shabbat Stars” returns, continuing over the coming weeks with others who have grown up at B’nai Jehudah and have agreed to return virtually and teach us.
This year for the first time in history, the festive holiday of Sukkot was celebrated in the age of the coronavirus. This brought along with it the constrictions and opportunities of these strange times.
Applications available for 2021 Statland Leadership Institute
Applications are now being accepted for the 2021 Dr. Harry & Alice Statland Leadership Institute (SLI). The program is open to young Jewish professionals who are looking to explore their Jewish identity, develop their leadership skills and connect with the Jewish community in a meaningful way.
This year Hanan Hammer, Chatan Torah, and Miles Ross, Chatan Bereishit, were honored as Congregation Beth Shalom volunteers. On Friday, Oct. 9, before Shabbat, there was a tribute video shown to celebrate this year’s Congregation Beth Shalom Simchat Torah honorees. The video is available on CBS’s website at www.bethshalomkc.org.
Ohev Sholom rejoiced with the Torah on Sunday, Oct. 11, virtually via Zoom. Everyone enjoyed their own Hakafot dancing. Ohev children received gifts for the High Holidays this year including their own Torah to march with at their homes.
Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City Women’s Philanthropy and National Women’s Philanthropy are kicking off Virtually Limitless: Our Shared Self, a monthly book and author series.
KU Hillel’s famous Rock Chalk Shabbat will adapt to an online format this year and become Rock Chalk Shabayit.
Because of the pandemic, the format of a huge in-person gathering used for the last 19 years is not possible. By going online, KU Hillel’s Rock Chalk Shabayit (bayit means “home” in Hebrew) will have a broader reach and be able to include friends of KU Hillel, alumni, parents and students from coast to coast. KU Hillel will bring its vibrant community together and celebrate Jewish life at the University of Kansas.
