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For Barstow senior Susanna King, making a difference in the world is part of her DNA — literally. Susanna remembers volunteering at the Jewish Family Services food pantry as a young child when she would come with her mother, Amanda Morgan, to lend a hand.

The community is invited to “Listening, Un-Learning + Re-Learning Race In The Jewish Community,” a virtual presentation starting at 7:30 p.m. June 2.

Kehilath Israel Synagogue will host its 22nd annual Allan Greenberg Memorial Kehilath Israel Golf Tournament on June 7 at the Deer Creek Golf Club. Richard Glass is chairing the event.

Paul Silbersher was a beloved rabbi, cantor, and Jewish leader in Kansas City for 40 years.

A group of KU students recently participated in a special graduation celebration. Unlike many other events at this time of the year, which mark academic achievements, this one was a celebration related to their personal growth. More than 50 students gathered to celebrate a semester of Torah learning as part of the JewishU program at KU.

Rabbi Stephen Slater’s rabbinate breaks the mold in all sorts of ways.

Jesse Wilks had a bar mitzvah — just not a religious one.

His parents raised him in a secular home in New York City but still instilled him with a strong sense of Jewish identity. His mother — who worked for the Workers Circle and is now on the editorial board of the left-wing Jewish Currents magazine — hosted holiday dinners, minus the religious prayers. Instead of attending Hebrew school at a synagogue, Wilks grew up going to a “shule,” or non-religious school that taught him Yiddish.

RAANANA, Israel  — When Thiago Benzecry left his home in Brazil’s Amazon region to join the Israeli navy, he knew he was putting significant distance between himself and his family, in more ways than one.

(JNS) Two people were killed on Sunday evening during prayers at an unfinished synagogue in the town of Givat Ze’ev, near Jerusalem.