Simcha Gifts delivers Hanukkah packages, hosts parties throughout community
On Sunday, Dec. 15, Simcha Gifts volunteers joined together to pack and prepare more than 1,000 packages for Hanukkah.
On Sunday, Dec. 15, Simcha Gifts volunteers joined together to pack and prepare more than 1,000 packages for Hanukkah.
Jewish Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy will host a challah braiding and candle painting event to kick off 2025.
Eight-year-old domino artist Noah Unell, known as “The Menorah Man” by his friends and family, recently created a collection of 18 menorahs featured in two public art displays at Village Shalom and the Lenexa Public Library.
The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE), in partnership with the University of Kansas’ Jewish Studies Program, will hold the community’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration on Jan. 27.
The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah will feature the Good Faith Network (GFN) and its work at its Shabbat Tzedek (Justice Shabbat).
Jerry Seinfeld will perform at the T-Mobile Center in Kansas City on Jan. 18 with fellow comedian Jim Gaffigan.
Dr. Susan Friedman, a board-certified geriatrician and internist, will speak at the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation (LJCC) about the new field of lifestyle medicine.
When Jacob Schwartzberg stepped on stage at The Phoenix jazz club wearing a well-cut suit and black yarmulke, his gleaming saxophone in hand, the 25-year-old looked as cool and self-assured as any jazz musician in Kansas City, Missouri.
Though it may take some “minyan wrangling,” at least 10 men meet nearly every Thursday as part of Kansas City’s Downtown Minyan. The group, largely led and organized by founders Paul Blackman and Max Jevinsky, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary.
Alongside Jewish community members, city and state officials celebrated Hanukkah with menorah lightings.