Vicky and Howard Mayer of Leawood, Kansas, announce the engagement of their daughter, Madeline Elyce Mayer, to Jay Garrison Benjamin, son of Judy and David Benjamin of San Antonio, Texas.
Bonnie and Steven Dean announce the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Leah Jordan Dean, at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, June 25, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.
Leah is the granddaughter of Dorrie and Steven Dean Sr. of Simi, California, and Phyllis and Bob Blander of Overland Park.
High school students from Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy and University Academy participated in a Civil Rights Tour of the South this spring. This photo was taken on the first day at the Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta, Georgia.
EXCITING MILESTONE APPROACHING — Jewish Community Foundation is thrilled to be reaching an important milestone.
Matilda and Martin Rosenberg of Overland Park, Kansas, announce the engagement of their daughter, Alanna Esther Rosenberg, to Dr. Joseph Marnin Kanter, son of Rosemarie and Dr. David Kanter of West Palm Beach, Florida.
Members of the Jewish community were horrified by events April 13, 2014, when two people were shot and killed in the parking lot of the Jewish Community Campus while a third was murdered in the parking lot at Village Shalom. At that time representatives from PROJECT CHAI, the trauma and bereavement arm of the international organization Chai Lifeline, provided programming and counseling to assist students at Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy as they headed back to their school, located on the Campus, following the tragedy.
Chana Shear has become a Zionist during her service in the Israeli army saying “My reason for continuing on, and what helped me through, was knowing that I was fighting to defend my home.” Photo by Barry A. Kaplan
In May, just weeks before she turned 21 and before being discharged from the Israeli army, Chana Shear, daughter of Rob Shear of Overland Park and Miriam Ben Shoshan of the Jerusalem suburb of Maaleh Adumim, was the only person in the Home Front Command of the Israel Defense Forces to be awarded the Outstanding Soldier Award.
