Writer, speaker, editor and dementia advocate Deborah Shouse has written her second book on dementia, “Connecting in the Land of Dementia: Creative Activities to Explore Together.”
Volunteer Sandi Lerner hugs Village Shalom resident Ruth Margolin.
Karen Glickstein, chairman of the board of directors for Village Shalom, has announced Sandi Lerner as the recipient of the 2016 Stephen J. Schoenfeld Volunteer Recognition Award.
Dr. Mark Molos, of WestGlen Gastrointestinal Consultants, is the first doctor in the U.S. outside of clinical trials to use the revolutionary colonoscopy pillcam, a vitamin-sized pill containing a tiny camera.
Say goodbye to invasive screening colonoscopies that require anesthesia, a day off work, someone to drive you home, and a long tube used in a procedure suite. A Jewish physician, Dr. Mark Molos of WestGlen Gastrointestinal Consultants, is the first doctor in the U.S. outside of clinical trials to use the revolutionary pillcam, a vitamin-sized pill containing a tiny camera that records the same view offered by a colonoscopy.
Merilyn Berenbom and Stanley Bushman led the Bushman Community Endowment Program, established in 2007, with the support of Foundation staff. The program concluded with last week’s Jewish Community Foundation event at the Museum of Prairiefire.
More than 150 people gathered in the Great Hall of the Museum at Prairiefire Thursday, Sept. 15, as the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City celebrated the conclusion of the Bushman Community Endowment Program and the launch of the ongoing Create a Jewish Legacy initiative that will build on its success.
The Nerman Family — Sue (from left), Jerry, Margaret and Lewis, shown with ‘Shoppers,’ a 1976 life-sized sculpture by Duane Hanson — are honorary chairs for the ArtsKC annual fundraiser set for Thursday, Oct. 6.
Jerry Nerman knows he has a keen eye for beautiful objects ranging from contemporary art to fine watches. The Nerman Family are among the most prominent collectors of contemporary art in the United States, and have been chosen as honorary chairmen for the ArtsKC seventh annual Inspiration Breakfast Oct 6.
Author Jamie Metzl’s latest novel lures readers back into the world of human genetic engineering and virtual reality, and into contemplation of their moral and ethical consequences.
Rabbi Daniel Kirzane came to Miss Michelle and Miss Susan’s 2-year-olds’ preschool class at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah to help them affix the mezuzah they created on their class doorway and led them in a special prayer.
PLANTING THE SEEDS OF OUR FUTURE — “As my ancestors planted for me before I was born, so do I plant for those who will come after me.”
In a recent family photo, new KC Kollel Rabbi Shaya Katz holds infant daughter Elka while his wife Rikki holds 2-year-old son Dovi. The Katzes moved here from Riverdale, New York, in early August to rejuvenate the KC Kollel.
Rabbi Shaya Katz has had a busy summer. In May he earned his Master of Social Work degree from the Wurzweiler School of Social Work and in July he was ordained by the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, both associated with Yeshiva University in New York City. By the first week of August, he was living in Overland Park and visiting the newly re-opened kosher section at Leawood’s Hen House Market.
The KC Kollel has hired a new full-time rabbi, Rabbi Shaya Katz, and has begun offering a series of educational programs in the community once again. Last year, a transition year for the Kollel, Rabbi Ari Adler offered some programming on a part-time basis in addition to his full-time teaching position at the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy. Rabbi Adler left the area last month.
After losing their son Jason to suicide last year, Karen and Steve Arkin took action to help prevent teen suicide and draw awareness to mental illness.
