This year marked the first time 17-year-old Paris Naster auditioned for KC SuperStar, the Jewish Community Center’s “American Idol/The Voice” singing competition. Two hundred singers who participated in open
Provocative Israeli columnist and New York Times bestselling author Ari Shavit will bring his views on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the Jewish Community Campus on Wednesday, Sept. 17, as the featured speaker at the Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City’s Annual Meeting.
THE SINGING RABBI — Rabbi Larry Karol recently mounted a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to record a third album. The Kansas City native surpassed his initial fundraising goal last week and hopes to
As Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy continues to grow its Jewish studies program, the 2014-15 school year will be marked by the Matmidim program’s expansion into fifth grade, as well as the addition of Rabbi
Some people may find the difference between a terror victim and a terror survivor to be very subtle. In the case of Kay Wilson, the difference is not subtle. Wilson, who will speak here on Thursday night, Aug.
Almost every summer the Jewish Community Center’s Barney Goodman Camp hosts Israeli shlichim (emissaries) who teach the children about Israel through a variety of summer camp activities. This year, for the
The Great Midwest Balloon Festival, founded by Robbie and Steve Small, has changed venues for this year’s event. It happens this weekend, Aug. 8-10 at the Kansas Speedway in Kansas City, Kan. Festival gates
“Living Beyond Terrorism,” Zieva Dauber Konvisser, Gefen Publishing, May 2014
It was Aug. 9, 2001. I was in Jerusalem after a 19-year absence to attend a Hadassah national convention and do research to write a memoir, “Witness to History: Ten Years as a Woman Foreign Correspondent
L’SHALOM, L’SALAAM, TO PEACE — Sheila Sonnenschein is now involved in Mothers on the Side of Peace, a new grassroots movement for people — you don’t have to be a mother — who side with peace. “It
“The only option is to fight back and win. There is no Plan B.”
