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The essence of our identity’: Students, Chabad supporters to dance and celebrate first Torah scroll written at KU

Students and leaders at KU Hillel took time Monday to be a part of the KU Unity Torah, a project coordinated by the Chabad Center for Jewish Life. The Torah will be completed and dedicated on Sunday, Feb. 22, in Lawrence.

In mid-September, the Chabad Center for Jewish Life embarked on a project to write a special Torah scroll for the University of Kansas community. On Feb. 22, the final touches will be put on the hand-written Torah. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}A joyous celebration in which Jews from all ways of life will dance in celebration through the streets of the KU campus is planned to commemorate what Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel, co-director of KU Chabad, calls an historic event.

Jewish television network available by streaming, but not cable, in Kansas City area

JBS, the Jewish Broadcasting Service, offers exclusive news coverage of events that affect the Jewish people across the world, including in-depth reports on the turmoil in Israel from last summer.

“I want my MTV.”

That was the rallying cry for America’s youth in the 1980s who wanted their local cable providers to add the then-fledgling music video station to their service. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}Through this strategic marketing campaign, MTV was able to band its potential viewers together for the common cause, and now MTV is a staple of every cable company in America.

HBHA dinner chairs look forward to a successful event

Ann and Kenneth Baum, Civic Service Award dinner honorary co-chairs.

The 2015 Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy Civic Service Award dinner Chairmen Renana and Michael Abrams and honorary Co-Chairs Ann and Kenneth Baum are looking forward to a wonderful evening in celebration of the school’s 49th year and its Civic Service Award honoree, the Marion and Henry Bloch Family Foundation.

The dinner, which takes place March 29 at the Overland Park Convention Center, is HBHA’s only major fundraising event each year. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}All funds raised go toward scholarship assistance and educational operations costs at HBHA.

‘ILLUMINATIONS: The Art of Samuel Bak’ comes to Kansas City March 6

“ILLUMINATIONS: The Art of Samuel Bak,” a collection of 20 paintings on loan from Facing History and Ourselves, will open during First Friday on March 6 at the Leedy-Voulkos Art Center and run through April 25. In addition, eight large paintings by Bak, selected for this exhibition by Bernie and Sue Pucker of the Pucker Gallery in Boston, will anchor the ILLUMINATIONS exhibit. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}Both the artist and Pucker will be present at the opening. The exhibition is made possible with generous financial support from Bryan Cave LLP and the Sosland Foundation and is presented in cooperation with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education.

Listening Post

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy Kindergarten students Penina DeLuca and Brody Feldman show off the ‘grass heads’ that they and their classmates made as part of a special Tu b’Shevat celebration. HBHA students in grades K-12 celebrated the holiday in a variety of ways, including Tu b’Shevat seders, making crafts out of recycled items, and a Holchim Yarok (Go Green, the student-run environmental group) program.

CHECK OUT THE NEW HEBREW CORNER — Several members of the Jewish community have started a grassroots Hebrew initiative and intend to provide Hebrew learning opportunities. Recently, the Jewish Community Campus gave them permission to place a Hebrew Corner in the front lobby. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}I’ve been told there has been great discussions over the Hebrew translation of “Hebrew Corner.” The three contenders are: HaPinah HaIvrit, Pinat Ivrit, or simply Pinah Ivrit. I also understand a person has to be a Hebrew grammarian, which I am not, to appreciate the nuanced differences. To find out which name finally won, stop by the corner and check out the sign! (And let me know, I haven’t seen it yet, either!) More information about the group’s programming should be available in the coming weeks. Stay tuned!

Rabbi Shuval-Weiner to lead Reform congregation in Atlanta

Rabbi Alexandria Shuval-Weiner, assistant rabbi at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah, has been elected the next senior rabbi at Temple Beth Tikvah in Roswell, Ga.

Promoting kosher wines top priority of local marketing exec

Kosher wine lovers listen up. A local man recently got tapped to lead all the marketing efforts for KosherWine.com.

New Israeli Philharmonic concertmaster to perform one last time at Park University

In December David Radzynski, a student at Park University’s International Center for Music, was named concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}Music lovers around town and his professors at Park all unanimously agree on two things — his selection is a big deal for the Jewish violinist.

Israeli couple serving as WZO emissaries teaching at HBHA

Chagit and Gad Stuart are teaching at the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy as part of a two-year emissary program coordinated through the World Zionist Organization. Photo by Elisa Pener

It’s not unusual to find Israelis teaching at the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy. Two of the newest are Gad and Chagit Stuart. The couple moved here at the beginning of this school year. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}They are here for two years on a program through the World Zionist Organization (WZO), and they plan on returning to Israel after their time here.

HBHA senior wins national Keynote Scholar Award

Sophia Porter, a senior at Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, and the 2015 winner of the National Space Club Keynote Scholar award, is one motivated and inspiring teenager. {mprestriction ids="1,3"}The Keynote Scholar award is a competition among high school seniors, college students and graduate students.

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