Celebrating a couple of auspicious birthdays are (from left) Eliyahu Eisenbach, 1, Tehila and Shalom Eisenbach and Sarah Zeldin, 102.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AND YOU — This birthday was truly a family affair: Sarah Zeldin shared her 102nd birthday celebration Aug. 12 with her great-great-grandson, Eliyahu Eisenbach, who turned 1 year old on
Paris Naster is one of 10 finalists vying to become the next KC SuperStar.
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
Last year’s first grade Matmidim participants at HBHA — Mendel Tiechtel (from left), Chaya Morgenstern, Zachary Granoff, Rayli Kopelman, Baruch Chaim Mazel, Livia Noorollah and Ari Green — posed for this photo as they prepared for their studies. The dual Jewish studies tracks allow all the school’s students to benefit from the school’s excellence in general and Jewish studies, while finding the right observance level to match how their family practices in the home.
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.
Barney Goodman Campers gathered around Israeli shlichim (emissaries) Sapir Davidov (top row, second from left) and Noy Tiram (top row, second from right). Now that camp is over, they will travel a little before returning to Israel.
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 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
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