A Urich, Missouri, man is being investigated for making several bomb threats to Jewish institutions in the Kansas City area and in Washington, D.C. The man was arrested on Thursday, Nov. 30, and charged with assaulting two FBI agents who were executing a search warrant in the case.
In the latter days of August this year the costliest hurricane on record hit Texas, causing nearly $200 billion in damage from widespread flooding in the Houston metropolitan area.
For more and more students, school at the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy is a family affair. Over the last few years, the school has seen a rising number of legacy students — pupils who have a parent who also attended HBHA. In this year’s kindergarten class, 16 of the 34 students are legacies.
“This particular kindergarten class, their independence is extraordinary. Often kids when they start their parents walk them in. These 5-year-olds don’t want their parents to walk them in, because they’ve been here (before with older siblings or their parents),” said Howard Haas, HBHA’s head of school.
Last week I saw a clip of Megyn Kelly TODAY where she asked the NBC reporter who was covering the Matt Lauer sexual misconduct scandal if she thought she was covering this story about her friend and colleague the same way she had handled other similar stories. The reporter, Stephanie Gosk, said she had wondered more than once about that herself and decided she was indeed giving it the same thorough coverage as she had other stories she had reported on the subject.
Because “The Nutcracker” is always shown around the Christmas season, it’s considered by some to be a Christmas production. However, for Kansas City Ballet’s Goldie Walberg it’s an all-encompassing holiday production.
“Have You Heard?” by Rabbi Jeffrey Glickman, 10 color
illustrations, 32 pp., Schiffer Publishing Ltd., $14.99
Explaining the Ten Commandments to a child can be difficult, but Rabbi Jeffrey Glickman makes it easy in his new book “Have You Heard?” Translating each commandment from the original Hebrew, Rabbi Glickman pares each one to its very basic premise.
Mix a well-known story from the Torah with a talented playwright and add in a healthy amount of Kansas City perspectives and the result is “The Sarah Play,” a new play to be performed at The White Theatre at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, and at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 3.
