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The Child Development Center (CDC) at The J and The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah announced that its programming will expand to include full-time infant care.

In the midst of the current situations of students on campus, KU Chabad hosted its third annual Mental Health and Wellbeing Retreat.

The J hosted its annual meeting in the social hall at the Jewish Community Campus on Tuesday, Oct. 24, highlighting the impact The J and its staff has had in the community, before officially electing a new board slate for the 2023-24 year.

Jewish Family Services (JFS) is responding to the mental health needs of the Kansas City LGBTQ+ community with a new support group for queer youth and a peer-led support group for family members or caregivers of transgender or nonbinary children.

SevenDays, a Kansas City-based nonprofit organization that promotes kindness and understanding through education and dialogue, is looking for designs by area high school students to capture its daily themes for its annual SevenDays Button Art Competition.

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly spoke to students of Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) to express her support of both Jewish students and combating antisemitism.

The Jewish Chaplaincy program, part of Jewish Family Services, is offering a pre-Hanukkah Service of Spiritual Renewal.

The history of Congregation Ohev Sholom, once the oldest operating Jewish congregation in Kansas, is now preserved in the new Ohev Sholom Memorabilia Room at Congregation Beth Shalom. 

Mika Kislanski, the Kansas City Jewish community’s shalicha, has been welcomed and involved with KU Hillel since her arrival in September.

Local attorney and community member David Suroff was presented with the Champion for Children Award from FosterAdopt Connect, a local foster care service.