In just about a month, families will gather together to mark the start of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. This year Hanukkah begins at sundown Thursday, Dec. 10.
Yet there are hundreds in our Jewish community facing difficult times financially who will struggle to make the holiday bright.
Kosher Shabbat and holiday curbside “Meals-to-Go” will be available for purchase on Fridays, Nov. 20, Dec. 18 and Jan. 15. Meals will be prepared on a rotating basis by kosher caterers Kim Matsil — Kim’s Kreations; Cathy Levin of Kosher Connection; and Steve Ellenberg, Ellenberg Experience Catering under supervision of the Vaad HaKashruth of Kansas City.
The following bowlers in Sunday Morning Kansas City B’nai B’rith Bowling League achieved high scores at Ward Parkway Lanes on Nov. 1.
This year the 24th Chanukah Art Contest will go virtual. Contestants will upload a photo or a PDF of their project along with a video (up to one minute in length) describing the submission and its relevance to Chanukah. Instructions about how to submit artwork will be available soon on The J’s website, thejkc.org. Submissions must be uploaded by Monday, Nov. 30.
As the days get shorter and our temperatures grow colder, we journey into winter with its longer periods of darkness and the potential for downward slopes in our emotional and spiritual paths. Hanukkah and the Jewish calendar provide the opportunity to consider our responses to the darkness, including the light we can yet make and find in our world.
In a year as unpredictable as this one, generosity brings people together. Generosity gives everyone the power to make a positive change in the lives of others.
By Michele Chabin/JTA
When the first wave of coronavirus infections reached the American South, Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker of Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas, knew the synagogue’s religious school’s classes would have to move online.
By Barbara Bayer
Contributing Writer
Wow!
That’s the reaction people have when they see the expanded and renovated Jewish Community Center — The J.
By Mike Sherry
Contributing Writer
A winding tale of Jewish geography, which reaches to the East Coast and the South, has snaked to City Hall in Kansas City, Missouri.
As the Jewish community advocate for combating anti-Semitism and pursuing justice representing the Jewish communities in Kansas and Western Missouri, Jewish Community Relations Bureau|AJC knew that Jewish students in the region reported facing anti-Semitism in their schools. However, JCRB|AJC did not know how widespread this experience was, nor what anti-Semitism looked like day-to-day for students.
