As part of last week’s celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, noted local history writer Brian Burnes recounted six visits the civil rights leader made to Kansas City. The story first appeared in the Jackson County Historical Society‘s E-Journal and was then republished on Flatland, the digital magazine for Kansas City PBS. The following is Burnes’ account of a 1961 visit to B’nai Jehudah.
The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah has announced Rabbi Stephanie Kramer as its new Senior Rabbi. She will become the 15th person to hold this position in the congregation’s 150-year history.
It took a lot of wrangling, but on Friday, Village Shalom pulled off its first COVID-19 vaccination clinic for staff and residents.
Rabbi Nati and Sarah Stern welcomed Ephraim Simcha into the world at 8:58 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, at Overland Park Regional Medical Center. Rabbi Stern, who is the Kansas City director of NCSY and JSU, said he’s “very excited” to have had the first Jewish baby in the greater Kansas City area in 2021.
Here’s a trivia question: How many years has this Trivia Bowl been taking place? Read on to find the answer.
In the sixth of Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City’s Community Conversation series, Jessica Rockhold, executive director of the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, shared more details about MCHE’s partnership with Union Station and the upcoming exhibition “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.”
What’s on the minds of students at Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy? Lots of stuff, as indicated by the excerpts below from recent stories in RampageWired, the online student publication. To see the full articles, and more content, go to (https://www.rampagewired.com/).
How representations of the Holocaust may be disappearing
If you’re curious about how and why we represent and remember the Holocaust through certain icons, consider attending “Icons of the Holocaust” by Professor Oren Stier, a Jewish studies scholar at Florida International University in Miami.
The pandemic has added yet another layer of stress facing our teens. Now Jewish Family Services’ YouBeYou program is offering additional resources online to help teens struggling with mental health issues.
