Two Jewish candidates came up winners following Tuesday's Johnson County elections (according to unofficial results), with Sollie Flora besting Arcie Rothrock to be the next mayor of Mission, Kansas, and Joy Koesten gaining 13.56% of the vote, enough to be elected to one of four at-large seats on the Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees.
More than 230 members of the Kansas City Jewish community — mostly teen religious school students and their families — attended the Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. exhibit at Union Station last week.
Gathered together in Jewish Federation Board Member Josef Loeffler’s living room, KU Hillel students and their friends sat down to discuss what they had just seen. The Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away. exhibit at Union Station made a huge impression on each of them.
Medicare re-enrollment is underway, and Jewish Family Services is offering free consultations to help individuals sort through options and save money from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., now until Dec. 7.
Two sessions remain in Jewish Family Services Virtual Speaker Series, each exploring critical challenges Kansas Citians face and how the agency is responding to them.
It’s no doubt that the legacy of local Holocaust survivor Sonia Warshawski, known as “Big Sonia” and star of the award-winning documentary with the same name, will live on in Kansas City. Now, thanks to the wonders of technology, her story will live on everywhere.
Over 140 people, including many children of Holocaust survivors, attended the special screening of “A Promise to Our Fathers” at Kehilath Israel Synagogue on Thursday, October 21.
Joy Koesten is running for the Johnson County Community College Board of Trustees because she’s passionate about the community and making sure there’s a robust educational system afforded to the people who live in Johnson County, she says.
For Cheryl Samet, volunteering is in her family’s DNA. For nearly a decade, Samet has volunteered for Jewish Family Services. She credits her passion for volunteerism to her family.
The White Theatre at The J has joined the majority of theatre venues in the region in announcing a COVID vaccination policy for all upcoming public performances.
