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Connie Simon, kallat Torah, and Eric Poe, chatan bereishit, were honored as Congregation Beth Shalom volunteers on Simchat Torah morning.

KU Hillel serves as a home for hundreds of Jewish students at KU and creates ways for students to explore their Judaism. Rock Chalk Shabayit is just one of those ways.

The following bowlers in the Sunday Morning Kansas City B’nai B’rith Men’s Bowling League achieved high scores at Ward Parkway Lanes on October 17, 2021.

Aharon Zazulia is now the Kansas City NCSY and Jewish Student Union (JSU) Director, following Rabbi Nati Stern. Zazulia developed a love for NCSY after his time in university and hopes to energize and sustain Kansas City’s branch.

Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City has significantly expanded its services during the COVID-19 pandemic, including its food pantry, social work support, Care Navigation Line, mental health and education, and Jewish life services, among others.

Help stock the Jewish Family Services pantry from 10 a.m. to noon, Sunday, Oct. 17, at the Jewish Community Campus, 5801 W. 115th Street, Overland Park.

Our food choices have a profound effect on how we feel not only physically but mentally, emotionally and psychologically as well. Studies have shown that a plant-based diet can positively impact feelings of anxiety, depression and fatigue.

The community is invited to prepare for the Festival of Lights together with a service of spiritual renewal.

KU Hillel’s What the Bleep programming returned this past week following a successful inaugural year.

Jewish Family Services will host a health fair from 1-3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 29 at the JFS Brookside office. This is the last in a series of health fairs the agency has hosted this month.