JCF investment leadership pays dividends in uncertain year
While it’s no secret that the stock market has rebounded from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the recovery hasn’t been consistent across all asset classes.
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It’s a summer ‘WipeOut’ for the Jewish Family Services food pantry
The Jewish Family Services food pantry is seeking help during its summer WipeOut campaign to keep the shelves of its two locations stocked. Each month, the pantry provides clients with more than 2,700 rolls of toilet paper.
Kehilath Israel hosts 22nd annual golf tournament
The 22nd Annual Allan Greenberg K.I. Synagogue golf tournament was held on June 7 at Deer Creek Golf Club.
KU Hillel grads start new roles as Jewish professionals
After graduation this year, three newly minted KU alumni are heading into Jewish communal work across the U.S. Each credited experiences at KU Hillel as the reason why they chose to become Jewish professionals.
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KOSHER ICE CREAM IN KC
Vaad HaKashruth of Kansas City recently sent out an email saying it recommends certain flavors of ice cream as kosher at Golden Scoop, the new ice cream shop in Overland Park that employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Shabbat meals to go on summer hiatus
Monthly Shabbat meals to go will be taking a break during the months of July and August. They will resume in September.
Registration required for community Tisha B’Av observances
In observance of Tisha B’Av (the fast day that is on the ninth of the Hebrew month of Av), a period of fasting, lamentation and prayer to remember the destruction of the first and second Temples of Jerusalem and other major disasters and tragedies that Jewish people experienced throughout history, the local Jewish community will come together to remember this dark period in our people’s history.
Village Shalom looking for Shabbat volunteers
Village Shalom is once again open to resident families and visitors. In-person weekly Shabbat services are hosted every Friday evening at 4:00 pm in the Appleman Synagogue. Village Shalom relies on volunteers 16 years of age and up to lead services for our residents and their guests and is looking to expand its pool of volunteers.
Ben & Jerry’s stopped using social media after violence erupted in Israel. Why?
Pro-Palestinian activists were swarming the social media comments sections of Ben & Jerry’s to demand the company boycott Israel.
In response, Ben & Jerry’s appears to have indeed entered a boycott — of social media itself.
With Bennett at the helm, how will he steer the Bedouin, Negev and illegal land grabs?
Israel’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has many landmines to navigate. One concerns land issues in Israel’s Negev Desert, specifically whether he will rein in unregulated Bedouin settlements that some say threaten to overwhelm Israel’s land reserves in the south.
