KU Hillel has announced KU journalism major Sam Kricsfeld’s selection for the Hillel International Writers Program. This highly selective, writing-intensive program gives six Hillel students across the world the opportunity to grow as journalists.
The Jewish Community Foundation is offering scholarships to high school and college students to help with the cost of summer camp and Israel trips. Applications and instructions may be found online at jcfkc.org/scholarships.
The weather has made it tough to actually work at Mitzvah Garden KC (MGKC). Despite that seasonal reality, MGKC did have a wonderful celebration of Tu b’Shevat on Wednesday, Jan. 27, via Zoom. Village Shalom rebroadcast this 21st annual seder was rebroadcast on Sunday, Jan. 31.
Skip the meal preparation and grocery shopping and order early your curbside kosher for Passover seder “Meals-to-Go.” Meals prepared by Cathy Levin, Kosher Connection under the supervision of the Vaad HaKashruth of Kansas City can be picked up on Friday, March 26. Orders must be placed by Tuesday, March 16, and after the deadline, orders will be taken only on a meal availability basis.
A virtual communitywide Purim day celebration will take place 11 a.m. to noon on Friday, Feb. 26. Jewish community members of all ages are invited to join Rabbis David Glickman, Beryl Padorr, Jonathan Rudnick, Linda Steigman and Hazzan Tahl Ben Yehuda for an interactive and engaging reading of the Megillah along with music and discussion.
The next curbside Shabbat meal-to-go will be available for pick up on Friday, Feb. 19.
Help stock the pantry at 425 E. 63rd Street, Kansas City, Missouri, with this month’s most needed items: spreadables (nut butters including peanut butter, almond butter, jams and jellies), disinfectant wipes, paper towels, oatmeal and Passover items (grape juice, matzo ball soup mix, Passover cake mixes).
Leaders of the Jewish Community Relations Bureau|American Jewish Committee said the agency drew on its strong ties with the local education community in the wake of an anti-Semitic incident at The Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City.
Jewish Family Services serves approximately 1,100 clients who are 65 and older, about half of whom have mobility challenges. Many of these clients might be in nursing homes without the wraparound services JFS provides, including deliveries from its food pantry, JET Express rides, and handyman services through Help@Home.
On Monday night and Tuesday, members of the Jewish Federation board and professional staff were among the more than 3,000 people nationwide who participated in a virtual mission to Washington, D.C., organized by the Jewish Federations of North America.
