Cosentino’s Price Choppers and Jewish Family Services (JFS) are teaming up with the community to help address the growing need for food in Kansas City. JFS’ Food Pantry is monthly serving more than 900 families...
On tap Feb. 18, the Learn Laugh & Love series will feature a half-hour virtual yet interactive program, “The Power of Yoga.” This virtual program, sponsored by Jewish Family Services and The Heritage Center at The J...
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.
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.
