The Summer Singers of Kansas City, 165-voices strong, joined with organist Dr. Jacob Hofeling, baritone Dr. Joshua Markley (in the role of the cantor) and percussionist Mark Lowry to perform the “Avodath HaKodesh” (Sacred Service) of Swiss/American Jewish composer Ernest Bloch.
Jewish Family Services (JFS) is offering community members the opportunity to help more than 350 households by sponsoring Rosh Hashanah meal kits.
While the majority of Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) fundholders live and give in Kansas City, JCF also serves a growing contingent of fundholders across the country.
The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City will hold an evening of discussion and Torah learning in preparation for this year’s High Holy Days.
More than six years ago, Victor Wishna found himself in Ottumwa, Iowa, writing a story about a small synagogue in the process of decommissioning.
A delegation of 28 local Jewish teen athletes recently returned from Houston, Texas, after competing at the 2024 JCC Maccabi Games, and 22 of them medaled across multiple sports.
Kehilath Israel Synagogue has announced that Shelley Palmarine will join as the synagogue’s new executive director.
It has been 130 years since a small band of women chartered the National Council of Jewish Women of Greater Kansas City Section (NCJW).
The Jewish Community Chaplaincy Program, housed at Jewish Family Services (JFS), will offer its Service of Spiritual Renewal on Sunday, Sept. 15, at 3 p.m. in the social hall at Village Shalom.
Dr. David Katzman, professor emeritus of American and Jewish studies at the University of Kansas, will lead a tour of Beni Israel Cemetery, the only Jewish cemetery in Eudora, Kansas.
