News

This month, Jewish Family Services (JFS) is honoring Arnold and Carol Caviar as its donors of the month and honorary chairs for the 2024 Summer Splash open house.

The end of the 2023-2024 school year at the University of Kansas also marked the conclusion of KU Hillel’s spring 2024 programs. 

Teenager Eve Benditt is being honored as Jewish Family Services’ (JFS) volunteer of the month for her challah-baking efforts for JFS’ spiritual care clients.

The Epsten Gallery at Village Shalom is presenting “A Creative Journey: the Art of Lois Tosh,” exhibiting Tosh’s artistic body of work. 

Judy Jacks Berman will be honored with “Somewhere Over Judy’s Rainbow,” a celebration of her 30-year career as director of Congregation Beth Shalom’s Rose Family Early Childhood Education Center.

Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC) is now accepting applications from rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors for the 2024-2025 Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) cohort, beginning in the fall of 2024.

The University of Kansas has joined the growing list of colleges nationwide that have seen encampments by pro-Palestine groups, prompting a student-led gathering of Israel supporters and strong responses from Jewish organizations. 

The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) has announced its Generation of Memory Initiative with the goal of supporting and engaging family members and descendants of Holocaust survivors to preserve survivors’ histories. 

Jewish Experiences, a collaboration of Jewish Federation and The J, is partnering with local community organizations to commemorate Yom HaZikaron and celebrate Yom Ha’Atzmaut again this year.

This year’s community Yom HaShoah commemoration to remember those killed in the Holocaust filled the Lewis and Shirley White Theatre at The J on Sunday, May 5.