The Jewish Community Foundation’s (JCF) J-LEAD program, a giving circle for adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s, recently completed its 2024 grant cycle, in which members collectively granted $22,630 to five community programs.
While many student organizations wind down for the summer, KU Chabad continues to engage the Jewish community at the University of Kansas.
Yahad-In Unum, a nonprofit dedicated to reconstructing the crimes of the Holocaust, and the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) and will host the third annual Operation Barbarossa commemoration in Kansas City.
Ten Kansas City high school singers have been chosen as finalists for KC SuperStar, The J’s largest fundraiser supporting various programs and scholarships.
The Kansas City section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) recently installed its 2024-25 board of directors and officers and recognized the contributions of several volunteers.
The recent Jewish Family Services (JFS) open house at its Brookside location began its food pantry’s summer Wipe Out campaign to collect toilet paper.
The Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation (LJCC) will hold two trivia nights this summer to support its religious school.
Upon entering the Rose Family Early Childhood Education Center at Congregation Beth Shalom, one can immediately feel the love emanating from its director, Judy Jacks Berman.
Samantha von Ende and Gavriela Geller, a married couple at the forefront of the Kansas City Jewish community’s fight against antisemitism, have each recently received national recognition for their efforts.
“Deep Dark Nothingness,” a new play by Kansas City area playwright and Jewish community member Sarah Aptilon, will debut this month.
