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After more than 50 years, former Kansas Citian Deborah Goodman and Dr. Milton Maltz, a Jewish Brazilian exchange student who stayed with her family in 1971, reunited.

Last month, members of J-LEAD, the Jewish Community Foundation’s (JCF) young adult giving circle, gathered with their families for an afternoon of volunteering at Mitzvah Garden KC.

Jacob Stoil, Ph.D., presented “Israel at War: An Update” at Kehilath Israel Synagogue at an event sponsored by the K.I. Men’s Club on Nov. 17. 

Jewish Unforgettable Ladies Interested in Eating Together (JULIETs) will host psychologist Dr. Pilar Jacobson for a conversation about pain reprocessing therapy (PRT) and the emotional underpinnings of physical illness.

St. Joseph, Missouri, has a Jewish history stretching back more than 150 years, and two main synagogues, Temple Adath Joseph and Temple B’nai Sholem. Now, the two congregations have worked together to form Beit Echad, the first new synagogue in the city in more than a century.

Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City will honor community members at its 2024 annual meeting, which will also feature speakers including the University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas A. Girod; Kansas City, Missouri, City Manager Brian Platt; and Overland Park, Kansas, Police Department Deputy Chief of Police Simon Happer.

“Mitzvah Day” has now become a tradition at KU Chabad, as each semester a Sunday is dedicated to students gathering together for a day of impact.

Gather KC, a Jewish, volunteer-led young adult organization, will host its 2024 Chanukah Throwdown, featuring its second competition to determine who makes the best latke in town.

The Kansas City Museum has announced that it will feature a conversational AI video project with great-grandmother, businesswoman and Holocaust survivor Sonia Warshawski, lovingly known as “Big Sonia.” 

Village Shalom will host a Red Friday Event on Friday, Dec. 6, in celebration of the Kansas City Chiefs’ matchup against the Los Angeles Chargers.