NCJW to host annual Mother’s Day Jewelry Store program
The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) of Greater Kansas City will once again hold its annual Mother’s Day Jewelry Store program.
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Volunteers help drive the success of Jewish Family Services
April is Global Volunteer Month, and for Jewish Family Services (JFS), volunteers help the agency fulfill its mission of “repairing the world, one person at a time.”
GRASP forms new partnership with First Call
First Call, a nonprofit geared towards helping those impacted by addiction, has formed a new partnership with the Kansas City chapter of Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP), an organization founded by Jewish community members Dawn Owens and Laura Bratt.
Second Gentleman Emhoff to speak at JCRB|AJC antisemitism summit
United States Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff will speak in person at Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC)'s regional summit on combating antisemitism, along with guest speakers and educators from across the country.
Building a safer community: 10 years after tragedy, security remains top priority
For the greater Kansas City Jewish community, everything changed on April 13, 2014, when an antisemitic gunman shot and killed two people at the Jewish Community Campus and another at Village Shalom.
Jews in the Americas Conference to be held at KU
The Center for Global & International Studies and the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Kansas will host the Jews in the Americas Conference, which will explore the diverse experiences of Jews across North and South America.
Community Yom HaShoah commemoration scheduled for May 5
This year’s annual community-organized Yom HaShoah commemoration has been scheduled for Sunday, May 5, to honor victims of the Holocaust and the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
JVS, Beth Shalom welcome refugee family
After months of planning, training and furniture procurement, a cohort of volunteers from Congregation Beth Shalom formed their first ambassador group to welcome a newly-arrived refugee family.
Two HBHA students advance in International Academic Competitions
Two Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) students, Leo Cohen and Caden Field, have secured spots at the Nationals in the United States division of the International Academic Competitions (IAC).
Jewish works to be featured in Kansas City choral performance
The William Baker Festival Singers & Chamber Orchestra will perform a concert of five masterworks, including William W. Dreyfoos’ “Songs of the Holocaust” and Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms.”