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Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) has named Mindy Corporon, co-founder of the nonprofit organization SevenDays, the honoree of its 50th Civic Service Celebration.

Friends of Sheffield Cemetery received a donation from the Orven Schanzer Trust Fund to further the cemetery’s restoration projects.

The National Council of Jewish Women of Greater Kansas City (NCJW) held its annual Back to School Store this summer.

Jewish Family Services (JFS) is partnering with the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City for a High Holiday food drive taking place now through Oct. 18.

The Jewish community is invited to come together to prepare for the High Holy Days at the annual community Selichot program and service on Saturday, Sept. 9.

Bob Dylan, arguably one of the most famous and enigmatic Jewish songwriters of all time, will be performing in Kansas City, Missouri, for two nights.

Beginning his theater journey when he was just six years old, Broadway producer Evan McGill is now a Tony Award winner. 

Pete Linde tested 72 bagel recipes before hitting perfection with number 73, said Janna Linde. She knows because she tried every single test bagel. 

Justin Bale, who owns a business in Olathe, Kansas, that grows more than 100 kinds of peppers and tomatoes and sells seasonings and hot sauces, has been kicked out of an Overland Park, Kansas, farmers market for antisemitic posts on social media.

At this year’s Selichot program and service, Rabbi Josh Feigelson, president and CEO of the Institute for Jewish Spirituality, will look at how it might feel to approach teshuva as a practice of returning with compassion to our best intentions.