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Kansas City native Roslyn Braeman Payne received an award and patron membership from the local post of the Jewish War Veterans in gratitude for her years of support of veterans on Sept. 7.

The Johnson County Museum announced its upcoming exhibition in partnership with The Michael Klein Collection at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah titled “Jewish Holidays in the All-Electric House.”

On Oct. 7, the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation (LJCC) will celebrate Simchat Torah with a live klezmer band and dance party.

The Omaha (Nebraska) Jewish Alumni Association (OJAA) and Jewish Federation of Omaha Foundation will sponsor a reunion brunch for Omahans who moved to the Kansas City area.

Beth Shalom Sisterhood will hold an event as part of Warm Up America, its program to provide handmade afghans to families in need.

Kosher Torahs, mezuzot and tefillin do not come out of a printer — they are carefully handwritten by soferim (scribes) who must follow detailed laws that go back thousands of years. Overland Park’s Rabbi Berel Sosover is a trained sofer — the only one in the state of Kansas.

The much-anticipated Sobela Ocean Aquarium at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium officially opened on Labor Day weekend.

Approximately 650 people attended Jewish Family Services’ 120th anniversary celebration in the main ballroom of the Marriott Overland Park.

This year, the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation (LJCC) will celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month with two community-wide events devoted to Mexican-Jewish literature, culture and cuisine. 

Nearly 40 faculty from area congregation religious schools participated in a shared day of professional Jewish learning and networking as part of the community Day of Discovery on Aug. 20.