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Local Rabbi Monica Kleinman is piloting a new national initiative for new Jews-by-choice who are creating their Jewish lives amid friends and family who are not Jewish.

Harry and Gail Himmelstein recently made a gift of $100,000 to Jewish Family Services (JFS) in honor of its 120th anniversary to support the organization’s older adult services.

Robert Alter, a professor of Hebrew and comparative literature at the University of California, Berkeley, will present “The Challenge of Translating the Bible” for the Kansas City community.

Congregation Kol Ami will observe Tu B’Shvat with a seder on Sunday, Feb. 5, to honor and support the Migrant Farmworkers Assistance Fund (MFAF).

Congregation Beth Torah will welcome Rabbi Taylor Poslosky, previously of Overland Park, Kansas, to the pulpit for services on Friday, Jan. 27.

Emma Sandler has always valued her Judaism, appreciating the close bonds that come from being part of the community.

Jewish Community Relations Bureau|AJC and The Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Greater Kansas City sponsored the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Interfaith Service on behalf of the interfaith community of Greater Kansas City.

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy’s upcoming Civic Service Award Celebration brunch will be held at The Westin Kansas City at Crown Center at 10:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 22. The deadline to register for the brunch is today, Jan. 12. 

Jewish Family Services (JFS) is looking to engage younger adults who want to get involved in JFS’s mission of providing essential human services to the Kansas City community.

Liz Benditt knows all too well what it’s like to be a cancer patient. She survived four different types of cancer in eight years, beating bouts with melanoma skin cancer, thyroid cancer, basal cell skin cancer and breast cancer.