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Kehilath Israel Synagogue will be hosting Une Soiree Parisienne (A Parisian Evening) on Oct. 30.

To help prepare for and celebrate the upcoming new year, The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah is offering two community-wide events: A scholar-in-residence weekend Sept. 16-17, featuring Dr. Alan Morinis of The Mussar Institute; and Shofar in the Park, a Rosh Hashanah afternoon event on Sept. 26. 

KU Hillel has hired three new additions to their team starting with the 2022 school year.

Because of donations made by the community, Jewish Family Services will provide 200 families with a Rosh Hashanah meal kit for the High Holidays.

Cara Parisi, a Bishop Miege High School graduate who had auditioned for the past two years, was chosen as the 2022 KC SuperStar and won the top $10,000 scholarship prize.

KU Hillel staff spent the first week of the University of Kansas’s 2022 fall semester welcoming new and returning students.

The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City will host its annual citywide Selichot program and service on Saturday, Sept. 17, in preparation for the High Holy Days.

Joshua Kreisler, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy graduate and Kansas State University student, recently completed a six-week internship in Washington, D.C., working for U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann and gaining firsthand experience of the nation’s governmental processes.

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, the nearest Holocaust museum to Kansas City, recently received a Museums for America grant to help fund the digital preservation of its collection.

Day of Discovery 2022, which was hosted at the Jewish Community Center on Sunday, Aug. 21, brought learners and educators together, both virtually and in person.