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Joshua (JC) Cuttler brings more than 10 years of experience at Jewish summer camps to his new role of Assistant Director of Staffing & Programming at Camp Sabra.

“Judaism for Conversion Candidates,” a communitywide course for people interested in converting to Judaism, begins on August 18.

After four years in the Kansas City Jewish community, Rabbi Sarah Smiley is moving on. In July, she will start her new position as the rabbi for the Jewish community in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Congregation Beth Shalom has received approval from the Overland Park Planning Commission to add a 13,550 square-foot sanctuary to its current location at 14200 Lamar Avenue.

Last week marked the end of the KU Chabad’s 32nd semester at the KU campus.

In the aftermath of the George Floyd murder and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, Alan Edelman and Debbie Sosland-Edelman, with the encouragement and support of Rabbi David Glickman and Beth Shalom leadership, established a Social Justice Committee.

Jewish Changemakers, Jewish Federations of North America's virtual leadership development experience for Jewish young adults between the ages of 20 and 24, is recruiting participants for its upcoming summer sessions.

Berenice Haberman was honored for her contributions to the Beth Shalom Sisterhood, the synagogue, and the community at Beth Shalom's Sisterhood Torah Fund Luncheon on April 27, 2022.  

The State of Kansas, represented by Governor Laura Kelly, memorialized the victims of the Holocaust on April 28, 2022, in the Kansas State Capitol Rotunda in Topeka, Kansas.

Jewish Experiences, a collaboration of Jewish Federation and The J, will present “Enduring Challenges, Crucial Conversations,” a facilitated conversation with Doron Krakow, president and CEO of JCC Association of North America, and Debbie Sosland-Edelman, Executive Director at Sosland Foundation.