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Friendships have gotten so expensive. From bachelorette parties to birthday gifts, monthly dinners to concert tickets, the costs add up.

When I was growing up, my mom used to tell me that her mother — my grandmother — would wake her up every morning with the same question: “What do you want for dinner?”

The Jewish Federation is committed to building a strong, joyful, and meaningful Jewish life — and we know that safety is essential for Jewish life to thrive in Kansas City.

It has been a crazy three days. It has been stressful and at times unreal.

Recently, my daughter made a friendship bracelet with her Jewish Girl Scout troop, complete with Star of David charms — very on brand.

In September 1864, in the midst of the Civil War, something remarkable happened in Leavenworth.

I have had the privilege over the past two years to serve as the president of the Jewish Faculty Staff Council at the University of Kansas, one of ten faculty staff councils for those based primarily on the Lawrence campus.

As the point person for our local PJ Library, I am proud to foster Jewish community everywhere. Playgrounds, pools, splashpads, coffee shops, community centers and the occasional escape room or movie theater: Jewish life happens wherever there are Jews.

A few weeks ago, I was given the incredible honor of addressing the University of Kansas School of Professional Studies graduates, families and supporters at the Master’s Hooding Ceremony at KU Edwards Campus.

I went to the University of Kansas with Sarah Milgrim. Sarah was present throughout much of my Jewish life at KU, and though we were never close, I did admire her.