GOT MATZAH? — Remember last week when you were worried you wouldn’t have enough matzah. Now that Passover is over, you might not know what to with those extra boxes. The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah has suggested to its congregants that they donate any leftover matzah to the JFS Food Pantry or Harvesters. Just remember the boxes need to be unopened. Yachad-The Kosher Food Pantry would love to have those leftovers as well.
AUTHOR TO SPEAK AT UMKC — High-profile CNN analyst and New Yorker staff writer Jeffrey Toobin will provide an insider’s look at the U.S. Supreme Court in an April 11 presentation at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. The son of newswoman Marlene Sanders, Toobin is the author of several books, including his best-selling account of modern-day justices and their decisions, “The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court,” which won the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize and spent four months on The New York Times best seller list. His talk, “The U.S. Supreme Court and the Major Issues of our Time: An Evening with Jeffrey Toobin,” will be at 7 p.m. in Pierson Auditorium in the Atterbury Student Success Center, 5000 Holmes Road. Toobin’s appearance is sponsored by the Bryan Cave law firm, in honor of Edward A. Smith; and by the Advisory Committee to the UMKC Carolyn Benton Cockefair Chair in Continuing Education. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested. For online reservations, go to go.umkc.edu/jeffreytoobin or call 816-235-6222. A book signing will follow the lecture.
FRENCH FILM FEST FEATURES JEWISH FILM — The Alliance Française de Kansas City, of which Cyprienne Simchowitz serves as president, is once again presenting the KC French Film Fest. The fest is part of the larger Kansas City FilmFest, which takes place at the Alamo Drafthouse Mainstreet in downtown from April 10 through April 14. The film with the French-Jewish flavor is “My Best Holidays,” or “Nos plu belles vacances,” is at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 10. In French with English subtitles, it’s described as an authentic comedy about the childhood of director Philippe Lellouch. Set in the late ’70s, it’s full of holiday romance, nostalgia and humor. An Algerian-Jewish family and their friends from Paris go on vacation to Brittany in 1976. They attempt to repair fraying marriages, sort out their lives and not upset the distrusting provincial locals setting the scene for an almighty comedy of culture clashes — the country versus the city. Tickets are available at the theater. Learn more about the French films by visiting http://www.facebook.com/groups/215141802941/ or the entire festival by visiting kcfilmfest.org.
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