HAPPY 70TH ANNIVERSARY — The Jewish War Veterans MO-KAN Post 605 is celebrating its 70th anniversary at 1 p.m. this Sunday in the Multi-Activities Room at the Jewish Community Campus (that’s by the White Theatre entrance). Operational since 1948, the Post has been active in the Jewish and general Greater Kansas City communities. From holiday gifts to hospitalized veterans, scholarships for youth, honoring the deceased at funerals and on national holidays, to participation in many community programs, the Post has been there.
Bill Greenberg, Post member and organizer of the anniversary celebration, said, “We invite everyone to join the celebration. Refreshments will be served, and we are pleased that the book, ‘For Those Who Served Our Country: A Tribute to Greater Kansas City’s Jewish Veterans,’ will be available.”
This special publication has been a two-year labor of love by the Post, the Jewish Community Foundation and the family of Aaron Braeman.
The book can be purchased by check, cash or credit card for $25 ($20 for veterans and their spouses/widows). It is a coffee-table quality book that every family should have to pass down to the next generation. Advance copies of the book have gotten superb reviews.
The public is invited to this anniversary celebration. For more information about the event, contact Greenberg at .
KCREP’S ROSEN TO PURSURE NEW OPPORTUNITIES — The board of directors of Kansas City Repertory Theatre announced late last week Dr. Eric Rosen, KCRep’s artistic director, will be departing the organization to return to New York, where he will pursue other projects. The board has named Associate Artistic Director Jason Chanos to interim artistic director and is conducting a national search for a visionary artistic director. Chanos will partner with current Executive Director Angela Lee Gieras to lead the organization in the interim.
“The board of directors at Kansas City Repertory Theatre is grateful for Eric’s many contributions during his 10 years of leadership. His artistic mastery has been instrumental in moving KCRep into its preeminent position as a producer of innovative classic plays and musicals and developer of new plays,” said Board Vice Chair Scott Hall.
Rosen, who is Jewish, will continue to work on some KCRep productions through the 2018-19 season. He said being at the helm of KCRep is among the greatest professional adventures of his life.
“I am immensely proud of the work we have done together,” said Rosen. “We’ve grown the company’s national profile, expanded our impact in the region, created facilities that are able to support the next generation of theater artists, and produced artistic work of the highest level of innovation and excellence,” he continued. “With the birth of our son, my husband and I decided to move closer to East Coast family and continue our careers there. I know KCRep is well positioned to continue its dynamic growth.”
ITINERARY REFERS TO OLD CITY JERUSALEM AS ‘OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES’ (JNS) — The itinerary of Britain’s Prince William in his visit to Israel will include a visit to the Old City of Jerusalem, which the document refers to as “Occupied Palestinian Territories,” a characterization that set off criticism in Israel.
Jerusalem Affairs Minister of Knesset Ze’ev Elkin called the reference “regrettable,” and said, “United Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel for 3,000 years and no distortion in the tour itinerary can change that reality.”
Prince William will first travel to Jordan on June 24, arriving in Israel on a visit that will last until June 27, at which point “the program will shift to its next leg, the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” including a “short briefing on the history and geography of Jerusalem’s Old City from a viewing point at the Mount of Olives” on June 28.
According to the itinerary for the June 24-28 regional visit, William — also known as the Duke of Cambridge — will travel first to Jordan, followed by Israel on June 25-27.
Stops during the Old City visit may include the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Church of John the Baptist, though the official itinerary did not elucidate.
William will also meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin and make a stop at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum.
(JNS) — The itinerary of Britain’s Prince William in his visit to Israel will include a visit to the Old City of Jerusalem, which the document refers to as “Occupied Palestinian Territories,” a characterization that set off criticism in Israel.
Jerusalem Affairs Minister of Knesset Ze’ev Elkin called the reference “regrettable,” and said, “United Jerusalem has been the capital of Israel for 3,000 years and no distortion in the tour itinerary can change that reality.”
Prince William will first travel to Jordan on June 24, arriving in Israel on a visit that will last until June 27, at which point “the program will shift to its next leg, the Occupied Palestinian Territories,” including a “short briefing on the history and geography of Jerusalem’s Old City from a viewing point at the Mount of Olives” on June 28.
According to the itinerary for the June 24-28 regional visit, William — also known as the Duke of Cambridge — will travel first to Jordan, followed by Israel on June 25-27.
Stops during the Old City visit may include the Temple Mount, the Western Wall, the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, and the Church of John the Baptist, though the official itinerary did not elucidate.
William will also meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin and make a stop at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum.