Listening Post

JOIN US AT URBAN TABLE — Urban Table, a new restaurant opening in Corinth Square on July 19, is offering the chance for 50 Jewish Chronicle readers to sample the breakfast or lunch menu for free on Sunday, July 17. The first 20 readers to e-mail Judy Lanes at will receive a reservation for two. (Don’t forget to tip your server!) Judy will e-mail the 20 lucky readers with all pertinent information. The restaurant is owned and operated by Bread & Butter Concepts, the group behind BRGR Kitchen + Bar, and is dedicated to serving good food to good people at a reasonable price. It is located at 8232 Mission Road in Prairie Village. We’ll tell you more about Urban Table in a few weeks. Until then you can check it out at urbantablekc.com and on Facebook and Twitter.

ANOTHER RABBI ON THE MOVE — Rabbi Craig Lewis, a Kansas City native (Shawnee Mission East ‘93 and KU ‘96), is returning to the Midwest to assume the pulpit of Congregation B’nai Jeshurun (the South Street Temple) in Lincoln, Neb. Having received ordination from the Hebrew Union College Cincinnati campus in 2008, Rabbi Lewis spent the last three years serving as assistant rabbi at Congregation Shir Ha-Ma’alot in Irvine, Calif. During his tenure there he performed a variety of rabbinic functions, including worship, Torah study and life cycle events. He also taught in the religious school and worked closely with the youth groups, the brotherhood and the congregation’s seniors’ group. Upon their arrival in Lincoln, Craig’s wife Jennifer will be the art studio program manager for Resources for Human Development, a non-profit agency that serves disabled adults. Their 3-year-old son Eden is excited to explore his new pre-school and to grow up closer to his saba (grandfather), aunts, uncles, and cousins in Kansas. Craig is the son of Stuart and Hilary (z”l) Lewis of Prairie Village.

HAPPY FOURTH —The Overland Park Rotary will host its 20th Annual Star Spangled Spectacular in Corporate Woods Monday, July 4. Several Jewish people are on the planning committee. Admission is free. All purchases made the day of the event benefit four charities: Down Syndrome Guild, Headstart of Shawnee Mission, Overland Park Rotary Club Foundation’s Youth Leadership Institute and SAFEHOME. Food and beverages will be available beginning at 4 p.m., live entertainment begins at 5:30 p.m. and the fireworks should light the sky around 9:30 p.m. The rain date is Tuesday, July 5. For more information, visit the Star Spangled Spectacular website at www.starspangledspectacular.org.


Correction

In last week’s article on the Israel pilgrimage reunion, Debbie Kershenbaum Haith’s maiden name was misspelled.