EXHIBIT OF LOCAL SURVIVORS — To mark the 80th anniversary of the Nazi invasion of Poland and the beginning of World War II, MCHE is displaying portraits of local Polish survivors from its exhibit “Honoring the Past” (originally “Portrait 2000”). Located in the lobby gallery of the Jewish Community Campus, the exhibit runs through Sunday, Dec. 1. To hear testimonies by these and other local survivors, visit mchekc.org/survivors.
HY-VEE’S TASTE OF KOSHER NIGHT — Hy-Vee’s kosher department at 95th and Antioch is under new supervision. As the store’s kosher specialist, one of the first things Joan Fogel is undertaking is a Taste of Kosher Night, which will take place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 18. It will feature food demonstrations by Steve Ellenberg, giveaways, coupons, kosher pizza, challah, lox, rugelach, lamb, whitefish and more. For up-to-date info, visit the Facebook page Hy-Vee in the Eruv.
‘FIDDLER: MIRACLE OF MIRACLES’ — A few weeks ago we published a JTA story about the documentary “Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles.” It will open here at AMC 20 in Leawood on Sept. 13 and be here, according to its distributor Roadside Attractions, “hopefully at least a week, maybe longer.” A documentary about one of Broadway’s most beloved musicals, it explains its creative roots in early 1960s New York, when “tradition” was on the wane as gender roles, sexuality, race relations and religion were evolving. If you missed the story, you can search for it on jta.org.
LEST WE FORGET: ‘BIG SONIA’ — Tying in with the exhibition of LEST WE FORGET by Luigi Toscana at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, which opens Sept. 20 and concludes Oct. 6, Goethe Pop Up Kansas City is presenting a special free screening of “BIG SONIA.” Sonia Warshawski is one of the seven local survivors included in the LEST WE FORGET installation. The film will be shown at 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at the UMKC Student Union Theater, 5100 Cherry St., Kansas City, MO. A Q&A with Toscana and Sonia’s daughter Regina Kort will follow.
DID YOU MEET HARRY TRUMAN? — If the answer is "yes," the Truman Library wants to hear your story! The Library is creating a video that will be featured in the museum’s new Truman exhibition that tells the story of Harry and Bess Truman’s lives once they returned to Independence, Missouri, following his presidency. The Library is seeking stories from individuals who had encounters with either Harry or Bess in Independence to help shape this narrative.
If you have a story to tell, go to the website trumanlibraryinstitute.org/local-memories-truman/ and complete the short form by Sunday, Sept. 22, describing your interaction with the president or first lady. Someone from the Truman Library will contact you if you are chosen to be featured in this video program, in an upcoming issue of TRU Magazine or on the TRU Blog.
CORRECTION — An incorrect caption was published in the Sept. 5 issue of The Chronicle in an article about a trip for teens to the AIPAC policy conference. The photo, with the correct caption, is below.
Becca Levine, director of youth and family programming at Congregation Beth Shalom (first row, far right), and Rabbi David Glickman (top row, far right) accompanied six teens to last year’s AIPAC annual policy conference. They are shown here with five members of that group and hope to take an even larger group to the conference in 2020.