WELCOME HOME — The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah opens its doors at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 15, for the first time since the renovation began. All are welcome to take in the physical changes before joining the congregation for a Bisseleh Nosh at 5:30 p.m., followed by the Erev Shabbat service at 6 p.m. The congregation will host an open house from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 17, with tours, light nosh and a brief program, which will include insights from the architects who created the new space, as well as an opportunity to say thank you to vendors, volunteers, community members and donors who made this transformation possible. All members of the community are welcome at both events.
SUNIE LEVIN’S NEWEST BOOK — Sunie Levin, M.Ed., has just published her latest self-help book, “Senior Orphans: Survival Skills.” It is the fifth book of which she is the author, all of them dealing with the various problems senior citizens face as they cope with what she characterizes as their badly misnamed “golden years.” Levin has been called “the guru of grandparenting” by The Kansas City Star, has been on radio and national television, has lectured on cruise ships and has had her own syndicated national column.
Levin is now age 88 and resides in the Village Shalom retirement community. While living there she learned firsthand the problems encountered by senior orphans having to cope with the problems of living alone. A senior orphan is almost any senior living alone, and most especially one who has no support system — no family in town to help, she explained. Her book is filled with hundreds of well-researched, useful techniques seniors can use to help themselves. The main thrust of her ideas is “seniors who stop kvetching and use chutzpah can of their own volition make their lives more enjoyable,” she said.
The book is available via Amazon and Kindle. Her other books may be found at makenewfriendslivelonger.com.
POWERFUL KANSAS CITIANS — Last week, 435 Magazine came out with its “50 most powerful people in Kansas City” list, and several members of the Jewish community are profiled, including philanthropist Shirley Helzberg, veterans advocate Jacob Kander (who is featured on page 1 in this issue), Block Real Estate’s Ken Block and AMC Theatre CEO Adam Aron. Check out the entire list at 435mag.com.