A night that ended on a sour note for the KU men’s basketball team began sweetly for members of the Jewish community who were able to take part in a Ma’ariv evening service led by KU Chabad’s Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel (center). He’s conducting the service from an app on his phone outside of the Fieldhouse Kosher Deli, sponsored by KU Chabad. Among those participating in what many think is a first for the historic basketball arena were Nathan Diamond (far left) and Gary Friedman (sporting a Mahomes headband).Holocaust survivor Judy Jacobs was interviewed by KSHB TV.GO CHIEFS — Chiefs fans at The Chronicle want to wish the Chiefs, and especially No. 71 Mitchell Schwartz, good luck in the upcoming big game. Known as Mendel, his Hebrew name, by Chabad Rabbi Mendy Wineberg, the eight-year veteran has spent the past four seasons as a member of the Chiefs offensive line. A knee injury in the first half of a November game versus the Tennessee Titans snapped the 6-foot-5-inch, 320 pound tackle’s streak of playing 7,894 consecutive snaps, the most by any active player in the league. We’ve enjoyed watching his success on the gridiron as well as lighting Chabad’s huge Chanukiah and speak at The J. Our thoughts, and maybe a few prayers, will be with Schwartz and the rest of the team Sunday in Miami!NEVER AGAIN — “I shall never forget, I shall never forgive, but I will never hate,” is one of the many quotes you’ll hear from Sonia Warshawski if you watch two news stories featuring her, as well as Judy Jacobs on KSHB 41 Action news in commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.“We lived in absolute squalor,” recalled Jacobs, who is a child survivor of Bergen-Belsen. To hear comments from Jacobs and Warshawski, as well as JCRB|AJC’s Gavriela Geller, go to kshb.com and search ‘A poison’: Kansas City Holocaust survivors warn anti-Semitism is spreading. KSHB also featured Warshawski, known to many as Big Sonia, with this story, 75 years after Auschwitz liberation, Holocaust survivor ‘cannot keep quiet.’ ” Both stories are by anchor Lindsey Shively.FIFTY YEARS OF CHIEFS MEMORABILIA — As excitement grows for the Kansas City Chiefs first Super Bowl appearance in 50 years, two TV stations featured Michael’s Fine Clothing for Men and its third-generation owner Keith Novorr. Fifty years ago, when the team was hot, Michael’s and the Stetson hat company gifted all the players and coaches hats. In interviews with KSHB’s Gabriella Pagan and KMBC’s Brian Johnson, Novorr shared with viewers a treasure trove of memorabilia from that time in history. To see these stories, visit kshb.com and search for Michael’s Fine Clothing in Crossroads opens Chiefs history vault and kmbc.com and for Main Street clothing store with Chiefs connection recalls 1970 win.
