The meeting also included a discussion panel on antisemitism and cultivating safe spaces for Jewish students and residents which was moderated by Federation President and CEO Jay Lewis. University of ...

The Jewish Chaplaincy program, under the auspices of Jewish Family Services (JFS), will hold its pre-Hanukkah Service of Spiritual Renewal on Sunday, Dec. 22, at 3 p.m. The event will be held in the ...

Recently, Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) entered into a partnership with Flourish: A Furniture Bank to provide much of the furniture and household items for the homes of the hundreds of refugees the ...

The annual PJ Library Hanukkah Glow Party will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15, in the social hall at The J. Synagogues and organizations from the community will have booths with ...

In July 2016, the Beth Shalom Foundation received a number of contributions to establish the Jacob and Rose Szneler Scholarship Fund. The purpose of the fund is to provide funds to high school ...

In late November, a squad of about 18 volunteers from Bridging the Gap fanned out along Wilson Avenue and Belmont Boulevard on the northern fringe of Kansas City to plant 31 trees on the public ...

Dick Rosenthal, a lifetime St. Joseph resident, comes to Beit Echad with strong memories of the Jewish community when he was young, before synagogues Shaare Sholem and B’nai Yaakov merged into B’nai ...

Earlier this month, students from KU Chabad joined more than 2,000 Jewish college students from 176 universities in Brooklyn, New York, for Pegisha 2024. Pegisha, held this year from Nov. 15 to 17, is ...

“Mitzvah Day” has now become a tradition at KU Chabad, as each semester a Sunday is dedicated to students gathering together for a day of impact. Earlier this month, tens of students at KU, among them ...

SevenDays is seeking nominations from the public for its annual Ripple of Kindness Award. The honoree is someone whose impact on the community is apparent but with no expectation of reward or return.

On Dec. 1, community members gathered in the social hall at The J to hear from Irene Shavit, an Oct. 7 terror attack survivor from the kibbutz Kfar Aza. She was speaking as part of Faces of October ...

When celebrating special occasions — birthdays, anniversaries, bar and bat mitzvahs, or family milestones — many people in the Kansas City Jewish community are choosing to commemorate them by ...