Bari Sigal, KU Hillel development intern, shows off one of this year’s Shabboxes. Each Shabbat box is filled with a Shabbat kit and KU Hillel goodies to bring the celebration to your home.

KU Hillel’s famous Rock Chalk Shabbat will adapt to an online format this year and become Rock Chalk Shabayit.

Because of the pandemic, the format of a huge in-person gathering used for the last 19 years is not possible. By going online, KU Hillel’s Rock Chalk Shabayit (bayit means “home” in Hebrew) will have a broader reach and be able to include friends of KU Hillel, alumni, parents and students from coast to coast. KU Hillel will bring its vibrant community together and celebrate Jewish life at the University of Kansas.

Ethan Corson

Democrat Corson always drawn to public service

By Marcia Montgomery
Associate Editor

Thirty-eight-year-old Ethan Corson became interested in politics and public service when he was in college. He’s running for the Kansas Senate in District 7, hoping to represent residents of Fairway, Mission, Mission Hills, Mission Woods, Westwood, Westwood Hills and parts of Leawood and Overland Park.

Joy Koesten

Koesten runs for Kansas Senate as moderate Democrat

By Marcia Montgomery
Associate Editor

Joy Koesten is running for a seat in the Kansas Senate “for one simple reason,” she said in an interview with The Chronicle. “To keep this Senate seat out of the hands of a far-right extremist who wants nothing more than to take us back to the Brownback days.

Dr. Scott Sher

In observance of Breast Cancer Awareness month, the Hadassah Greater Kansas City Physicians Council will present a webinar, “Advances in Women’s Health 2020,” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 14. This program will be a detailed look at women’s cancer screening including breast cancer screening through diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.

Savannah Kannberg, Development & Marketing director, and Ira Kirschner, assistant director, registered students to vote outdoors, in partnership with MitzVote and TurboVote. They registered first-time voters, out-of-state students, and helped others request their absentee ballots.

As KU students continue integrating into a COVID-19 lifestyle, many on-campus organizations are tailoring their programming for the pandemic. KU Hillel is among the organizations that needed to take a different approach to its programming.

JFS client Ella K. was happy to receive gifts through Jewish Family Services’ Hanukkah Holiday Project last year. You can bring a smile to someone’s face this Hanukkah by participating in the effort through various options.

Fall just officially started but Hanukkah will be here before you know it. Jewish Family Services needs your help to make it a wonderful holiday for those in our community facing economic hardship and other life challenges, especially with the additional hardship of the COVID-19 pandemic.