The Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC) is now accepting applications from rising high school sophomores, juniors and seniors for the 2025-2026 Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) cohort, beginning in the fall of 2025.
Once again this year, KU Chabad welcomed more than 100 students to celebrate Passover together. Students experienced Passover Seder traditions complete with home-cooked holiday food.
Spinning Tree Theatre will present the world premiere of “First Generation,” a play by community member Victor Wishna.
The Epsten Gallery in Village Shalom is presenting “The Collection of Babs Lowenstein,” an art exhibit featuring the works of local artist Babs Lowenstein.
KU Hillel is preparing to welcome Jewish students for its annual Passover celebrations.
Both the Kansas Senate and House of Representatives approved a bill to codify the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism in the state’s statute.
Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has proclaimed April 9, 2025, as Education and Sharing Day, held to emphasize the importance of morality in education, a cause championed by the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson (z”l).
Community partners are hosting a community conversation on hereditary health risks and genetic screenings, titled “What’s In Your Genes? A Conversation about Jewish Genetic Screenings,” on April 6, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Jewish Community Campus Social Hall.
The Jewish history of Lawrence, Kansas, will be highlighted this month with a discussion with Dr. David Katzman at the Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation (LJCC) and an exhibition of Judaica at the Watkins Museum of History.
Annie Glickman, head of school at Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA), has joined the 14th cohort of the Day School Leadership Training Institute (DSLTI) fellowship for new and aspiring heads of school, offered as a partnership between Prizmah and the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Seven members of the 2025 SevenDays Kindness Youth Leadership Team (KYLT) are Jewish students. Students in the KYLT meet monthly to participate in leadership training, perform acts of community service and advance SevenDays’ message of spreading kindness at their schools.
Leadership of Vision Associates, the nonprofit which owns the 14 acres of land adjacent to the south of Village Shalom, changed last month.
Jewish Family Services (JFS), in partnership with KCteen, recently offered the Teen Mental Health First Aid (tMHFA), a three-part training for teens in grades 9-12 helping them identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges amongst their friends and peers.
April is Volunteer Appreciation Month, and Jewish Family Services (JFS) is honoring its volunteers, including Sophie Shafter.
Jewish Vocational Service (JVS) announced its Emergency Support Campaign to help fund the settlement of more than 100 immigrant families.