Community News

Want to do the mitzvah of saving a life and thus saving the world? Please consider donating a kidney to me. I’m a retiree and member of the KC Jewish community whose kidney function has deteriorated despite my doing all the right things. Though I’m on the list for a kidney from a deceased donor, there are over 100,000 others also waiting. I want to avoid dialysis (which isn’t a cure) as the five-year life expectancy on dialysis is much lower than for breast cancer.

Simcha Gifts, a program of the Chabad House Center, has experienced much success this year in preparing and delivering holiday packages to a variety of people within the Jewish community, including seniors living in facilities and their own homes.

As NFL beat writers go, Jori Epstein is likely among the more unique: Start with being a woman, she doesn’t work on Shabbat and she has penned a Holocaust survivor’s biography. The Dallas resident, who attended Jewish day schools and camps, is only 26, too.

For a decade, Melanie Allmayer has served as a spiritual care volunteer through the chaplaincy program at Jewish Family Services. Whether visiting a patient in the hospital or making a call to an older adult living in a long-term care facility, Allmayer continues providing caring conversation, a listening ear and a hand to hold.

While it’s no secret that the stock market has rebounded from the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the recovery hasn’t been consistent across all asset classes.

The Jewish Family Services food pantry is seeking help during its summer WipeOut campaign to keep the shelves of its two locations stocked. Each month, the pantry provides clients with more than 2,700 rolls of toilet paper.

The 22nd Annual Allan Greenberg K.I. Synagogue golf tournament was held on June 7 at Deer Creek Golf Club.

After graduation this year, three newly minted KU alumni are heading into Jewish communal work across the U.S. Each credited experiences at KU Hillel as the reason why they chose to become Jewish professionals.

KOSHER ICE CREAM IN KC

Vaad HaKashruth of Kansas City recently sent out an email saying it recommends certain flavors of ice cream as kosher at Golden Scoop, the new ice cream shop in Overland Park that employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Monthly Shabbat meals to go will be taking a break during the months of July and August. They will resume in September.