Community News

Dr. Richard Hellman, board certified endocrinologist and internal medicine physician, will speak to the Jewish Unforgettable Ladies Interested in Eating Together (JULIETs) about osteoporosis in seniors.

Community Blood Center (CBC), the primary provider of blood to 70+ hospitals across Kansas and Missouri, will host a blood drive on Sunday, April 26, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah.

Café Ohev, begun over 20 years ago as a Sunday morning breakfast and speaker program at the former Congregation Ohev Sholom, is continuing at Congregation Beth Shalom under the new name of Café Shalom.

The Greater Kansas City Section of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) is celebrating the graduation of three scholarship recipients who have completed their college education.

The Omaha Jewish Alumni Association (OJAA) extends an invitation to all former Omahans who live in the Kansas City area to come to its Heartland Homecoming. 

The Yom HaShoah Commemoration will take place at 1:30 p.m. on April 12 at The White Theatre at The J (5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park, KS 66211).

The State of Kansas will memorialize the victims of the Holocaust at its annual official state observance, the Kansas Holocaust Commemoration, on April 20 at 1 p.m. at the Topeka Civic Theatre (3028 S.W. 8th Ave., Topeka, KS).

JewishU is KU Chabad’s flagship educational initiative, providing a range of discussion-based courses that explore Jewish thought, ethics, relationships, mental health and practical living.

Kehilath Israel Synagogue (K.I.) will host a screening of the 2025 film “Nuremberg” for Yom HaShoah.