Community News

Community members Erwin and Phyllis Abrams have been selected as the honorary hosts for the Johnson County Library Foundation’s (JCLF) Library Lets Loose celebration fundraiser.

Growing up in the 1950s, Phyllis Stevens recognized the social inequalities that people of color faced and grew passionate about addressing those issues.

Jewish Family Services Food Pantry’s corporate partners help to keep its shelves stocked at the two locations, at the Jewish Community Campus in Kansas and Brookside in Missouri.

Although Rabbi Herbert J. Mandl retired from Kehilath Israel Synagogue (K.I.) on Aug. 1, 2012, he had no immediate plans to move.

Village Shalom will hold an open house celebration for its 25th anniversary at its current location, the Helzberg Campus. Community members are invited to the gathering on Sept. 7 from 3 to 6 p.m.

Dr. Alan Poisner, a race walker for 40 years, recently won four medals at the biannual National Senior Games.

The Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) recently hired two new staff members to join its accounting team.

A new KU Chabad course led by the Jewish Business Club is aiming to equip students with tools to build a strong financial future.

Entrepreneur, philanthropist and home design expert Lily Kanter will be the featured speaker at Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City’s 2025 Women of Strength event.

The Jewish Community Chaplaincy Program, housed at Jewish Family Services (JFS), will offer its Service of Spiritual Renewal on Sunday, Aug. 31, at 4 p.m. in the social hall at Village Shalom. (Rosh Hashanah begins on the evening of Monday, Sept. 22)