Community News

Community member Ethan Helfand has been named the new executive director of KU Hillel.

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) will present a production of the play “A Monster Calls,” based on the novel by Patrick Hess.

The Jewish Community Foundation welcomed teens and their families to its 18th annual youth philanthropy fair, the B’nai Tzedek Shuk. 

The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) of Greater Kansas City will once again hold its annual Mother’s Day Jewelry Store program.

April is Global Volunteer Month, and for Jewish Family Services (JFS), volunteers help the agency fulfill its mission of “repairing the world, one person at a time.”

First Call, a nonprofit geared towards helping those impacted by addiction, has formed a new partnership with the Kansas City chapter of Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP), an organization founded by Jewish community members Dawn Owens and Laura Bratt. 

This year’s annual community-organized Yom HaShoah commemoration has been scheduled for Sunday, May 5, to honor victims of the Holocaust and the 81st anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.

After months of planning, training and furniture procurement, a cohort of volunteers from Congregation Beth Shalom formed their first ambassador group to welcome a newly-arrived refugee family. 

Two Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) students, Leo Cohen and Caden Field, have secured spots at the Nationals in the United States division of the International Academic Competitions (IAC).

The William Baker Festival Singers & Chamber Orchestra will perform a concert of five masterworks, including William W. Dreyfoos’ “Songs of the Holocaust” and Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms.”