Community News

The Jewish Community Foundation’s J-LEAD program is entering its 19th year of collective grantmaking and volunteering for the Jewish community. 

With Passover about a month away, Jewish Family Services (JFS) and the Rabbinical Association of Kansas City are conducting their annual food drive asking the public to donate holiday food items so all can enjoy a traditional seder.

The Past Presidents of Beth Shalom Sisterhood have named Carol Goldstein the recipient of its 2024 Leadership Recognition Award.

Kehilath Israel Synagogue (K.I.) recently held a "Kitchen Shower" which raised more than $4,300 from 46 donors in new kitchen items and donations. 

In recognition of April being Infertility Awareness Month, Priya, a program of Jewish Family Services (JFS) will host a printmaking workshop.

Women’s Employment Network (WEN) recently named Karen Daniel the 2024 recipient of the Beth K. Smith Award.

The Jewish Community Foundation announced that Suzanne Galblum Dicken has been hired as its new director of philanthropy.

The Jewish Community Foundation will hold its annual youth philanthropy fair, the B’nai Tzedek Shuk, to introduce teenagers to tzedakah by inviting them to establish their own personal charitable giving accounts at the Foundation.

KU Chabad recently held a “Jewnity Shabbaton,” hosting nearly 100 Jewish students from universities with smaller Jewish communities for a Shabbat retreat.

This month, JFS is standing with the Alliance of Period Supplies to work to end period poverty through its “Go with the Flow” period product drive.