Community News

Community member Michael Crane will teach a class on how to make blintzes at Jewish-owned business Olive Tree (7044 W. 105th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212). 

The KU Jewish Business Club, a program of KU Chabad, recently hosted the owner of Crown Automotive, Miles Schnaer, for a special lecture, book signing and free distribution of his book, “Take the Crown.”

The Broadway musical “Hairspray” will begin its run at The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre at The J on Saturday, Feb. 1.

The Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City is forming Team Kansas City to participate in the 2025 JCC Maccabi Games.

At the end of this month, the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy varsity boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will attend the Israel Becker Basketball Tournament, hosted by The Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (TanenbaumCHAT) in Toronto, Canada.

Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City (JFS) received a surprise gift of $125,000 as part of the William G. McGowan Charitable Fund’s Food Insecurity Response Initiative.

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) announced that its annual spring celebration will honor educators, departing from the tradition of recognizing a Civic Service Award honoree.

The Kansas City Section of The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) and Congregation Beth Shalom will host Dr. Michal Raucher at its first Repro Shabbat event on Feb. 21 and 22. 

More than 80 community members gathered in The White Theatre at The J on Jan. 15 to hear from award-winning Israeli journalist and author, Lee Yaron. Yaron’s visit to Kansas City fell on the same day the announcement of the Israeli hostage release deal, in which 33 hostages will be released in the course of six weeks, was made.

Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC) is currently searching for an executive director.