Community News

Strangers No More held its first program in May of 2014, following the shootings at the Jewish Community Campus and Village Shalom.

Rabbi Moshe Grussgott, Senior Rabbi of Kehilath Israel Synagogue, was recently elected as President of the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City.

Multiple congregations and rabbis are collaborating to facilitate a community-wide Tisha B’Av observance on Aug. 6 and 7. Services will take place at Congregation Beth Shalom and Kehilath Israel Synagogue.

Jewish Family Services’ Priya program will host an online discussion about the future of women’s health from the Jewish perspective at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 20.

This month, Jewish Family Services, in partnership with the Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City, will hold its contactless community food drive on Sunday, July 17, from 10 a.m. to noon in the front circle drive of the Jewish Community Campus, 5801 W. 115th St. in Overland Park. 

To demystify the process of selecting and retaining judges in Kansas and explain the critical role courts play, two members of the state’s highest court will host an open community forum.

The Rabbinical Association is offering a year-long course, “Judaism for Conversion Candidates,” for those seeking a comfortable forum to learn more about the fundamentals of Jewish thought and practice.

The Jewish Community Foundation’s Community Legacy Fund has awarded $77,640 in programming and emergency grants.

KU Chabad and the Chabad Teen Network of KC (Cteen) jointly hosted a kosher summer barbecue event for incoming freshmen at Gezer Park in Leawood, Kansas.

Jewish Family Services (JFS) has named Noah Slabotsky of Overland Park, Kansas, its June Volunteer of the Month.