UMKC EVENT TO FEATURE HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR — Holocaust survivor Judy Jacobs, an alumna with two graduate degrees from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, will share her experiences of war and its aftermath at a special event April 19 at the university.
I am perplexed at the widespread resistance to AIPAC by many good Jews who care about Israel. I am saddened that the four-day AIPAC Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., has been described in the press only by Trump’s speech, when it has so little to do with that.
The Michael J. Rainen Family Foundation recently awarded a $50,000 grant to Union Station Kansas City, Inc., which operates as a nonprofit organization dedicated to science education, celebration of community and preservation of history.
The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas City will not sponsor a second night Passover seder this year, but instead will offer seder Meals-to-Go. Rabbi David Glickman, senior rabbi at Congregation Beth Shalom, which traditionally has hosted the community seder, said it was an idea by necessity.
Benny Feilhaber plays for a living.
Andy Gruenebaum wears three hats for Sporting Kansas City, and they all look pretty sharp on him.
David Epstein wants everybody to know what Tom Pendergast meant and still means to Kansas City, and he also wants them to know the role Jews played in the spirits industry in the United States.
GROCERY STORY SCAVENGER HUNT — some people spend spring break on a sandy beach. Others choose to spend at least some time doing community service.
The nutty thing about it is you just couldn’t find a real bagel in Kansas City.
Barbecue, absolutely. Great steaks, sure. But a genuine New York-style bagel? Nowhere in sight.
Ten years ago, Rabbi Zalman and Nechama Tiechtel had a dream to open a Chabad House. They wanted to go somewhere where they could have an impact and had “tremendous potential.” So on March 26, 2006, they landed in Lawrence, Kansas, to serve the Jewish students at KU. Nechama was young — the same age as the college students they would be directing — and the rabbi, at 24, was just barely older than the seniors.
