Rabbi Zalman Tiechtel opened the Chabad Center for Jewish Life in Lawrence, Kan., along with his wife and co-director Nechama, eight years ago. During that time KU Chabad has never had its own Torah, always
We live in the breadbasket of America and are surrounded by farms, so it should be easy to get affordable, healthy and locally grown food into everyone’s hands, right? For low-income families trying to make
When it comes to Jewish Federation leadership, Amy Shapiro’s actions speak volumes. She’s been through local leadership development programs, attended national conferences and international missions; she’s been
Seymour Krinsky likes to joke that he made a career transition from “spiritual wealth to material wealth.”
“Payback: The Case for Revenge,” by Thane Rosenbaum. University of Chicago Press, 2013.
With Ferguson in the news, the horrendous murders in South Kansas City, and the execution of Steven Sotloff, “Payback” is an important book although it is not an easy read. It is a work in which a legal scholar examines
AGEING WISELY — Marna Dolginoff called me the other day, wanting to share a story with me about her friend and cousin, Leah Cohn. It seems about six months or so ago, Cohn called the marketing office at
Following the shooting April 13 that killed three non-Jewish people at the Jewish Community Campus and Village Shalom,
When Sharon Pucker Rivo left Kansas City to study political science, she never dreamed years later she would be
On Sept. 17, two local educators —Netta Krashin and June Crane — as well as a young leader will be honored for their
FILL THE SHELVES NOW — When I was a young religious school student, we used to bring cans of food for Sukkot.
