Theater in the Park is teaming up with Jewish Family Services to help with its summer WipeOut campaign, securing toilet paper for its food pantry. Each month, more than 2,700 rolls of toilet paper are distributed to the 900 families the JFS food pantry serves from its two locations. Toilet paper and other personal hygiene products are not covered by government assistance.
Those wishing to participate in the Tisha B’Av community observances on Saturday and Sunday must register no later than 3:00 p.m. Friday. Register online at kcrabbi.org; click on the Tisha B’Av registration link found at the top of the home page. Links to connect via Zoom for each event will be sent in advance.
Marla Kaufman’s elder son is doing well these days, healthy and happy and working in his field.
But her son has walked a long and painful path to recovery from addiction, starting in the summer of 2006 at age 16. That’s when Kaufman and her husband, Joe, learned their son was “using substances in a dangerous way,” she said.
When Michael Beller set out three years ago to get a law passed in Arizona requiring Holocaust education in public schools, the response he got was clear.
JCC BASEBALL ALUM PLAYING FOR ISRAELI TEAM
Former Kansas City resident Avinoam Sachs is on the Israeli national team that is competing at the Under-18 European Baseball Championship from July 5-11 in Macerata, Italy. The 6’6” pitcher is one of 18 players on the squad.
People spend 90% of their time indoors. Studies by the EPA show levels of pollutants to be two- to five-times higher inside homes than outside. Many of these pollutants come from household cleaning products. Indoor pollutants can be reduced by limiting the number of chemicals used indoors.
Donate packages of toilet paper and enjoy free popcorn and a fun evening at Theatre in the Park (TIP) during the new musical “Half Time-Gotta Dance” July 16-18 and July 21-24.
The Jewish Community Foundation’s Community Legacy Fund has awarded $81,438 in innovative and emergency grants. The grants support high-quality, new programs that provide an innovative approach to an existing or emerging community need, or respond to financial or humanitarian emergencies.
Although the pandemic is easing, there are still more than 775 families in our community who count on the Jewish Family Services food pantry each month for food, household and personal care items, and even pet food.
The Rabbinical Association of Greater Kansas will once again offer a community-wide Judaism for Conversion Candidates course beginning August 19. The comprehensive year-long course is designed for adult individuals and taught on a rotating basis by rabbis from the Reform, Conservative, Orthodox and non-denominational movements.
