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The 22nd Annual Allan Greenberg K.I. Synagogue golf tournament was held on June 7 at Deer Creek Golf Club.

After graduation this year, three newly minted KU alumni are heading into Jewish communal work across the U.S. Each credited experiences at KU Hillel as the reason why they chose to become Jewish professionals.

KOSHER ICE CREAM IN KC

Vaad HaKashruth of Kansas City recently sent out an email saying it recommends certain flavors of ice cream as kosher at Golden Scoop, the new ice cream shop in Overland Park that employs people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Monthly Shabbat meals to go will be taking a break during the months of July and August. They will resume in September.

In observance of Tisha B’Av (the fast day that is on the ninth of the Hebrew month of Av), a period of fasting, lamentation and prayer to remember the destruction of the first and second Temples of Jerusalem and other major disasters and tragedies that Jewish people experienced throughout history, the local Jewish community will come together to remember this dark period in our people’s history. 

Village Shalom is once again open to resident families and visitors. In-person weekly Shabbat services are hosted every Friday evening at 4:00 pm in the Appleman Synagogue. Village Shalom relies on volunteers 16 years of age and up to lead services for our residents and their guests and is looking to expand its pool of volunteers.

Pro-Palestinian activists were swarming the social media comments sections of Ben & Jerry’s to demand the company boycott Israel.

In response, Ben & Jerry’s appears to have indeed entered a boycott — of social media itself.

Israel’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has many landmines to navigate. One concerns land issues in Israel’s Negev Desert, specifically whether he will rein in unregulated Bedouin settlements that some say threaten to overwhelm Israel’s land reserves in the south.

Kansas City native has led the temple from turmoil to transformation

It’s not like Arthur Nemitoff was pining away for home.

Twenty-two high school singers from across the metro have been selected as semifinalists for KC SuperStar 2021.