Community News

Community member Michael Crane will host "Beyond The Schmear: Tradition Meets Creativity,” a class on the interesting relationships between bagels and schmear in Paola, Kansas.

KU Hillel will host its annual Women’s Hoops Classic event, a celebration of both Hillel’s impact on Jewish college students and the KU women’s basketball team, on Sunday, March 2.

Paging through the newly processed Howard Frederic Sachs Papers gives an excellent view of not only Sachs’ storied career in law and his work on civil rights issues, but also the history of Kansas City’s Jewish community from the 1950s to the 1970s.

Elizabeth “Beth” Noble, Ph.D. of education, prides herself in being a devout promoter of Jewish Family Services’ (JFS) services. She is an advocate, donor and client.

The Kansas City Jewish community is invited to celebrate Purim together for the fourth year in a row at the Kansas City Jewish Community Purim Carnival.

Community member Michael Crane will teach a class on how to make blintzes at Jewish-owned business Olive Tree (7044 W. 105th Street, Overland Park, KS 66212). 

The KU Jewish Business Club, a program of KU Chabad, recently hosted the owner of Crown Automotive, Miles Schnaer, for a special lecture, book signing and free distribution of his book, “Take the Crown.”

The Broadway musical “Hairspray” will begin its run at The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre at The J on Saturday, Feb. 1.

The Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City is forming Team Kansas City to participate in the 2025 JCC Maccabi Games.

At the end of this month, the Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy varsity boys’ and girls’ basketball teams will attend the Israel Becker Basketball Tournament, hosted by The Anne & Max Tanenbaum Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto (TanenbaumCHAT) in Toronto, Canada.