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The Olivier Award-winning comedy “The Play That Goes Wrong,” part of The J’s 2025–26 Theatre Series, will be performed at The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre in March.

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy announced the final two panelists for its upcoming spring celebration, “A Night of Mensches & Memories,” on Sunday, March 1.

Rabbi Michael Zedek, rabbi emeritus of both The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah and Chicago’s Emanuel Congregation, has released his first children’s book, “People Are Like… Stories for Young Readers and Readers Who Wish to Stay Young.” All proceeds from the book will go to scholarship programs for students in need.

Jewish Family Services (JFS) has announced leadership team changes, with promotions made to help it “continue delivering outstanding service built on a strong organizational culture and solid operations.”

The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah, in partnership with Taglit Birthright Israel and organizations Israel Outdoors and Amplify Israel, is offering a Birthright Israel Volunteer experience for Reform Jewish adults ages 26-50. Kansas City will be one of multiple communities participating.

The Jewish Community Foundation is currently accepting scholarship applications for teen and young adult Jewish summer programming. Three different JCF funds offer support.

On a Friday afternoon each month, Andi Edwardson loads six packs of kosher chicken into her shopping cart at the Leawood, Kansas, Trader Joe’s, knowing it will be a few weeks before she again makes the 40-minute drive from her home in Parkville, Missouri.

Rabbi Steve Burnstein, a Kansas City native and current rabbi in Kibbutz Gezer in Israel, is currently back in his hometown as a rabbi-in-residence at Congregation Beth Torah.

Community members Brachie Perl and Chaya Niedzwiecki have launched Graze by Brachie and Chaya, a new kosher catering venture specializing in curated grazing boards and event spreads.