Local Congregation Resources
Check Congregation Websites for Daily Updates regarding Online Worship, Educational and Study Opportunities open to the Jewish Community. Updates on special COVID-19 news and services below, with urgent requests in red.
Beth Israel Abraham & Volineer — www.biav.org
Congregation Beth Shalom — www.bethshalomkc.org | Services and updates
Congregation Beth Torah — www.beth-torah.org | COVID-19 updates
The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah — www.bnaijehudah.org | Coronavirus updates and virtual access
Kehilath Israel Synagogue — www.kisyn.org | Online Minyanim videos and classes (Rabbi Grussgott)
Congregation Kol Ami — www.kolamikc.com | COVID-19 update
New Reform Temple – www.thenewreformtemple.com
Congregation Ohev Sholom — www.ohev-sholom.com | Services, Minyan and the Coronavirus
Temple Beth Sholom-Topeka — www.templebethsholomtopeka.org
Temple Israel — www.templeisraelkc.org
Local Jewish Agencies and Organizations
Check Agency and Organization Websites for Daily Updates regarding Online Resources, Volunteer, Program and Educational Opportunities.
Jewish Family Services — www.jfskc.org | Food Pantry- Help Feed the Hungry at Passover and During this Time of Isolation and Quarantine — Visit the Food Pantry
- JFS Service Updates — COVID-19 response
OTHER COMMUNITY NEWS, EVENTS AND OPPORTUNITIES
The J KC – Jewish Community Center — www.thejkc.org
Go to the new “Virtual J” — Click here to visit the Virtual J
The new Virtual J is organized by departments. As time goes on, we will continue to add a variety of content and resources – some open to all and others exclusively for our Members.
Thanksgiving Meals To-Go Latkes To-Go
Greater Kansas City Mental Health Coalition –- www.itsok.us
As our communities begin to re-open and become a bit more social, I encourage you to continue being intentional about doing ONE thing each day that gives you strength, hope and happiness. Music is a very intentional tool for energy, calm, hope, memories and pure joy. Here is a playlist that JoCo Mental Health posted… use their playlist as your ONE thing or create your own: Open playlist in Spotify.
Kansas University Jewish Studies — Summer Courses | Fall Courses
Summer and Fall courses are now open for enrollment! Kansas residents over 60 years of age are invited to attend classes in the Jewish Studies Program free from tuition costs — Email for information
Midwest Center For Holocaust Education — www.mchekc.org
Yom HaShoah Community Observance online, April 21st at 1:30 p.m.
Video program includes the lighting of 6 candles in memory of the six million Jewish victims. Mary Covitz, daughter of Rose and Leo Zemelman, will chair the program. Rabbi Sarah Smiley of The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah will provide remarks.
JFS
Hadassah Greater Kansas City
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Kansas City Jewish Chronicle — www.kcjc.com
Kansas City Jewish Links
The Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City raises and allocates more than $5 million each year to support more than 80 Jewish programs and initiatives in Kansas City, Israel and around the world. Learn more about our impact, discover ways to get involved, and further strengthen Jewish life – locally, nationally and across the globe.
The Vaad HaKashruth of Kansas City is a community service organization composed of Rabbinic and lay leadership. It’s mission is to facilitate and make available kosher food for the public through kosher certification, supervision, education and inspection, for caterers, wholesale and retail food vendors, and food production companies in the Kansas City region.
Since 1920, the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle has provided its readers with Jewish news and opinion from a variety of perspectives — local, regional, national and international. Information published in The Chronicle — an independent Jewish newspaper — comes from a number of sources, including stories written by its own editorial staff. Many local rabbis and professionals from our local Jewish agencies also write columns on topics of local interest. The paper also publishes reports of national and overseas events from JTA News & Features.
Jewish Family Services (JFS) supports and strengthens lives throughout Greater Kansas City. JFS provides essential human services for people facing challenges in everyday life or times of crisis — regardless of faith, age, culture or lifestyle. JFS service areas are: Food, Shelter and Employment; Older Adult Services; Mental Health Services; Family Life Education; and Chaplaincy. The JFS Food Pantry, with locations in Overland Park, KS and Kansas City, MO, is the community’s response to the growing need for food assistance in greater Kansas City. Phone: 913-915-7730
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