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Federation Names Interim President & CEO

The Board of Directors is excited to announce that Hava Leipzig Holzhauer will assume the role of Interim President and CEO for the Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City starting January 15.

Hava, who is certified in Interim nonprofit leadership, will help our organization run smoothly a…

Helping Jews In Ukraine: A Message From Our President & CEO

About the size of Texas, Ukraine is home to 200,000 Jews, one of the largest Jewish communities in the world. JDC is supporting 37,000 vulnerable Jewish elderly and 2,500 children through care services and Jewish community programs. JAFI staff work with educational initiatives, providing…

Yizkor, Remember: A Message From Our President & CEO

Yizkor... Remember...

This High Holiday season has been especially poignant for me as it also coincided with the 20th anniversary of 9/11. I remember I was teaching an international group of consultants in Paris, France, when information and photos of the first tower being struck by an airl…

Achrayut, Taking Responsibility: A Message From Our President & CEO

Achrayut… Responsibility…

I decided to write about the middah of taking responsibility this week after reading and listening to reports on the rise in the number of cases of the Delta variant. This news has been, and continues to be, alarming and frightening. I began pondering on my res…

Sasone, the program for children with special needs, hires new director

Sasone, a community-wide program that provides support for Jewish children with special needs, has named a new director. Lindsey Lipsky has taken over the role from Perry Hilvitz, who served in the position for 13 years.

Sasone, which is the Hebrew word for “joy,” was founded in 1995 …