Getting To Know Jew

On the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Adam Weindling. Weindling is a real estate professional at Terra Management, a family business, where he runs his own part of the company called Kinner properties. So we chat about what real estate in Kansas City is like, his family’s Holocaust survivor background, and being involved in the Jewish Federation’s real estate professionals group.

On the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Ally Fabes. Fabes is a saxophonist and singer in Glass Bandit, a band that grew out of the University of Kansas and just moved to Austin, Texas, to make it big. But Fabes also was recently the program director at KU Hillel. So we chat about her musical and Jewish professional career, and at the end of the podcast, we’ve even got some music from Glass Bandit.Check out Glass Bandit: https://www.glassbanditmusic.com/

On the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Jodi Perelmuter. Perelmuter is the new family life education director at the Jewish Family Services of Kansas City. So we talk about how she’s approaching that role, what kind of support families need from the Jewish community right now, and her involvement in programs like PJ Library and B’nai Tzedek, which helps teens learn about philanthropy.

On the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Alex Brown. Brown is a partner at the legal firm Lathrop GPM, where he specializes in insurance law. Using that knowledge, he helped pioneer a new way to get compensation for people who have been wrongfully imprisoned. So we chat about why insurance law matters, how he came to work on civil rights cases, and why he loves the JCC.

On the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Tamara Falicov. Falicov is the inaugural dean of the new School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. So we chat about the way higher education is changing; how Falicov’s Jewish experience informs her work as a dean; and how the KC Jewish community helped her meet her husband.

On the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Mark Edelman. Edelman is the founder and president of the Theater League, a theatre management company that has been bringing Broadway shows and all manner of other performances to Kansas City for over 40 years. We talk about a new arts management program named after him, and what it’s like being a matzah brie and gefilte fish kind of Jew.

On the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, Lonny talks to Joel Goldberg. Goldberg is in his 15th year as part of the Kansas City Royals broadcast team. Goldberg is also an author, podcast host, and keynote speaker on areas of leadership, among other things.

On the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Lisa Pelofsky. Pelofsky is the co-founder and CEO of Byrne, Pelofsky, and Associates, a firm that helps clients fundraise for their causes and institutions. Philanthropy is what makes the Jewish community run, so we chat about why Pelofsky’s work is so important to Kansas City.https://byrnepelofsky.com

On the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with Nicole Emanuel. Emanuel is the founder and art director at InterUrban ArtHouse, a collaborative artist space. You’ll get to hear an audio tour of her studio, stories of her immigrant family members who escaped the Nazis, and why she is choosing to settle down permanently in Kansas City.https://www.interurbanarthouse.org/

On the latest episode of Getting To Know Jew, we speak with State Senator Ethan Corson. Ethan represents the 7th district, which includes Fairway, Mission, Mission Hills, Mission Woods, Prairie Village, Roeland Park, Westwood, Westwood Hills, and part of Leawood and Overland Park.

This week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Savannah Kannberg. Kannberg is the donor relations and communications director at KU Hillel, and while she’s originally from Cleveland, she now considers Kansas City her hometown. We chat about her Jewish professional journey, and what she’s learned from her work.

This week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Coleen Dieker. Dieker is a multi-instrumentalist songleader who records Jewish music with Rabbi Josh Warshawsky, plays Spanish and Portuguese music with Ensemble Iberica, and rocks out with her group Flanigan’s Right Hook. So we chat a lot about music and Jewish songleading.https://www.coleendieker.comInstagram: @la_colina_violinistahttps://instagram.com/la_colina_violinista?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tnJJOYYTp8

This week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Ken Sonnenschein and Brenda Ruppel. Both are involved in the Kansas City Mitzvah Garden, where Sonnenschein is a co-founder and chairperson, and Ruppel is the garden and farm coordinator. So we chat about everything from trees to bees and, of course, Judaism.https://www.mitzvahgardenkc.com/https://kcjc.com/section-blog/1819-news/archived-news/3275-harvesting-for-good-mitzvah-garden-continues-to-help-others-while-finding-ways-to-be-green-and-sustainablehttps://www.kansascity.com/news/local/community/joco-913/article151446132.html

This week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Dr. Matt Boxer. Boxer is an assistant research professor at the Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies at Brandeis University, and he just finished leading a Jewish community study of the Greater Kansas City Area. So we cover some of the takeaways of the study, from welcoming intermarried families, to addressing mental health, and how the Kansas City Jewish population is looking pretty different from what many community members might expect.https://www.jewishkansascity.org/jewishkc/community-studyhttps://www.kcjc.com/current-news/top-stories/7891-landmark-kc-jewish-community-study-shows-opportunity-with-interfaith-families

This week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Elizabeth Rosin. Rosin is CEO of Rosin Preservation, which works on and consults for historic preservation projects, reviving old or run down buildings. We talk about Rosin’s work on the Empire State Building, being a transplant to Kansas City, and Jewish guilt. https://rosinpreservation.com/

This week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Jason Kander. Kander is a Kansas City native and former Missouri Secretary of State turned veteran advocate working with the Veterans Community Project. He is also a bestselling author, with his second book, Invisible Storm: A Soldier’s Memoir of Politics and PTSD, coming out in July.https://www.veteranscommunityproject.org/https://jasonkander.com/https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-Storm-Soldiers-Memoir-Politics-ebook/dp/B09722SCKLhttps://wondermedianetwork.com/majority-54

This week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Bailey London Nakelsky. Nakelsky is the Associate Vice President of Leadership Giving at Hillel International, a role she took after six years as the executive director of Hillel at the University of Southern California. But two years ago she left California for her new home in Kansas City, so we chat about that journey and the field of Jewish philanthropy.

This week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Sari Lowenstein. Lowenstein is a photographer who runs KCbySari, an instagram account where she showcases local businesses and brands in the Kansas City area. We chat about what it’s like being an influencer and how her Jewish background, particularly as a former Leadership Tomorrow intern through the Jewish Federation, has affected her work.https://www.instagram.com/kcbysari/

This week on the Getting To Know Jew podcast, we talk with Abby Magariel. Since 2019, Magariel has been the curator and educator at the Michael Klein Collection at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah. The collection has around a thousand jewish ritual objects that come from all around the world and many different centuries which are used to teach people about Judaism.

This week on Getting To Know Jew, we talk with Brian Platt. Platt is celebrating his first year as Kansas City’s city manager, a role he took on after being business administrator in Jersey City. Since his arrival, he’s successfully dealt with a $70 million budget shortfall, and is working to set Kansas City on a more sustainable and equitable path.