Frances & Floyd Horowitz
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Frances & Floyd Horowitz
Floyd R. Horowitz (1930-2014) and Frances Degen Horowitz (1932-2021) played major roles in the Jewish community, at KU, and in Lawrence. Both, but especially Frances, were a national and international presence. They had met as youths in Long Beach, L.I., NY.
Floyd received a BA from Adelphi University and earned an MFA at Iowa’s Writer’s Workshop and a PhD in English at Iowa. He came to KU in 1961, taught in the English Department and chaired both the English Department and the Computer science Department. He served as president of the LJCC and headed the Lawrence and state ACLU. In 1991 he joined Hunter University, where he retired in 1996.
Frances Degen Horowitz graduated from Antioch College, then taught elementary school before earning her PhD from Iowa in 1959. When the Horowitzes moved to Lawrence in 1961, Frances joined the Domestic Science Department. Her research on early child development established her as a world renowned scholar and she transformed her department into the Department of Human Development and Family Life. From chair of Human Development she became an associate dean and then served as Vice Chancellor of Research and Graduate studies from 1978 to 1991, leaving KU to become President of the CUNY Graduate Center until 2005.
For 30 years, the Horowitz home at 505 Ohio hosted spirited Friday night sabbath dinners before the family attended services. Their table included a circle of regulars enhanced weekly by newcomers, Jewish visitors to Lawrence, Israelis, Horowitz students, and anyone who could use a good meal, engaging company and more Jewish knowledge. Floyd was the chef, and led the repartee and puns. And more puns, exchanged with sons Jason and Benjamin. The Horowitzes invited the entire Jewish community and others to their home on the second day of Rosh Hashanah and hosted Jewish visitors to KU. For decades Frances led a Saturday afternoon study group at 505 Ohio. Frances also initiated the adult women b’nai miztvot class and ceremony, which both resulted in her own bat mitzvah and produced a new generation of Torah readers at the Center. At the university and LJCC, she empowered women.
Frances, as a pioneering women academic and as a world-class scholar and administrator stood out as a model for integrating Judaism with other aspects of her life. She was engaged in life around her, both Jewish and the larger world. In addressing annually the graduate hooding ceremony in the spring, Frances would always provide a precept from Perkei Avot—the book of ethics—bringing Jewish learning and ethics to the occasion.
Wed, September 24 2025
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Wednesday ,
SepSeptember 24 , 2025Rosh Hashanah Day 2 (Hybrid)
Wednesday, Sep 24th 9:30a to 1:00p
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Wednesday ,
SepSeptember 24 , 2025Rosh Hashanah Open House
Wednesday, Sep 24th 4:00p to 6:00p
Robin Rosenberg & Barry Shalinsky invite you to join them at their home for a Rosh Hashanah happy hour. If you are so inclined, they invite you to bring treats to share as well. Please register at ljcc.shulcloud.com/hh -
Thursday ,
SepSeptember 25 , 2025LJCC at LINK
Thursday, Sep 25th 11:30a to 2:00p
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Sunday ,
SepSeptember 28 , 2025Reverse Tashlich at Burcham Park
Sunday, Sep 28th 10:00a to 12:00p
Reverse Tashlich is an innovative approach to Jewish environmental stewardship. In the ritual of Tashlich on Rosh HaShanah, we go to a body of water and symbolically cast our "sins" into the water to begin the New Year with a clean heart. With Reverse Tashlich, we’re turning symbolism into action by removing human "sin" from the water. Reverse Tashlich provides an opportunity to come together and engage in a hands-on effort to clean up our beaches, rivers, and shorelines, removing the plastic, trash, and other debris that threaten marine ecosystem. -
Wednesday ,
OctOctober 1 , 2025Kol Nidre Services (Hybrid)
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OctOctober 2 , 2025Yom Kippur Services (Hybrid)
Thursday, Oct 2nd 9:30a to 6:00p
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Thursday ,
OctOctober 2 , 2025Break the Fast
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Sunday ,
OctOctober 5 , 2025Blintz Rolling!
Sunday, Oct 5th 10:00a to 12:00p
Participate in one of the longest running and deepest LJCC traditions: rolling blintzes together for the Annual Blintz Brunch! Come work with chef extraordinaire Michael Hennecke to prepare this special treat for sale at our annual fundraiser. -
Sunday ,
OctOctober 19 , 2025Board Meeting (Hybrid)
Sunday, Oct 19th 9:30a to 11:30a
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Thursday ,
OctOctober 23 , 2025LJCC at LINK
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