Judy Roitman
Judy Roitman
When I moved to Lawrence in 1978 (the way back times) I hadn’t set foot in a shul — except for the random bar/bat mitzvah or to please my parents or grandmother — in over a decade. To be honest, I started regularly showing up with my ex-Catholic husband in order to prove to the adoptive services division of Jewish Family and Children’s Services of Kansas City that we would raise our hoped-for child in a Jewish home. I have always felt Jewish. I just never cared for congregational life as I, a cantor’s daughter in a semi-suburban Conservative shul, had known it.
But from the minute I walked in I could see that the LJCC was different. It felt like family. Sure, people would bicker at times — all families do — but people were there for each other, in good times and bad. The LJCC was mishpochah. It still is.
The LJCC is unaffiliated. It is lay-led. Its resources are its community; its community is its resource. And this community creates a full Jewish life in Lawrence — learning and worship, kid programs and adult programs and family programs, hanging out together, casting our bread into the waters (Tashlich) and staying away from bread (Pesach); a community that is truly inclusive, truly egalitarian; a community that rejoices in its members’ joys, grieves with them in their sorrows, and steps forward to help when help is needed. On the rare occasions when I find myself in another town in another shu,l I am so grateful that the LJCC is my shul. Our shul. The shul we build together.
Our community has changed over the decades, the way we do. So many things are different than they were back in 1978, but that heimishe feeling is a constant. As is the need for financial support (you knew I was going to get around to this).
The need for this support won’t go away when we do. I believe in this community long-term, and want to help sustain it past my lifetime. Which is why the LJCC is a beneficiary on my retirement accounts. I don’t know how the LJCC will morph over the next many decades. But I know that its wonderful, quirky, welcoming spirit will remain as long as the resources are there to sustain it.
Tue, October 14 2025
22 Tishrei 5786
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Wednesday ,
OctOctober 15 , 2025Simchat Torah
Wednesday, Oct 15th 5:30p to 7:30p
Come celebrate the Torah with a potluck and services led by RB and Bogi Perlmutter. -
Sunday ,
OctOctober 19 , 2025Board Meeting (Hybrid)
Sunday, Oct 19th 9:30a to 11:30a
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Thursday ,
OctOctober 23 , 2025LJCC at LINK
Thursday, Oct 23rd 11:30a to 2:00p
Please sign up to help the LJCC provide lunch at LINK! We need volunteers to provide prepared dishes and to help serve. More info at https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0d4cafa629a46-ljcc#/ -
Saturday ,
OctOctober 25 , 2025Saturday Morning Services and Lubliner Bar Mitzvah (Hybrid)
Shabbat, Oct 25th 10:30a to 1:00p
Join us for Saturday Morning Services and add to the simcha of Duncan's becoming a Bar Mitzvah! -
Sunday ,
OctOctober 26 , 2025
Sunday, Oct 26th 4:00p to 6:00p
All LJCC members are invited to be a part of creating our community mural with local artist Dave Loewenstein! We'll be reviewing a design concept at this meeting. -
Friday ,
OctOctober 31 , 2025
Friday, Oct 31st 6:00p to 8:00p
Join LJCC friends and community members for a casual dinner and candlelighting at Aladdin Cafe in downtown Lawrence. -
Sunday ,
NovNovember 2 , 2025
Sunday, Nov 2nd 10:00a to 2:00p
Join us for the 62nd Annual Blintz Brunch & Bake Sale! Back by popular demand: member-made savory blintzes and fresh-made traditional bagels...and the Silent Auction! Visit BlintzBrunch.org to place your advance orders. Bagels and bake sale goods are only available to purchase the day-of. -
Friday ,
NovNovember 7 , 2025
Friday, Nov 7th 7:00p to 9:00p
Join us for Friday Night services. Services will be followed by a potluck oneg. Let us know in the notes section what you might bring. -
Saturday ,
NovNovember 15 , 2025
Shabbat, Nov 15th 10:30a to 1:00p
Join us for Saturday Morning services led by Alyssa Appelman & Jack Winerock. -
Sunday ,
NovNovember 16 , 2025Board Meeting (Hybrid)
Sunday, Nov 16th 9:30a to 11:30a
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