Leadership & Staff
Leadership at the LJCC
The LJCC is a lay-led, horizontally-constituted community. Our activities are powered by volunteer efforts aided by a handful of staff members.
The LJCC has a volunteer Board of Directors. The board, which meets regularly, and various committees oversee programming and the other matters relevant to daily congregational operations as well as the business of the B'nai Israel Cemetery.
For general questions or to get involved, contact Lara Giordano or call the LJCC front office at (785) 841-7636.
Officers of the Board:
Robin Rosenberg, President
Shelley Skie, Treasurer
Suzanne Sherr, Corresponding Secretary
Suzanne Sherr, Corresponding Secretary
Sam Brody, Recording Secretary
Jordan Yochim, Past President
Members at large:
Azariah Betzalel
Anne Eliades
Heather Frost
Rita York Henneke
Bob Litan
Anne Schulman
Staff
Dr. Lara Giordano
Director of Programming, Engagement, & Development
Lara came to the LJCC in January 2023 following a brief but happy enough career as an academic philosopher. Please reach out to Lara with any questions that you have about the LJCC or the pleasures of building Jewish community in NE Kansas - or to talk about how Judaism may (or may not) secretly inform the critical philosophies of secular Jewish thinkers such as Marx, Freud, Benjamin, Adorno.
Nixx Sandidge (they/them)
Office Administrator
Nixx moved to Lawrence from Middle Tennessee and is now a proud NoLaw Sandrat and DoCo Master Gardener.
Generally, Nixx staffs the office between 8:30am and 12:00pm. Appointments by request during this time.
Rachel Downs-Doubrava
Religious School Director
Learn more about the LJCC Religious School and its director.
Tue, January 21 2025
21 Tevet 5785
All Events
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Friday ,
JanJanuary 24 , 2025
Friday, Jan 24th 5:30p to 7:00p
Our monthly family-friendly service (folks of all ages are welcome!). It's potluck-style with kugel as the main dish this month. We'll nosh with a short shabbat service to follow. -
Monday ,
JanJanuary 27 , 2025Watch Party! Rachel Black's Senior Cantorial Recital
Monday, Jan 27th 6:00p to 8:00p
Rachel Black - LJCC member emeritus, former Religious School Director, and High Holidays cantor - is graduating from cantorial school! Come watch her senior recital at the LJCC. -
Thursday ,
JanJanuary 30 , 2025Healthy aging, lifestyle medicine and plant-based nutrition (Hybrid)
Thursday, Jan 30th 7:00p to 8:30p
The novelist and poet Wendell Berry once commented that “people are fed by the food industry, which pays no attention to health, and are treated by the health industry, which pays no attention to food.” The new field of lifestyle medicine is changing that, getting back to the basics that are so important in maintaining health and well-being. Dr. Friedman, a board-certified geriatrician and lifestyle medicine physician, will discuss the pillars of lifestyle medicine – especially whole-food plant-based nutrition – and how they promote healthy aging. -
Friday ,
JanJanuary 31 , 2025
Friday, Jan 31st 7:00p to 9:00p
Judy Roitman & Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg lead with a potluck oneg to follow. Let us know in the notes section what you can bring. -
Thursday ,
FebFebruary 13 , 2025Tu Bishvat Celebration
Thursday, Feb 13th 5:30p to 7:00p
This year, we are celebrating the new year of the trees with a vegan Seder, kids' arts activities and games, and a tree seedling fundraiser! -
Saturday ,
FebFebruary 22 , 20253rd Annual Telling Our Stories Through Food with author-illustrator Marilyn Naron (Hybrid)
Motzei Shabbat, Feb 22nd 7:00p to 9:00p
I Do Not Want Your Sympathy: Shiva, Snacks, and the Art of Remembering - What is comfort? What do mourners need, and is memory really a blessing? Join us for an evening of art and discussion with local author-illustrator (and former pastry chef) Marilyn Naron. The LJCC will exhibit Marilyn’s recent art commissioned for the Kansas Book Festival, including the central piece “I Do Not Want Your Sympathy,” a triptych painted and collaged entirely from sympathy cards her family received after the death of her sister in 1996. Marilyn is currently at work on an illustrated memoir, “How to Draw a Sister,” and her talk will explore how food, sympathy, memory, and Jewish death rituals come together in that project.
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Nosh & Shabbat musical services with Molly Handelman (Hybrid) : 5:30pm |
Tue, January 21 2025 21 Tevet 5785
Lawrence Jewish Community Congregation
917 Highland Drive
Lawrence, KS 66044
785.841.7636
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