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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.com Instagram: @la_colina_violinista https://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-sustainable https://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-study https://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/B09722SCKL https://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/