The Mid-Kansas Jewish Federation, located in Wichita, Kansas, builds, strengthens and preserves Jewish identity within our local community, in Israel and around the world through tzedakah, education and cultural events.

Funded by contributions from community members to the Federation/UJC Campaign, support is provided for local programs and services as well as Jewish needs overseas. Federation programs and activities are designed to ensure Jewish continuity and afford opportunities to "grow Jewishly."

We are all Federation. Together, we are a community of Jews helping others in the age-old traditions of chesed, rachmanut, and tzedakah kindness, mercy, and righteousness. Each one of us gives of ourselves because we can do no less; because as Jews, it is incumbent upon us to share our resources with those less fortunate; and because the Talmud tells us that kol Yisrael areivim zeh bazeh all Jews are responsible for one another. This simple connection is central to the essence of Judaism. It has enabled us to plant the seeds of a community and to harvest hundreds of ways to ease the lives of those in need. It is the key to a Jewish future.

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The Federation officers include: president, two Vice Presidents (who chair the Campaign Committee), secretary, treasurer (who chairs the Budget and Allocations Committee), and president-elect.

The Executive Committee also includes the chairs of the MKJF's standing committees: Community Relations, Education, Nominating (chaired by the immediate past president), Jewish Youth Services, Personnel, and Social Services.

The Board includes at least 21 members from the community at large, who serve for a term of three years. In addition, the presidents of the other local Jewish organizations, the rabbis, all MKJF past presidents and the director of the religious school serve as ex officio members of the board, with voice and vote.

Meetings of the board are held at least five times a year.

For more information about the governance of the MKJF, contact the office.

 Executive Director - Moti Rieber

Rabbi Moti Rieber has served as Executive Director of the MKJF since August 2007.  Prior to coming to Wichita, Moti was the rabbi of Congregation Beth Shalom in Naperville, Illinois. He is a 2004 graduate of the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College in Wyncote, Pennsylvania, where he won the 2004 Sokolow Prize for Outstanding Essay. Moti also serves on the Steering Committee of Kansas Interfaith Power & Light. He and his wife Suzy have three children.

Assistant Director - Sandy Diel 

A dedicated professional with strong ties to the Wichita community, Sandy Diel has over eight years of intimate involvement in all aspects of the MKJF's programming, marketing, event-planning, fundraising, outreach and administrative responsibilities. Sandy's background comes from a graphic design and a sales/marketing side...which allows her highly creative side to shine through and to be able think "out-of-the-box" in furthering the goals of the MKJF. Sandy is married to Ron Diel, has two "twenty-something" sons, Jordan and Marshall Goldschmidt and is a "pet person" with two dogs and four cats. Her hobbies include playing darts (professionally and for fun) and collecting old toys.

Senior Outreach Coordinator - Suzy Siegler Rieber

Social Worker - Marcia Solomon

Intern - Jordan Goldschmidt