In a day-long summit with upwards of 25 speakers and panelists — including United States Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff — the Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC) emphasized the scope of the antisemitism American Jews are facing.
The Kansas Holocaust Commemoration service memorializes the victims of the Holocaust at the annual official state observance.
Community member Ethan Helfand has been named the new executive director of KU Hillel.
Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) will present a production of the play “A Monster Calls,” based on the novel by Patrick Hess.
The Jewish Community Foundation welcomed teens and their families to its 18th annual youth philanthropy fair, the B’nai Tzedek Shuk.
The National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) of Greater Kansas City will once again hold its annual Mother’s Day Jewelry Store program.
April is Global Volunteer Month, and for Jewish Family Services (JFS), volunteers help the agency fulfill its mission of “repairing the world, one person at a time.”
First Call, a nonprofit geared towards helping those impacted by addiction, has formed a new partnership with the Kansas City chapter of Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing (GRASP), an organization founded by Jewish community members Dawn Owens and Laura Bratt.
United States Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff will speak in person at Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC)'s regional summit on combating antisemitism, along with guest speakers and educators from across the country.
For the greater Kansas City Jewish community, everything changed on April 13, 2014, when an antisemitic gunman shot and killed two people at the Jewish Community Campus and another at Village Shalom.
