Anyone who has followed the Kansas City Chiefs for decades remembers fullback Tony Richardson and kicker Nick Lowery. They went on a whirlwind five-day trip to Israel in late December. The trip's purpose was to give these athletes an up-close and personal view of Israel and show their support for the country still reeling from the Hamas attacks of Oct. 7.
Despite opposition from Jewish students and organizations, the University of Kansas Student Senate passed a resolution in April 9 denouncing Israel and its actions in the ongoing war against Hamas, titled “A Resolution to Recognize the Ongoing Genocide in Palestine.”
Neta Meltzer has been named the Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC) executive director, having served as interim executive director for 10 months.
Jewish Family Services (JFS) has announced the appointment of Angela DeWilde as its new chief executive officer after a national search.
A Jewish baseball whiz kid is the newest radio voice of the Kansas City Royals, impressing big-league fans with his gift for on-air storytelling and sweeping knowledge of the game.
For the past 17 years, Joel Goldberg has brought the stories of Kansas City’s beloved Major League Baseball franchise into the homes of millions on both sides of the Missouri River.
Local Jewish philanthropist and real estate investor Stanley J. Bushman died at age 96 on March 7, leaving a legacy of generosity and support for his community.
Andi Milens, whose career has led her to help Jews around the world, has retired from Jewish professional life.
A new Anti-Defamation League report assessing how 135 U.S. colleges address antisemitism gave the University of Kansas a B — reduced because of a “level of hostile anti-Zionist student groups.”
For the first time in Olathe’s 168-year history, the city has a resident rabbi. Rabbi Mendel Wenger and his wife, Sheina, arrived in late November on a mission to build a Jewish communal network in a city where no synagogue or Jewish institution previously existed.
