More than 80 years after his death, Sgt. Simon Garelich (z”l) has been returned to the United States. A casualty of World War II, his remains were identified and reinterred last month on American soil, and after generations, his family finally has closure.
As footage from Israel showed surviving hostages reunited with their families after two years in terrorist captivity, Jews across Greater Kansas City gathered with relatives and friends to share in the historic moment — an impromptu act of collective joy and remembrance marked by cheers, tears, hugs and a sense of belonging that spanned continents.
Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC) is often the first point of community advocacy responding to antisemitism.
A replica of a train car used to transport Jews to Nazi death camps is now serving as a traveling exhibit that uses Holocaust history to confront antisemitism and hate.
Day of Discovery, to be held on Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Jewish Community Campus, is offering 19 different courses over two sessions. Each course will be led by one or more community leaders.
Rabbi David Levinsky, the newest pulpit rabbi in Kansas City, has succeeded Rabbi Alan Londy as The New Reform Temple’s sole clergyman.
More than 200 community members, residents and families came together to celebrate Village Shalom’s 25th anniversary on the Helzberg Campus.
From making an impact in the Civil Rights Movement to serving in the United States Navy during World War II, Judge Howard Frederic Sachs has spent decades in pursuit of justice.
A delegation of 35 local Jewish teen athletes recently returned from Tucson, Arizona, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after competing at the 2025 JCC Maccabi Games.
Dr. Micah Levine and Josef Loeffler, two community members acutely aware of the effects of lung diseases, recently cofounded PulmaCare, a virtual pulmonary rehabilitation company.
