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The University of Kansas Jewish Studies Program wrapped up its Fall 2025 semester, capping a season of classes, events, awards and partnerships.

The Kansas City Jewish community faced an eventful 2025, with global, national and local events all deeply impacting members.

For the fourth year in a row, Hanukkah Rocks will bring a celebration of Jewish singer/songwriter music to Lawrence, Kansas.

Sonia Warshawski never expected to become a quasi-celebrity or to retire from her beloved John’s Tailoring in Overland Park, Kansas.

Nearly 20 years after its founding, KU Chabad has opened a new building in Lawrence, Kansas, designed from the ground-up to serve Jewish students at the University of Kansas.

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.