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.
The Center for Global & International Studies and the Jewish Studies Program at the University of Kansas will host the Jews in the Americas Conference, which will explore the diverse experiences of Jews across North and South America.
Kansas City PBS will air “Healing Hate,” a new documentary chronicling Mindy Corporon and Sunayana Dumala’s friendship forged after two tragic hate crimes, including the 2014 antisemitic shootings outside of The J and Village Shalom.
After two years of well-attended annual Purim celebrations, the Kansas City Jewish community has set a lofty goal for 2024 — event organizers are hoping for 1,000 attendees.
Gavriel Schreiber’s workdays are varied. He could be making edits to a contract, working on a speech or helping with plans for the Chiefs Super Bowl parade.
As part of the White House’s Building a Better America program, leaders from Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri were invited to Washington, D.C., to discuss how the government and local leaders can partner to strengthen communities.
Anti-Israel students interrupted a presentation at the University of Kansas by Oct. 7 massacre survivor Gal Cohen-Solal, and dozens more protested outside the venue. Protesters shouted at Cohen-Solal during his presentation, resulting in police officers escorting them out.
The parade and rally celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory was a day of celebration marred by tragedy.
An antisemitic vandal spray painted “Save Gaza” and “Free Palestine” on a driveway leading up to Temple Beth Sholom in Topeka, Kansas, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.
