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Not many people have an activity they've enjoyed for almost four decades. Even fewer people are world champions at it.

It’s not every day that people get the chance to explore Jewish communities around the world and combine their passion for travel with the Jewish value of tikkun olam.

Kosher Torahs, mezuzot and tefillin do not come out of a printer — they are carefully handwritten by soferim (scribes) who must follow detailed laws that go back thousands of years. Overland Park’s Rabbi Berel Sosover is a trained sofer — the only one in the state of Kansas.

The much-anticipated Sobela Ocean Aquarium at the Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium officially opened on Labor Day weekend.

Beginning his theater journey when he was just six years old, Broadway producer Evan McGill is now a Tony Award winner. 

Pete Linde tested 72 bagel recipes before hitting perfection with number 73, said Janna Linde. She knows because she tried every single test bagel. 

Justin Bale, who owns a business in Olathe, Kansas, that grows more than 100 kinds of peppers and tomatoes and sells seasonings and hot sauces, has been kicked out of an Overland Park, Kansas, farmers market for antisemitic posts on social media.

In recognition of the importance of Holocaust survivors’ testimonies, the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) is hosting a series titled “I Witness: Conversations with Survivors” throughout its 30th year. 

The City of Roeland Park, Kansas, passed a resolution adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism at a city council meeting with more than 50 Jewish community members in attendance.

After 10 years of working with B’nai B’rith Youth Organization (BBYO) in Kansas City, senior regional director Annie Rifkin is leaving the organization to follow a new career path.