In the past year, more than a dozen leadership positions at Kansas City Jewish community organizations changed hands. These new leaders’ efforts will play a part in determining the course of the Jewish community over the coming months and years.
More than 80 community members gathered in The White Theatre at The J on Jan. 15 to hear from award-winning Israeli journalist and author, Lee Yaron. Yaron’s visit to Kansas City fell on the same day the announcement of the Israeli hostage release deal, in which 33 hostages will be released in the course of six weeks, was made.
The Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City (JCF) announced the creation of a new $20 million fund dedicated to supporting professional theater companies in Kansas City and throughout the United States and Canada.
Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC) is currently searching for an executive director.
The Jewish Community Foundation (JCF) has three scholarships for those planning to attend Jewish summer programming.
On Sunday, Dec. 15, Simcha Gifts volunteers joined together to pack and prepare more than 1,000 packages for Hanukkah.
Jewish Federation’s Women’s Philanthropy will host a challah braiding and candle painting event to kick off 2025.
Eight-year-old domino artist Noah Unell, known as “The Menorah Man” by his friends and family, recently created a collection of 18 menorahs featured in two public art displays at Village Shalom and the Lenexa Public Library.
The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE), in partnership with the University of Kansas’ Jewish Studies Program, will hold the community’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration on Jan. 27.
The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah will feature the Good Faith Network (GFN) and its work at its Shabbat Tzedek (Justice Shabbat).
