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JCRB|AJC summit underscores extent of antisemitism in the heartland
In a day-long summit with upwards of 25 speakers and panelists — including United States Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff — the Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee (J...
Less than a year after its launch, See KC is getting results
Though less than a year old, See KC — an initiative designed to showcase what Kansas City and the Jewish community have to offer in the hopes of enticing young Jewish singles, couples and famil...
Second Gentleman Emhoff to speak at JCRB|AJC antisemitism summit
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 w...
Building a safer community: 10 years after tragedy, security remains top priority
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 Sha...
Jews in the Americas Conference to be held at KU
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 ...
Kansas City PBS documentary chronicles aftermath of local hate-fueled shootings
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 sh...
Community Purim event aims for 1,000 community attendees
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. Read More ...
Gavriel Schreiber, from Harvard to KCMO City Hall
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. Read More ...
https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/top-stories/9365-gavriel-schreiber-from-harvard-to-kcmo-city-hall
Local leaders invited to White House for discussions
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 ...
Protesters disrupt Oct. 7 survivor’s presentation at KU
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-...
Driveway of Topeka’s Temple Beth Sholom vandalized
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. Read More ......
Community members share stories from Chiefs rally shooting
The parade and rally celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory was a day of celebration marred by tragedy. Read More ...
North Macedonia’s first Jewish lawmaker quickly broke taboos — and was hit with antisemitism
Politics was supposed to be a very brief interlude in Rashela Mizrahi’s career as a scientist. Read More ...
German military to get chief rabbi for first time in 100 years
(Israel Hayom via JNS) For the first time since World War I, the German military is set to appoint a chief rabbi. Read More ...
At 73, legendary NHL announcer Sam Rosen is still calling the plays
Legendary New York Rangers play-by-play sportscaster Sam Rosen is best known for his call in 1994 when the Rangers won the Stanley Cup for the first time in 54 years. New Yorkers can recite his c...
Mr. CANsas event benefits JFS food pantry
A beauty pageant with a can theme? That’s what students at Shawnee Mission East High School recently hosted, and the Jewish Family Services food pantry ended up being the big winner. Read Mor...
https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/7017-mr-cansas-event-benefits-jfs-food-pantry
Israel resumes supply of goods to Gaza
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz has issued instructions to resume shipments of humanitarian goods into the Gaza Strip for the first time since “Operation Guardian of the Walls” ended in ...
https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/7016-israel-resumes-supply-of-goods-to-gaza
Rep. Cori Bush won’t speak to St. Louis Jewish newspaper, its editors say
(JTA) — Missouri Rep. Cori Bush, the progressive freshman Democratic congresswoman who has made many statements critical of Israel, is refusing to participate in an interview with the St. Louis...
Non-Jewish victim in LA restaurant attack: ‘I do everything for my friends’
On the evening of May 18, a pro-Palestinian mob attacked a group of diners at the Sushi Fumi restaurant on La Cienega Boulevard. Video footage showed the assailants shouting racial slurs and th...
30 Years Later: “Operation Solomon”
TWO OF THE 14,325 STORIES BEHIND ‘OPERATION SOLOMON’ Ethiopia was in the midst of a brutal civil war in 1991 when Israel decided to launch an intrepid mission that would bring 14,325 Ethiop...
https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/7013-30-years-later-operation-solomon
Arab woman receives kidney from a Jew killed in Lod riots
Deadly riots in the mixed Jewish and Arab city of Lod claimed the life of 56-year-old Jewish electrician Yigal Yehoshua on May 17. He died of head injuries sustained when he was struck by a brick...
https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/7012-arab-woman-receives-kidney-from-a-jew-killed-in-lod-riots
Knesset approves legislation for government probe into Meron disaster
Israeli lawmakers on Monday approved a bill to establish a governmental commission of inquiry into the deadly Lag B’Omer stampede last month at Mount Meron. Read More ...
Rabbi Stephen Slater talks a lot about God. He credits his Baptist missionary parents.
Rabbi Stephen Slater’s rabbinate breaks the mold in all sorts of ways. Read More ...
What’s a ‘Jew of no religion’? American Jews open up about their non-religious identities
Jesse Wilks had a bar mitzvah — just not a religious one. His parents raised him in a secular home in New York City but still instilled him with a strong sense of Jewish identity. His mother ...
He left Brazil to become a lone soldier in Israel. Then he lost both his parents to COVID.
RAANANA, Israel — When Thiago Benzecry left his home in Brazil’s Amazon region to join the Israeli navy, he knew he was putting significant distance between himself and his family, in more ...
Two dead, 184 injured in bleacher collapse at Givat Ze’ev synagogue
(JNS) Two people were killed on Sunday evening during prayers at an unfinished synagogue in the town of Givat Ze’ev, near Jerusalem. Read More ...
186-year-old letter detailing early American diplomatic visit to Holy Land surfaces in Jerusalem auction
A detailed account of one of the earliest American diplomatic voyages to Palestine has surfaced as part of an upcoming auction in Jerusalem. Read More ...
In Seattle, a Jewish school turned mosque is bringing Jews and Muslims together
Nearly 100 years after Seattle’s first Jewish school opened, an effort is underway to restore its crumbling building — as a multifaith center that can unite Jews and Muslims in the city. Re...
Jared Moskowitz, Florida’s Democratic ‘master of disaster,’ has stepped down. But he may not be gone for long.
The tweet pinned to the top of Jared Moskowitz’s feed is a 46-word rebuke. Read More ...
The fighting in Gaza, Jerusalem and across Israel, explained
Rocket attacks in Israel. Airstrikes in Gaza. Violence in Jerusalem’s holiest sites. Protests across the city. It feels like Israel is in chaos. What is going on? And why is it happening now?...
https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/6939-the-fighting-in-gaza-jerusalem-and-across-israel-explained