Recently-elected Leawood City Council member Rachel Rubin’s dedication to her work goes beyond just being a Leawood resident – it ties in with her Jewish heritage and identity, which she described as “rooted in a sense of justice and tikkun olam.”
In 2025, the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) led a European study tour, which allowed community members the opportunity to see the historical locations that played a part in the tragedy of the Holocaust.
Jewish Federation of Kansas City has partnered with Jewish Family Services to launch a new interest-free loan program designed to help those facing financial challenges in the Jewish community.
Artwork featuring legendary Jewish actress Sarah Bernhardt will be on display at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in the exhibit “Mucha’s Muses: Sarah Bernhardt and the Spirit of Art Nouveau.” The pieces, all created by Czech artist Alphonse Mucha in the late 19th and early 20th century, often served as posters or advertisements for the French performer’s theatrical career.
Jewish advocate David Harris will speak to the Kansas City community for the first time since 2024 in a series of events this coming March. The Jewish community will have four opportunities to hear from him between March 4 and 6.
Mahjongg, the tile-based game that has entertained generations, is riding a wave of renewed popularity across the United States and beyond — and this time, it’s not just “grandma’s game.”
Jewish Federation is celebrating its most successful Community Campaign in the organization's 92-year history, an accomplishment that Federation leadership attributes to the support and generosity of the entire Kansas City Jewish community. More than $5.6 million was raised for Federation's 2025 Community Campaign.
The start of a new year brought the arrival of a new executive director for Kehilath Israel Synagogue.
Across Greater Kansas City, Jewish life is not defined only by where synagogues, schools and community centers stand. Families live north of the river, in Midtown, in Olathe, in eastern Jackson County and far beyond the neighborhoods most closely associated with Jewish communal life.
On a Friday afternoon each month, Andi Edwardson loads six packs of kosher chicken into her shopping cart at the Leawood, Kansas, Trader Joe’s, knowing it will be a few weeks before she again makes the 40-minute drive from her home in Parkville, Missouri.
