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Local Rabbi Monica Kleinman is piloting a new national initiative for new Jews-by-choice who are creating their Jewish lives amid friends and family who are not Jewish.

Liz Benditt knows all too well what it’s like to be a cancer patient. She survived four different types of cancer in eight years, beating bouts with melanoma skin cancer, thyroid cancer, basal cell skin cancer and breast cancer. 

What do two Jewish communities on two different continents separated by more than 5,500 miles have in common?

The Kansas City Jewish community embraced change in 2022, with mergers, emergency assistance abroad, planning at home and comings and goings among KC Jewish leadership.

Stanley Bushman, 94, a local philanthropist and real estate investor, last week announced three gifts of $2 million each from his supporting foundation to Jewish Family Services of Greater Kansas City, Jewish Vocational Service of Kansas City and Village Shalom.

Among the countless local holiday pop-up bars planned for this December, only one will be Hanukkah-themed.

The results of the Jewish Community Relations Bureau|American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC) 2022 Antisemitism in Schools Survey show that the fight against antisemitism toward local Jewish students is far from over. 

Natalie Goldman has dreamed of writing a book since she was a little girl. And now, the Blue Valley High senior is an author. Goldman recently self-published a children's book, "Olive Loves Being Jewish."

As our nation prepares to celebrate Veterans Day, there's a group in our Jewish community that works to honor, remember and help veterans every day.

Rabbi Aaron Philmus, Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy’s new school rabbi, strongly believes in the value of the natural world in Jewish education.