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Editor’s note: Kansas City Jewish Chronicle assistant editor Lacey Storer shares her impressions of the new airport terminal, which she got a preview of during the terminal test on Feb. 14.

Ethan Jagoda, a student at the University of California, Berkeley, has developed Scribble AI, an app designed to make artificial intelligence (AI) more accessible.

Thanks to generous community members, Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City ended 2022 having raised more than $6.5 million in support of programs and services for the Jewish community locally, nationally and globally.

At the end of 2023, Lauren Mattleman Hoopes will retire as executive director of the Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City, a position she has held for nearly 20 years.

The Governing Body of the City of Leawood, Kansas, has unanimously passed a resolution recognizing increased levels of antisemitism and adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism.

February is Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month (JDAIM), a unified effort among Jewish organizations worldwide to help raise awareness and foster acceptance of people with disabilities and mental health conditions. 

Thirteen religious leaders from across Missouri, including five who are Jewish, filed a lawsuit Thursday in St. Louis Circuit Court challenging Missouri’s abortion ban, arguing that it is unconstitutional because it imposes “one narrow religious doctrine on all Missouri residents and violates the separation of church and state.”

Don Goldman, executive director and CEO of Jewish Family Services (JFS) has announced his plans to retire this year.

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.