Testimonies passed through generations
The scene is Germany in the immediate aftermath of World War II. A Jewish man just liberated from Buchenwald learns from the American Red Cross that his wife has also survived, but is in another concentration camp 200 miles north.
Israel’s newly sworn-in Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has many landmines to navigate. One concerns land issues in Israel’s Negev Desert, specifically whether he will rein in unregulated Bedouin settlements that some say threaten to overwhelm Israel’s land reserves in the south.
Kansas City native has led the temple from turmoil to transformation
It’s not like Arthur Nemitoff was pining away for home.
Lisa Bauman’s first glimpse of the German words “ARBEIT MACHT FREI” (“Work sets you free”) perched in wrought iron atop the front gate of Auschwitz enveloped her in a sinister silence.
After 12 straight years as Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu is losing power — and the government that’s about to replace him is remarkable in its own right.
Flora draws on Judaic teaching of tikkun olam for public service, run for Mission mayor
Sollie Flora draws on her legal training to work through complicated issues as a city council member in Mission, Kansas.
(JNS) Israeli Supreme Court President Esther Hayut blasted critics of the court at the annual Israel Bar Association conference in Eilat on Monday.
Approximately 250 attendees rallied Sunday afternoon at the Jewish Community Campus in Overland Park to stand behind Israel after the country endured days of rocket fire from Gaza during the recent conflict with Hamas.
Memories captured in stories are part of history. Preserving those memories for future generations helps keep history’s lessons alive.
Everybody can use an ice cream now and then. And everybody benefits from a welcoming workplace.
That’s the idea — with a twist — behind The Golden Scoop, a nonprofit ice cream and coffee shop at 9540 Nall Ave. in the Nall Hills Shopping Center in Overland Park.
