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.
Last week was not easy for Lama Abuarqoub, a Palestinian from the West Bank who has worked for years to build understanding between Israelis and Palestinians.
A teacher and mother of five, Abuarqoub speaks regularly with Jews through Encounter, a group that brings Jewish Americans on tours of the West Bank to meet Palestinians. She also been active in efforts to bring Jewish and Palestinian women together to push for peaceful coexistence.
Climate change is a hot topic for Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy’s juniors and seniors, and they’re getting hands-on at the local level. The project is part of an annual social justice initiative the school has done in the past alongside University Academy.
Meet America’s Jews: They’re older, more educated, richer and less religious, on average, than the rest of the country.
