Top Stories

Molly Hess has been announced as the new director of Jewish Experiences, a collaboration of the Jewish Federation of Kansas City and The J, having joined the team at the end of August. 

After more than 10 years of dedication to The J, DD Gass, director of camps and school-age services, has announced her retirement.

More than six years ago, Victor Wishna found himself in Ottumwa, Iowa, writing a story about a small synagogue in the process of decommissioning.

A delegation of 28 local Jewish teen athletes recently returned from Houston, Texas, after competing at the 2024 JCC Maccabi Games, and 22 of them medaled across multiple sports.

Kehilath Israel Synagogue has announced that Shelley Palmarine will join as the synagogue’s new executive director.

It has been 130 years since a small band of women chartered the National Council of Jewish Women of Greater Kansas City Section (NCJW).

For nearly two decades, the KU Chabad House has been a small converted duplex. Now, a new, 10,000-square-foot, $6 million Chabad House will cater to the growing Jewish student population at KU.

Attention shown by the office to KU’s Jewish community contrasts starkly with some higher-education DEI programs, which have been accused of stoking antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war.

Few people can claim to be as intertwined with the history of the Kansas City Jewish community as Debbie Granoff.

Attention shown by the office to KU’s Jewish community contrasts starkly with some higher-education DEI programs, which have been accused of stoking antisemitism amid the Israel-Hamas war.