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Gavriel Schreiber’s workdays are varied. He could be making edits to a contract, working on a speech or helping with plans for the Chiefs Super Bowl parade.

As part of the White House’s Building a Better America program, leaders from Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri were invited to Washington, D.C., to discuss how the government and local leaders can partner to strengthen communities.

Anti-Israel students interrupted a presentation at the University of Kansas by Oct. 7 massacre survivor Gal Cohen-Solal, and dozens more protested outside the venue. Protesters shouted at Cohen-Solal during his presentation, resulting in police officers escorting them out.

The parade and rally celebrating the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory was a day of celebration marred by tragedy.

An antisemitic vandal spray painted “Save Gaza” and “Free Palestine” on a driveway leading up to Temple Beth Sholom in Topeka, Kansas, the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.

In a joint session of the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives, Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, Israeli consul general to the region, addressed lawmakers regarding American support of Israel.

After five years as Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy’s (HBHA) head of school, Adam Tilove announced that he will step down from his role at the end of the spring 2024 semester.

This April, the Jewish Community Relations Bureau | AJC (JCRB|AJC) will host Driving Out Darkness in the Heartland: 2024 Regional Summit on Combating Antisemitism.

Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City raised more than $10 million from the community in 2023.

Mayor Rotem Yadlin and CEO Carmel Tal of the Gezer Region in Israel recently visited Kansas City to thank the community for the support it has shown in the aftermath of the Hamas attacks.