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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.

The Kansas Senate and House of Representatives both passed resolutions supporting the State of Israel and condemning the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas against Israel.

With Israel’s agriculture sector experiencing a major downturn as the Israel-Hamas War continues, international volunteers, including community members Karen Gerson and her son Gilli, are helping pick up the slack.

The Israeli and American flags at the Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi) Jewish fraternity chapter at the University of Kansas were cut down by vandals for the second time in three months. 

The Kansas City Jewish Film Series (KCJFS) is launching its 2024 season with a documentary doubleheader featuring two films from Jewish Kansas Citian Sharon Liese.

When the members of the Yiddish Club meet every week at The J, their learning and conversation serve as evidence that the Yiddish language is still alive in Kansas City.

A tumultuous year for world Jewry, 2023 brought the Kansas City Jewish community significant struggles but also examples of unity, support and achievement.

Antisemitic comments on a Hanukkah post by a local library spurred a response of unity and pride among Jewish community preschools.