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This year's community Yom HaShoah service will be held on May 1 at 1:30 p.m. in the White Theatre at The J.

Although Marc Kulick and Joe Loeffler, partners in privately-held real estate investment firm Vesta Capital, grew up knowing each other through Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy, it was years into their careers before the idea of forming a professional partnership came about.

Jason Kander, a Jewish Kansas City native and former Missouri Secretary of State, is perhaps best known for going public with his struggles with PTSD and stepping down from his 2018 Kansas City mayoral campaign to focus on his mental health.

JCRB|AJC and partner organizations Avodah, SevenDays, Jewish Vocational Services, and Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, welcomed nearly 200 guests to the 2022 Unity Seder on March 29.

Kelley Carpenter has joined JFS as its director of marketing and communications.

It’s been eight years since a white supremacist drove into the parking lot of the Jewish Community Center on April 13 and murdered 14-year-old Reat Underwood; his grandfather, Dr. William Corporon; and Terri LaManno.

Under the leadership of campaign chairs Lisa and Steve Ruben, Village Shalom is pleased to announce a successful Ages of Excellence campaign benefiting its Financial Assistance Program. 

The award-winning Broadway musical “Kinky Boots” has been confirmed as part of the 2022-2023 season lineup at the Lewis & Shirley White Theatre at The J.

Jewish teens from the Kansas City area attended an evening of ax throwing while raising close to $2,000 for Ukrainian orphans.

Joe Loeffler recently represented Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City alongside 100 Jewish leaders and philanthropists for the first major North American young leadership mission to Israel since the pandemic, dubbed “New Mission for a New Generation.”