Recent Opinions

I’d like to introduce myself and express my gratitude to the Jewish Family Services (JFS) staff and wider Jewish community here in Kansas City for the warm welcome.

On May 12 the “American Jewish Committee (AJC) formalized their partnership with CyberWell to understand, respond to, and prevent online antisemitism.”

In Judaism, we are told to “be fruitful and multiply.” Ours is a tradition deeply rooted in continuity, family and the sacredness of bringing new life into the world. From Shabbat dinners to baby namings to generations gathered around holiday tables, motherhood and family-building are often woven into the very fabric of Jewish communal life.

As board president of JCRB|AJC, the question I have heard most often in recent months is a simple one: “What can I do?”

I want to express my appreciation for your article, “Where Arks Once Stood.” Your writing stirred many meaningful memories from my years growing up in Kansas City.

Congregation Beth Torah’s Weiner Religious School (WRS) is experiencing an exciting season of growth as it prepares for the 2026–27 (5787) school year.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and for me, this is not an abstract idea or a passing calendar moment. It is core to my rabbinate and to how I understand sacred community.

After a deadly hate crime shooting in 2014 at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, Kansas, our community was devastated. From this act of pure hatred, a silver lining emerged.

Mental illness does not discriminate. It touches every family, every community and every corner of our lives — often quietly, and too often alone.