Opinions

Amid rising tensions on college campuses, I recently joined more than 200 Chabad on Campus emissaries from 14 countries for our summer conference in Israel.

Disgusted, scared, confused and angry are all words to describe my feelings about our world post-Oct. 7, the day of the Hamas invasion of southern Israel and mass murder of over 1,200 Israelis.

Last week, our board chair-elect Sondra Friedman and I traveled with the Jewish Federations of North America to Berlin and Israel.

Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee Interim Executive Director Neta Meltzer attended Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress on July 24.

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The following two editorials were published in the July 18, 1924, edition of The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle. Both were written by the editorial board — likely specifically by Victor Slone, The Chronicle’s first editor.

The Chronicle and Jewish Federation staff experienced a loss last week. Marsha Cott passed away.

The murderously cruel attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists last Oct. 7 and the ensuing war and resurgent antisemitism have profoundly affected life for Jews and their rabbis in the Kansas City area.

The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle recently rejoined the American Jewish Press Association (AJPA), and one of the biggest benefits of being an AJPA member is the annual conference.

[Netflix’s “Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial”] is a must-see, especially for young people.