Kansas City’s Jewish community has been home to many Holocaust survivors over the years, and Jewish Family Services (JFS) has supported, listened and helped many of them navigate daily life with care ...

Barbara Bloch, a native Kansas Citian and Jewish community member, has been hired as Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City’s major gifts officer. She began in this newly-created role on June 1.

Hadassah Great Plains, in conjunction with Hadassah Greater Kansas City, will host a luncheon and forum, “Facing Antisemitism: From Classrooms to Communities,” on Sunday, July 20, from 11:30 a.m to 2 ...

The Jewish Community Foundation’s Community Legacy Fund has awarded $117,045 in innovative and emergency grants to communal organizations. The grants are given to support high-quality, new programs ...

Multiple Jewish Kansas Citians were unexpectedly grounded in Israel during the outbreak of the war with Iran. The war, which ...

In 1984, he began his 22-year tenure at Temple Beth Sholom, the only synagogue in Topeka. He led the synagogue as the sole full-time clergy member — when he left the synagogue in 2006, a congregant ...

The spiritual care volunteers (SCV), part of the Jewish Community Chaplaincy program at Jewish Family Services (JFS), visit others at their most vulnerable moments, including during challenging health ...

Since 1920, the Kansas City Jewish Chronicle has provided its readers with Jewish news and opinion from a variety of perspectives — local, regional, national and international. The paper is mailed to ...

Broadway classic “West Side Story” begins its run at The Lewis & Shirley White Theatre at The J on Saturday, July 5.