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For the fourth year in a row, Hanukkah Rocks will bring a celebration of Jewish singer/songwriter music to Lawrence, Kansas.

Sonia Warshawski never expected to become a quasi-celebrity or to retire from her beloved John’s Tailoring in Overland Park, Kansas.

Nearly 20 years after its founding, KU Chabad has opened a new building in Lawrence, Kansas, designed from the ground-up to serve Jewish students at the University of Kansas.

More than 80 years after his death, Sgt. Simon Garelich (z”l) has been returned to the United States. A casualty of World War II, his remains were identified and reinterred last month on American soil, and after generations, his family finally has closure.

As footage from Israel showed surviving hostages reunited with their families after two years in terrorist captivity, Jews across Greater Kansas City gathered with relatives and friends to share in the historic moment — an impromptu act of collective joy and remembrance marked by cheers, tears, hugs and a sense of belonging that spanned continents.

Jewish Community Relations Bureau | American Jewish Committee (JCRB|AJC) is often the first point of community advocacy responding to antisemitism.

A replica of a train car used to transport Jews to Nazi death camps is now serving as a traveling exhibit that uses Holocaust history to confront antisemitism and hate.

Day of Discovery, to be held on Sunday, Oct. 26, at the Jewish Community Campus, is offering 19 different courses over two sessions. Each course will be led by one or more community leaders.

Rabbi David Levinsky, the newest pulpit rabbi in Kansas City, has succeeded Rabbi Alan Londy as The New Reform Temple’s sole clergyman.