Former Overland Park Deputy Chief of Police Simon Happer is now the Kansas City Jewish community’s security chief.

Gov. Laura Kelly’s final Kansas Holocaust Commemoration as governor will include her presenting the Kansas Proclamation for the Days of Remembrance, which includes the following: “...the people of the ...

JewishU is KU Chabad’s flagship educational initiative, providing a range of discussion-based courses that explore Jewish thought, ethics, relationships, mental health and practical living. Courses ...

“It’s literally one by one,” Freiden said. “That’s how you build a community.” ...

For Jewish Family Services’ (JFS) 125th Anniversary Celebration, Ro and Howard Jacobson and their family were chosen to serve as its honorary family. JFS is one of nearly 100 organizations to which ...

Kehilath Israel Synagogue (K.I.) will host a screening of the 2025 film “Nuremberg” for Yom HaShoah. The event, to be held on Tuesday, April 14, at 6:45 p.m., is open to the community and will be at K ...

The Yom HaShoah Commemoration will take place at 1:30 p.m. on April 12 at The White Theatre at The J (5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park, KS 66211). This year the commemoration is chaired by Geri Crain, ...

Ezra Irvin and Noa Leah Maker, children of Shannon and Joshua Maker, will become b’nai mitzvah on Saturday, Apr. 18, at The Temple, Congregation B’nai Jehudah. Harper Kadosh, daughter of Julie ...

The Yom HaShoah Commemoration will take place at 1:30 p.m. on April 12 at The White Theatre at The J (5801 W. 115th St., Overland Park, KS 66211). The State of Kansas will memorialize the victims of ...

Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA) held its annual Purim carnival this past week, celebrating the holiday as a school, complete with bouncy houses, carnival games and prizes. The Upper School Student ...

The Kansas City Section of the National Council of Jewish Women hosts the “Jewish Union of ‘Retired’ Ladies, Intelligent, Energetic and Sexy!” (JULIES), a cohort of retirees that meets monthly for ...

In 2025, the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) led a European study tour, which allowed community members the opportunity to see the historical locations that played a part in the tragedy ...