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The Kansas City Jewish Chronicle has been the voice of Jewish Kansas City since 1920—more than 100 years.

It is now owned and published by Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City.

11/18/2025

The J KC - Jewish Community Center recently launched its “Growing Our J” campaign, an expansion initiative designed focused on the renovation of The White Theatre at The J and the construction of a new indoor, family friendly, recreational pool.

Read more here: https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10479-growing-our-j-campaign

11/17/2025

Due to popular demand, The Museum of Art + Light (MoA+L) in Manhattan, Kansas, is extending “Afterimage,” a solo exhibition by Israeli-American artist Rae Stern, through February 2026.

Read more here: https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10480-rae-stern-exhibit-extended

11/14/2025

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

Read more about the new space and grand opening here: https://kcjc.com/current-news/top-stories/10481-ku-chabad-grand-opening-building

11/12/2025

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11/11/2025

The 100th birthday of "Big Sonia” Warshawski, local Holocaust survivor and star of the award-winning documentary of the same name, will be celebrated with a birthday party and screening of the documentary at the Glenwood Arts Theatre.

Read more here: https://kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10461-big-sonia-screening-100th-birthday

11/10/2025

The Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) created the Generations Initiative to engage the second and third generations in the transmission of memories of Holocaust survivors.

Read more about the initiative here: https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10462-mche-generations-initiative

11/07/2025

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.

Read this incredible story here: https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/top-stories/10463-sgt-simon-garelich-returned

11/06/2025

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11/04/2025

Dr. Melissa Karp joined the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education (MCHE) team as its new content specialist.

This newly created position is intended to bolster MCHE's capacity to develop and deliver high-quality programming, ensuring that its educational offerings continue to grow and evolve.

Read more here: https://kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10442-dr-melissa-karp-mche

11/03/2025

JFS of Greater Kansas City (Jewish Family Services) is assembling 100 emergency food kits filled with shelf-stable foods and fresh produce donated by Kanbe’s Markets for households affected by the shutdown who are not currently JFS clients.

Kits will be distributed on Tuesday, Nov. 4, between 6 and 8 p.m. at JFS Brookside.

Read more here: https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10443-jfs-emergency-kits-snap-benefits

10/31/2025

Five local rabbis across denominations have signed “A Rabbinic Call to Action: Defending the Jewish Future,” a letter condemning the “political normalization” of anti-Zionism, using New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani as an example.

Read more here: https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10444-rabbis-condemn-mayoral-nyc-candidate

10/28/2025

Jewish Community Relations Bureau - JCRB / AJC is often the first point of community advocacy responding to antisemitism.

Shortly after the release of the living hostages, The Chronicle sat down with Executive Director Neta Meltzer to discuss how Jewish community relations have changed over the past two years and what the future could look like.

Read the interview here: https://kcjc.com/current-news/top-stories/10421-neta-meltzer-recounts-changes-since-oct-7

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