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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.

07/21/2025

Upon first meeting Rachel Kricsfeld, it’s easy to understand how she earned a coveted spot on KU’s Baby Jay mascot team. The recent KU graduate – who stands at 4 feet, 11 inches tall – had to keep her Baby Jay identity a secret for the three years she was on the team.

Read more about Rachel's time at KU as an Israel advocate and Baby Jay mascot: https://kcjc.com/current-news/top-stories/10252-baby-jay-rachel-kricsfeld

07/18/2025

A mohel — one who is trained in the ritual circumcision, or brit milah, of a Jewish baby boy — is hard to come by in the Midwest. Dr. Tiffany Simpson, Kansas City’s newest trained mohel, hopes to help.

Read more in the article here: https://kcjc.com/current-news/top-stories/10253-dr-simpson-mohel

07/15/2025

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.

Read more about Bloch's new role and inspirations here: https://www.kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10241-barbara-bloch-major-gifts-officer

07/14/2025

Recently, JFS of Greater Kansas City (Jewish Family Services) hosted a gathering in honor of Holocaust Survivor Day — a day created in 2021 to recognize survivors not just for what they endured, but for the lives they built and the wisdom they continue to share.

Read more about the event and JFS' work with Holocaust survivors here: https://kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10243-jfs-holocaust-survivor-day

07/10/2025

We at The Chronicle can't spin a basketball on our fingers... we'll blame that on the fact that we weren't taught by a Harlem Globetrotter like these campers were back in 1991!

Find more community history and fun stories at kcjc.com/archive.

07/08/2025

Rabbi Lawrence “Larry” Karol, leader of Topeka’s Temple Beth Sholom for more than two decades, died on July 6.

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 told The Chronicle that he was the only rabbi many of the congregants had ever known.

Read more about Rabbi Karol's life and career: https://kcjc.com/current-news/top-stories/10236-rabbi-karol-passes-away

07/07/2025

Multiple Jewish Kansas Citians were unexpectedly grounded in Israel during the outbreak of the war with Iran. Local Jews were in Israel for a multi-day conference of the Israel Economic Forum (IEF) and Birthright trips.

Read more about the experiences of Matthew and Bonnie Siegel, Irv and Ellen Robinson, Alexa Summers and Lydia Schwartz: https://kcjc.com/current-news/top-stories/10235-kansas-citians-difficulty-leaving-israel

07/03/2025

We hope you have a happy Independence Day weekend with plenty of great summer food, like hot dogs and watermelon... not quite what this advertorial in our June 28, 1957, issue, recommends: Manischewitz gefilte fish and borscht as summer fare.

Find more funny ads and Kansas City Jewish history at kcjc.com/archive.

07/02/2025

Although summer is just beginning, National Council of Jewish Women, Greater Kansas City Section is already looking ahead to the back-to-school season.

In keeping with its mission to improve the quality of life for women, children and families, NCJW will again host its Back to School Store, an initiative that provides support to local families in need.

Read more about volunteer opportunities and the Back to School Store: https://kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10221-ncjw-requesting-volunteers

07/01/2025

Jewish Community Foundation of Greater Kansas City’s Jewish Leadership Education Action and Development (J-LEAD) program, a giving circle for adults in their 20s, 30s and 40s, recently completed its 2025 grant cycle, in which members collectively granted $24,112 to six important community programs.

Read more about the grant recipients: https://kcjc.com/current-news/community-news/10222-jlead-2025-grant-results

06/30/2025

Jewish Federation of Greater Kansas City has launched the Israel in Crisis: Recover and Rebuild Fund in the wake of the Iranian missile attacks on Israel that caused dozens of deaths, thousands of injuries and significant destruction of property.

Read more about the fund: https://kcjc.com/current-news/top-stories/10223-federation-israel-crisis-fund

06/26/2025

Twenty-seven years ago today, The Chronicle reported on local Jewish educators who received awards from the Central Agency for Jewish Education. Among the winners were teachers from the Family Education Center of Conservative Judaism (at Congregation Beth Shalom) ; The Temple, Congregation B'nai Jehudah; and Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy (HBHA).

Find more award winners from the past 105 years and more in The Chronicle's free digital archives at kcjc.com/archive.

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