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Rabbi Doug Alpert speaks at the funeral of Sarah Milgrim at Congregation Beth Torah in Overland Park, Kansas, on May 27, 2025. (Screenshot via JTA)
May 28, 2025, 3:45 am
Murdered Israeli Embassy staffer remembered for ‘all she had done to further peace’
‘If you’re really interested in doing something for Gaza… you could have asked’ Sarah Milgrim, says rabbi at Kansas City funeral, in remarks seemingly addressed at shooter who yelled ‘Free Palestine’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Family and friends arrive at Congregation Beth Torah for a funeral for Sarah Milgrim, a staffer at the Israeli Embassy who was killed last week outside a Washington, DC, Jewish museum, May 27, 2025, in Overland Park, Kansas. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
May 27, 2025, 11:43 pm
Kansas Jewish community holds funeral for Israeli Embassy staffer slain in DC
Family and friends hold private service at Overland Park synagogue, where Sarah Milgrim attended through high school with her family; Vance visits the embassy to pay respects
By MARGERY A. BECK
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (15) celebrates after the NFL Super Bowl 58 football game against the San Francisco 49ers, in Las Vegas, February 11, 2024. John Locher/AP)
February 12, 2024, 10:28 am
Mahomes leads Chiefs to Super Bowl thriller win over 49ers
Winners snatch 25-22 overtime victory to secure their third NFL championship in five seasons; halftime ads heavy on celebrities, serious on confronting antisemitism
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Aviva Okeson-Haberman on the job as a reporter for KCUR in Kansas City, September 2020. (Brandon Parigo via JTA)
April 27, 2021, 12:44 am
Stray bullet kills 24-year-old Jewish reporter for NPR affiliate in Kansas City
Aviva Okeson-Haberman fatally hit in her own apartment; was about to start new job covering social services and criminal justice
By Ron Kampeas
Aaron Coleman (Facebook/Aaron Coleman for Kansas via JTA)
November 7, 2020, 4:23 am
Kansas student who admitted to harassing girls online wins state House election
20-year-old Aaron Coleman, who was disavowed by Democrats over his conduct in middle school, claims party is targeting him because he’s a progressive
By Ron Kampeas
Jessica Krug (Duke University Press)
September 4, 2020, 11:30 pm
Professor who faked Afro-Latina identity went to Kansas City Jewish day school
Jessica Krug attended Hyman Brand Hebrew Academy and her family belonged to Congregation Ohev Sholom in suburban Prairie Village
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A screen capture from a video of Jessica Krug, speaking under the name Jess La Bombera. (Screen capture: YouTube)
September 4, 2020, 12:53 pm
US professor says she lied about being Black, and is really a Kansas City Jew
Jessica Krug says she built her life ‘on a violent anti-Black lie,’ calls herself a ‘culture leech’ for forging her identity
By ToI Staff
The J.C. Nichols fountain in Kansas City, Missouri, June 23, 2020. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
June 27, 2020, 4:15 am
Protests spark move to rename iconic Kansas City fountain
Installation is named after influential developer J.C. Nichols, who barred Jews, Black people, other minorities from buying his homes
By MARGARET STAFFORD
Kansas City Chiefs' quarterback Patrick Mahomes celebrates his touchdown pass to Damien Williams in the second half of the NFL Super Bowl 54 football game February 2, 2020, in Miami Gardens, Florida. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
February 3, 2020, 6:01 am
Comeback king Mahomes sparks Chiefs to Super Bowl win after 50-year wait
Kansas City team takes first NFL Championship since their triumph over the Minnesota Vikings in 1970
By BARRY WILNER
In this image from 41 KSHB Kansas City Action News police work the scene of a shooting outside a Kansas City, Kansas bar on October 6, 2019. (41 KSHB Kansas City Action News via AP)
October 6, 2019, 6:33 pm
Police look for 2 men in Kansas bar shooting that killed 4
Authorities say shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. at Tequila KC Bar and stemmed from earlier altercation
By Heather Hollingsworth
Henry Bloch in 1980 (Bloch family via JTA)
April 25, 2019, 4:02 am
Henry Bloch, founder of H&R Block and philanthropist, dies at 96
Bloch was a major donor to Kansas City Jewish community; was once famously denied membership in a local country club because he was Jewish
By JTA
Jason Kander, shown in July 2017, is one of the rising stars of the Democratic Party. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images via JTA)
October 2, 2018, 11:43 pm
Jason Kander drops out of Kansas City mayor race, cites mental health
Rising Democratic star, who is Jewish, says he continues to feel impact of PTSD from his time in the military
By AP
Jason Kander, shown in July 2017, is one of the rising stars of the Democratic Party. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post via Getty Images via JTA)
June 26, 2018, 6:49 am
Rising star Jewish Democrat to run for mayor of Kansas City
Rumored to have 2020 presidential aspirations, Jason Kander will focus immediate political efforts on local politics in home state of Missouri
By JTA
Steve Fitzgerald (YouTube screenshot)
April 29, 2018, 1:06 am
Rabbis call on House candidate to stop comparing abortion to Holocaust
Kansas City’s Steve Fitzgerald likened Planned Parenthood to a Nazi concentration camp, brought up Mengele in debate over aborted fetal tissue
By JTA
Jeremy Rothe-Kushel (YouTube screenshot)
April 28, 2018, 10:55 am
Jewish man sues over his arrest for criticizing Israel at Dennis Ross panel
Suit alleges Jeremy Rothe-Kushel’s free speech rights were violated when he was booted from event for questioning Jewish state’s policies
By AP
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