Local rabbis turned to the lessons and inspiration of Passover this week as they prepared for seders in the wake of the fatal shooting Sunday of three people outside Jewish facilities near Kansas City.“Coming as this did leading up to Passover, it helps...

The arrest of a white supremacist in connection with a shooting spree that left three dead at Jewish facilities in the Kansas City area Sunday is prompting a mixture of grief and attention to security among Jews in St. Louis.“Whether it is Kansas City...

WASHINGTON — The suspect in deadly shootings at two Jewish institutions in suburban Kansas City made no secret of his hateful views, but few could have anticipated the attack that claimed three lives on Sunday. The shooter was identified as Frazier...

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Every Friday at noon, my 2-year-old daughter and I rush through the doors of the Jewish Community Center of Greater Kansas City to meet my father for lunch. We are usually late, and the JCC’s Heritage Center, catering to active...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sent condolences to the families of those killed by a gunman at two Jewish facilities in Kansas City. “We condemn the murder that by all the signs was done out of hatred of Jews. The state...

President Barack Obama released a statement Sunday night pledging his support for the investigation. This afternoon we heard reports of a horrific shooting in Overland Park, Kansas. Michelle and I offer our thoughts and prayers to the families and friends...

WASHINGTON — The Southern Poverty Legal Center, a hate group monitor, identified the suspect in the deadly attack on a Jewish community in a Kansas City suburb as a prominent white supremacist. The group, naming the suspect as Frazier Glenn Miller,...