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Healing Hate: How to Build a More Resilient Kansas City

A decade after an antisemitic hate crime at the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park, communities are embracing the science behind helping children recover.

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A scene from "Surviving Hitler," now playing at the White Theatre on the campus of the Jewish Community Center in Overland Park.

‘Surviving Hitler’ … And Never Forgetting

A new play, “Surviving Hitler,” depicts Jack Mandelbaum as boy and his resilient journey toward manhood during one humanity’s greatest acts of evil, the Holocaust.

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Israeli President Chaim Weizmann with President Truman with the torah at the White House

Harry Truman and the Holocaust

As the 33rd president, Harry Truman drew upon a lifetime of relationships with Jewish friends as he weighed his actions in response to the Holocaust.

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Kansas City's Holocaust Memorial on the campus of the Jewish Community Center.

‘All These Delicate Sorrows’: Kansas City’s Holocaust Memorial

Shelly Cline, Ph. D., historian and director of education with the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, presents a detailed description of Kansas City’s Holocaust Memorial in this extended cut from the upcoming Kansas City PBS documentary, “All These Delicate Sorrows.”

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