Rooted in Kansas City, connected globally — we uniquely integrate two organizational missions to nurture relationships, educate, and advocate in building understanding across all faiths and backgrounds.
As part of JCRB (Jewish Community Relations Bureau), we form lasting local relationships and advocate for justice on behalf of all minority groups.
As the local representative of AJC (American Jewish Committee), we share proven educational resources in combatting antisemitism in the form of discrimination and violence against the Jewish community.
The Jewish Community Relations Bureau was founded in 1944 — a time when American Jews watched in horror as their brothers and sisters in Europe faced the Holocaust with little outside help.
The founders of JCRB believed that the safety of Jewish people, at home and abroad, depended on building relationships: with neighbors, with leaders, with institutions, and with the broader community.
In 1951, AJC — the American Jewish Committee, the global Jewish advocacy organization — established its Kansas City chapter. For decades, both organizations worked in parallel, each contributing to the vitality and security of the Kansas City Jewish community.
In 1991, JCRB and the Kansas City AJC chapter merged to form JCRB|AJC — a hybrid model that combined local community relations expertise with the global reach of AJC. The merger created something neither organization could have achieved alone: a trusted local voice backed by international resources and relationships.
As AJC’s regional office for Kansas and Western Missouri, JCRB|AJC is part of a global network of Jewish advocacy organizations operating in more than 100 countries. We combine a deep knowledge of Kansas City with AJC’s unparalleled access to world leaders, governments, and international institutions.
Neta Meltzer
Hillary Thomas
Rachel Kaseff Worth
Director of Education & Programs
Development Coordinator
Demi Levitch
Operations Manager
Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) Facilitator
Strangers No More (SNM) Coordinator
Neta Meltzer
Executive Director
Bert Berkley Chair for Community Relations
Hillary Thomas
Rachel Kaseff Worth
Director of Education & Programs
Development Coordinator
Demi Levitch
Operations Manager
Strangers No More (SNM) Coordinator
Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) Facilitator
Neta Meltzer
Executive Director
Bert Berkley Chair for Community Relations
Hillary Thomas
Executive Director
Bert Berkley Chair for Community Relations
Rachel Kaseff Worth
Director of Education & Programs
Development Coordinator
Demi Levitch
Deputy Director
Director, Strategy & Development
Strangers No More (SNM) Coordinator
Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) Facilitator
Barry Kaseff
Daniel Singer
Lisa Schifman
Stewart Stein
Allison Berey
Lisa Bernard
Alan Edelman
Bradley Freilich
Hayden Galler
Rabbi David Glickman
Paul Greenwood
Ann Isenberg
Dr. Micah Levine
Jay Lewis (Ex-Officio)
Sharon Lindenbaum*
Kathi Rosenberg
Neil S. Sader
Gavriel Schreiber
Matthew Siegel
Gail Weinberg
Gary Wolf*
*Past JCRB|AJC chair *
Erwin Abrams
Michael Abrams*
Alice Jacks Achtenberg*
Richard Atlas ^
Irv Belzer
Bill Berkley
Steven Bernstein
Stevi Brick
Mark Gilgus*
Clint Gillom
Karen R. Glickstein
Edward Goldstein
Bob Grant
Rick Hellman
Reverend Dr. Vernon
Lynn Intrater
Harvey Kaplan
Sanford P. Krigel*
Adele Levi
Frank Lipsman*
Sharon Loftspring
Howard Mayer
Rabbi Arthur Nemitoff
Joel Pelofsky
Juan Rangel
Dr. David T. Rudman*
The Honorable
Howard Sachs^*
Carol Sader*
Dr. Scott Sher
Dr. Michael Sokol
David N. Sosland
Phyllis Stevens
Susie Swift
Amy Strauss Tranin
Patricia Werthan Uhlmann
Gregory Wolf
Jerome T. Wolf*
*Past JCRB|AJC chair *
