"This institutional anchor and well known landmark in mid-town Kansas City is considered by local historians to be one of the two most important buildings ever constructed in Kansas City. An example of post-World War II neo-Expressionism, the Temple is listed in A Field Guide to Contemporary American Architecture as among the most significant religious examples of this type of Modernist architecture."  Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation 10 Most Endangered Properties List for 2003

"Another blow was struck against the legacy of modern synagogue architecture, or a particular species of modernism, when the bold and expressive former sanctuary of Temple B'nai Jehudah in Kansas City (Missouri, USA), designed in the mid-1960s by the firm of Kivett and Myers, was sold by the congregation and soon after demolished."  Samuel Gruber, Jewish Heritage Research Center