Richard M. Simon, July 27, 1943 - May 9, 2024, was a beloved brother and brother-in-law of Florine Bender Marks and Hank Marks; born in St Louis to the late Leon and Rose Simon; loving father of Jonathan Simon and Noah Simon (Julie Daniels); adored...
Gary C. Liess, May 16, 2024
Beloved husband of Shari Liess; dear father of Benjamin Liess (Angie); Aaron Liess (Eva), Jeremy Liess (Ashley Vogler) and Matt Liess; dear grandfather of Hannah and Jake Liess; dear son of Beverly “Cookie” Liess and...
Laura Resnick, born January 19, 1947, passed away on Thursday, May 9, 2024.
She was the beloved daughter of the late Jess and Sylvia (Sorkin) Resnick. She is survived by her brothers Alan (Kathy Edrich) Resnick and Perry (Pamela) Resnick; nephews...
Jean Fitterman, May 18, 2024
Beloved wife of the late Bernard Fitterman; dear mother and mother-in-law of Alan Fitterman (Marlene), Robert Fitterman and the late Stefan Fitterman; dear grandmother of Justin Fitterman (Marissa), Lauren Crowe (Bill)...
Ronald L. Kramer, 01-11-1943 – 05/10/2024
Dear father and father-in-law of Amanda Geraghty (Todd), Susanna Reeves, and Kristina Davis (Charles); dear grandfather of Joey, Quinn, and Tyson Ronald Geherty, Sophia Staten, and Benjamin, Lainie, and...
(Washington Jewish Week via JTA) — Brood X, the once-every-17-years emergence of cicada swarms across much of the Midwest and Eastern U.S., has again left its mark, with trillions of the insects clogging many major metropolitan areas (and serving as...
(JTA) — The Israeli military has recovered the bodies of three people who were killed in the massacre at the Nova music festival on Oct. 7, including Shani Louk, whose body was photographed being carried away in a pickup truck by Hamas terrorists.
Rear...
Perry Palan, May 16, 2024
Perry Palan was born to Dorothy (Adler) and Michael Palan of University City, Missouri, on Thursday, April 8, 1943. He was named after his maternal great-grandfather, Pinchas (Paul) Adler. Born with no middle name, he often...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Before sending the letter she knew would ricochet around the world, Lily Greenberg Call gave her parents a heads-up and said goodbye to her colleagues.
Then she went home and prepared for the storm that she correctly predicted...
(JTA) — A middle school teacher in Connecticut was reportedly suspended following a lesson on the Holocaust in which they asked students to draw a swastika in their notebooks, list positive things Adolf Hitler did for Germany and comment on a baby photo...
Louis Glaser passed away peacefully on May 11, 2024, at the age of 93. Born on October 3, 1930, in St. Louis, Missouri. Louis was a devoted husband to his wife, Roberta (Bobbie) Glaser, with whom he shared 67 years of loving marriage. He was a proud...
(JTA) — Breathless headlines have tracked the recent “Great Rap War” between Drake, a biracial Jewish Canadian rap superstar, and Kendrick Lamar, a Black non-Jewish American rap superstar.
Over the past few weeks, Drake and Lamar have bashed...
