Anita Zavack, October 23, 1940 – January 24, 2025
Beloved wife of Raymond Zavack; daughter of the late Charles & Frances Jacobs; dear mother & mother-in-law of Lori (Eric) Kutilek, Stephanie (Chris) Brockmann and the late Jennifer Zavack;...
Hamas has published the names of the four hostages it will release on Saturday, the second group of captives to go free in the initial phase of the ceasefire that began this week.
The four hostages expected to be released on Saturday are Daniela Gilboa,...
Max (Maxie) Bridge, 85, of Chesterfield, Missouri, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2025.
Max was born on March 6, 1939, to Jessie and Sam Bridge in Lyons, New York. He graduated from Monroe High School in 1956 and returned to Rochester, NY...
Donald Lewis Oglander, 91, of St. Louis, Missouri. passed away peacefully on January 20th 2025. He was a very gentle soul who never met a stranger and took genuine interest in everyone he met. He is preceded in death by his loving parents Albert and...
Jacquelyn “Jackie” R. Schuff, January 22, 2025
Beloved wife of Fred Schuff for 57 years. Dear mother of David (Peggy Haines) Schuff, Evann (Joseph) Mannella, and Jenny (John Gower) Schuff. Loving grandmother of Harrison and Luciana Mannella. ...
Craig Martin Schultz, aged 74, passed away peacefully on January 22, 2025, at his home in Maryland Heights.
Craig’s academic accomplishments laid the foundation for a successful career in engineering. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering...
(JTA) — A survivor of the Nova music festival massacre will represent Israel in the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest.
Yuval Raphael secured the position on Wednesday when she won “Rising Star,” the Israeli TV show that produces each year’s Eurovision...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has come to the defense of Elon Musk, days after the billionaire and prominent Trump ally was accused of delivering Nazi salutes at a presidential inauguration rally.
One hour later, the world’s richest man...
Rabbi Andrea Goldstein
• Published January 23, 2025
This week’s Torah portion, Vaera, describes the first seven of the 10 plagues that God wrought upon Egypt so that Pharaoh would heed Moses’ pleas to let our people go. After each request from Moses and Aaron, Pharaoh refuses. A plague is brought upon...
A postwar epic about a Holocaust survivor, a contemporary comedy about Holocaust tourism and a biopic of a Jewish musical legend helped lend a formidable Jewish presence to Thursday’s Oscar nominations.
Meanwhile, nominations for a documentary about...
(JTA) — Within hours of her release from captivity in Gaza, Emily Damari’s hand had become a new Israeli icon.
Damari was injured on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists shot her and took her hostage. It became clear after she was released on...
