Missouri Gov. Mike Parson met Thursday in Missouri with a consul general and deputy consul general of Israel. “This morning I met with Consul General of Israel in Miami Maor Elbaz-Starinsky and Deputy Consul Mr. Mike Driquez and was honored to welcome...

The National Council of Jewish Women in St. Louis is preparing to launch a virtual fundraiser, Bourbon & Bags. From Nov. 1-10, people can enter to win one of four prize packages, each containing a gently-used Chanel bag and at least six bottles...

Chabad of Chesterfield is launching a new course for women focused on Jewish rituals. The course, “Well-Connected: It’s Not What You Know. It’s What You Do” explores “how while we often think that faith is a core set of beliefs surrounded...

The regional director of Chabad of Greater St. Louis is leading a four-part series in November aimed at helping people combat antisemitism. Rabbi Yosef Landa will host “Outsmarting antisemitism: How to beat it with purpose, positivity and Jewish...

U.S. Rep Andy Levin of Michigan has a “really warm relationship” with fellow Democrat Rep. Cori Bush of St. Louis, Levin said Monday morning at a J Street breakfast fundraiser in Clayton. That close connection includes his son Saul and former legislative...

Tamyka Perine is the first woman of color to serve as executive director of Cultural Leadership, a local nonprofit aimed at training civil rights leaders among local Jewish and African American students. Perine, 38, joined the organization this month...

I remember distinctly the first time I saw this photograph, hanging in a huge frame over the mantel in cousin Susan’s house in Ann Arbor, Mich., 32 years ago.    That weekend the Neumann family had gathered from all over to celebrate her parents...

Before the pandemic, Clayton native Jo Firestone, 33, a comedian, actor, writer and podcast host who now lives in Brooklyn, N.Y., began teaching senior citizens how to perform standup comedy. When the pandemic shut that down, Firestone and her charges...

Cultural Leadership, a local nonprofit aimed at training civil rights leaders among local Jewish and African American students, has hired a new executive director. Tamyka Perine is the organization’s third director, and she is the first woman of...

About six years ago, a friend approached Michael Staenberg, a St. Louis Jewish philanthropist, and told him about a project he was working on: the Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem. The project had been in the works since 2000 and experienced numerous...

Talk to any Jewish person who has spent any time in Taiwan and they’ll probably tell you how easy it is to be Jewish here. Not only is Taiwan an easy place to live, the locals kind and welcoming, but without Europe and the United States’s tradition...

(Israel Hayom) — Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday that a recently foiled plot in Cyprus reportedly targeting Israeli tycoon Teddy Sagi was in fact a much wider Iranian attempt to kill Israelis residing in the island nation. “As...