The Missouri House passed several bills Thursday, including one that will broadly loosen car inspection requirements and another that would reduce the values used to calculate personal property taxes. Both bills now proceed to the Senate. Personal...

President Donald Trump has revived the hyphenated spelling of anti-Semitism, reversing a years-long shift toward the unhyphenated antisemitism used by Jewish organizations and scholars. The decision, reflected in his executive order on combating anti-Semitism...

Last November, the Jewish Community Center welcomed Steven Rosenzweig as its president and CEO. Rosenzweig, a member of Kol Rinah, was most recently CFO of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra (SLSO). He served in that same role (and chief operating officer)...

The St. Louis County Police Department announced Thursday that a suspect has been arrested in connection with the racist grafitti incidents at two Affton School District schools. The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office has charged 18-year-old...

Rachel Leonard was accepted into the Glass Leadership Institute (GLI) leadership development program at the Anti-Defamation League. GLI aims to empower young professionals to fight antisemitism and hate in their own communities. Leonard is Congregation...

President Donald Trump stirred controversy by calling Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer a Palestinian, saying, “He used to be Jewish. He’s not Jewish anymore.” Trump made the remarks while speaking to reporters alongside Irish Prime Minister...

Israel has invited Tesla to submit a bid for an official government electric vehicle tender, a senior Israeli official told JNS. The decision to consider Tesla vehicles for top officials is part of an effort to prioritize high-performance cars, with the...

Anthony Cumia, a controversial right-wing shock jock with a documented history of antisemitism, has launched a nationally syndicated radio show. The former Opie & Anthony co-host, who was fired from SiriusXM for racist remarks, debuted his new program...

For over a year, an image of the Bibas family in Batman pajamas symbolized the global call for their return from captivity in Gaza. This Purim, children in Israel and beyond are dressing as Batman for Purim to honor Ariel Bibas, the 4-year-old who was...

This week, we celebrate Purim. The holiday is a remembrance of a dark tale, filled with trickery, deception, and plots of murder and revenge. The themes of the story are heavy and important. But the celebration of Purim is surrounded by a gauzy cloud...

For the second time in less than a week, a school in the Affton School District has been vandalized with racist graffiti, and police believe the two incidents may be connected. The latest act of vandalism occurred overnight on March 12 at Rogers Middle...

St. Louis' Women with Chutzpah, a new weekly feature, builds on our recent story about "Chutzpah Girls: 100 Tales of Daring Jewish Women" by Julie Silverstein and Tami Schlossberg Pruwer, which highlights 100 bold Jewish women.  Ross Sonneschein Rosa...