This is an adaptation of our editor-in-chief’s weekly newsletter. Sign up to get it delivered to your inbox on Friday afternoons. At a Jewish conference in Chicago last month, I picked up a T-shirt for the husband with a single word on it:...

In Benjamin Ginsberg’s latest book, “The New American Anti-Semitism: The Left, The Right, and The Jews”, he urges Jews to “wake up” to the threat posed by left-wing antisemitism in the United States. Ginsberg is the David Bernstein Professor...

Jennifer Schwesig, an international attorney at Armstrong Teasdale LLP, will be honored with the Blue Heart Award by the Gateway Alliance Against Human Trafficking (GAHT) at an award ceremony on Nov. 13. The Blue Heart Award celebrates her dedication...

The Jewish Community Relations Council of St. Louis (JCRC) has appointed J. David Levy as the new board chair for the Michael and Barbara Newmark Institute for Human Relations. The institute is committed to the concept of a pluralistic society where...

As the New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers face off in this year’s World Series, some recall the first time the two teams met in the Fall Classic, in 1941—a contest remembered for one of baseball’s most famous plays. But that World Series was...

Strikes by Israel on military sites in Iran Friday night, an operation closely coordinated with the Biden administration, garnered rare bipartisan U.S. support. Both presidential candidates – Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald...

Actor and comedian Michael Rapaport, who was scheduled to perform at the Sheldon Music Hall in St. Louis on Saturday, Nov. 9, has canceled his show. MetroTix notified ticket holders, stating: “Due to unforeseen circumstances, the Michael Rapaport show...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. At Manny’s deli in Chicago, both Democrats and Republicans stop in for bagels and lox and photo ops — and that’s...

Every year, as we study this week’s Torah portion, Bereshit, I find myself thinking of two remarkable rabbis.  The first rabbi I associate with Parashat Bereshit is Rabbi Sally J. Priesand. In 1972, Rabbi Priesand was ordained by the Hebrew Union...

Have you visited the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum recently? If so, the museum wants to learn more about your experience. In partnership with the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the Skokie Museum, the St. Louis museum is conducting...

The local Jewish community space, Matovu, will host an exclusive tour of one of the largest Judaica collections in the region on Nov. 12, from 7 to 8 p.m. The event will take place at Dunaway Books, 3111 S. Grand Blvd., which houses more than 10,000 Jewish...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Gali Segal and Ben Binyamin, two young people engaged to be married, were among those dancing at the Nova festival when...