Nash Pratt was elected president of SETYG (Shaare Emeth Temple Youth Group). He is the son of Brooke and Ray Pratt and is a senior at Parkway Central High School.

Cooper Buxner was recently elected AZA’s president of the St. Louis Council of B’nai Brith Youth Organization (BBYO) for the 2024-25 school year. Son of Courtney and Evan Buxner, he is a sophomore at Ladue Horton Watkins High School (LHWHS). Molly...

Jim Rosen was recently inducted into the St. Louis Metropolitan Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.   A football official for 50 years, he was selected for this honor based on his officiating career and many contributions to the game of football....

New Mount Sinai Cemetery welcomes the community to its annual memorial service, at 11 a.m. Sunday, Oct. 6, featuring Holocaust Composer Stories and the music that defied the Nazis.  Holocaust Composer Stories is a collaboration between the St. Louis...

Here’s a recipe for strife: Start with a population that suffers from two millennia of discrimination and violence. Add a big dash of land that many in this population feel represents their homeland, and then mix in a healthy dose of a politically...

Gaya Zohar is a biology and music major. She is a typical teenager in many ways, but as a young Israeli, Zohar, 18,  spends part of every day hoping for peace. “We really hope that there will be peace in Israel, but there are still hostages in Gaza,...

St. Louis-based Be the Narrative, a Jewish nonprofit that works to combat antisemitism and build leadership skills among Jewish teens through its signature Student to Student program, is partnering with Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) to further...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Actress Patricia Heaton is encouraging non-Jews to hang a mezuzah on the front doors of their homes. The Catholic sitcom...

(JTA) — CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Mark Robinson, North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor, is facing renewed criticism amid revelations that he once called himself a “Black NAZI” and a “perv” online. Josh Stein, his Jewish Democratic...

Just 11 months before World War II ended, a U.S. Army twin-engine B-26 bomber crashed in the village of Blackmore in Essex, England. Four American airmen aboard the Baby Doll III were killed. On Tuesday, Sept. 24, that flight crew was honored—80 years...

Israeli Air Force fighter jets conducted massive airstrikes on Hezbollah targets across Lebanon throughout the day on Monday to prevent the Iranian-backed terror army from firing rockets across the border. As of Monday evening, the IAF had attacked...