This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. With just 55 days until the presidential election and early voting set to begin in Pennsylvania later this month, Jewish...

Laura Whalen is the new board chair of Hillel at Washington University. Although her two-year term has officially started, her era will be ushered in at Hillel’s Evening in the Sukkah on Oct. 21. Whalen is a member of Temple Emanuel.

Good things do indeed come to those who wait. After a four-year delay caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, native St. Louisan Jeffrey Zuckerman finally was formally inducted as a Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts...

Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Community is excited to welcome Shira Singelenberg, a fifth-year rabbinical student, to St. Louis. Singelenberg is joining the community for the final year of her intensive two-year internship through the Reconstructionist...

Pretending to recruit for a pro-Hamas fraternity on a college campus taught two Jewish comedians how much future leaders can be sheep. Zach Sage Fox, the CEO and founder of a production company, and Yechiel Jacobs posed as recruiters for a fictitious...

The Bronfman Fellowship is launching a year-long pilot for a diverse group of Jewish college students called “Campus Commons: Building Bridges with Jewish Wisdom.” The hope is that this free program will empower students to use Jewish values and wisdom...

The National Council of Jewish Women, St. Louis Section (NCJWSTL) is moving exactly 285 feet. But those 285 feet will allow the organization to broaden its reach and deepen its impact within the community. Over the next two years, NCJWSTL will relocate...

Former President Donald Trump accused Vice President Kamala Harris of hating Israel during Tuesday’s presidential debate, a charge that Harris forcefully rejected.  “She hates Israel,” Trump after the moderators asked how he would end the...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. The Republican Jewish Coalition launched a major TV ad campaign on Monday targeting Jewish voters in battleground states....

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. A Bintel Brief, Yiddish for a bundle of letters, has been solving reader dilemmas since 1906. Send yours via email, social...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. James Earl Jones, the actor celebrated as the voice of Darth Vader who died Sept. 9 at the age of 93, modestly claimed...

Back in May, the Jewish Light told you: If anyone, or in this case, any two, are up to the challenge of asking members of the St. Louis Jewish community to donate to Jewish Federation’s Annual Campaign, it’s Galia Movitz and Janie Roodman Weiss, this...