Annie Rothenberg was awarded Advocate of the Year by the Maplewood Richmond Heights School District. She helped lead the teacher’s union as they reached a collective bargaining agreement with the school district. It is the first such agreement between...

The Special School District Board of Education has appointed Sarah Davidovits as the new director of Special Education. She was most recently the assistant principal at Gotsch Intermediate School in Affton. Davidovits is a member of Agudas Israel of...

The Ladue School District Board of Education honored Ron Cytron with a Volunteer of the Year Award. He has shared his musical talents with the district for over 25 years; playing piano and guitar to accompany Conway, Old Bonhomme and Reed elementary schools...

Charlie Foxman has been elected chairman of Chesterfield’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board.  The board is responsible for maintenance, improvements, and new development. Foxman, a certified martial arts instructor and senior fitness and wellness/weight-loss...

Martina Stern is Congregation Temple Israel’s new executive director. She was previously the congregation’s director of special events.  Stern is succeeding Rachel Wallis Andreasson, who served in this position for nearly eight years. In her next...

Rabbi Greg Kanter, originally from St. Louis, has announced his new role at Temple B’rith Sholom in Springfield, after resigning from Kahal Kadosh Beth Elohim in Charleston, South Carolina. This move comes amid increasing discrimination against LGBTQ...

Rob Kodner was elected president of Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Community at the congregation’s recent annual meeting. Kodner is a retired manufacturing plant manager at Toyota Corporation.

Elisabeth Greenwood always knew what she wanted to do for a living. “I declared in the second grade that I wanted to be a teacher,” said Greenwood, who this fall will begin her 12th year teaching chemistry at Belleville East High School.  On May...

A renovated sanctuary is not the only change at United Hebrew Congregation this summer. Cantor Ron Eichaker will retire Aug. 31 and transition to his new role as cantor emeritus. Cantor Shirel Richman, who was born and raised in Jerusalem, will succeed...

Nearly 40 members of the Jewish community gathered at United Hebrew Congregation on Wednesday evening, August 7, in a show of solidarity and support for Israel. The date marks the 10th month since the Hamas attack. Led by Rabbi Jeffrey Abraham,...

Overwhelming support from the St. Louis Jewish community turned out to be critical to St. Louis County Prosecutor Wesley Bell’s victory Tuesday over incumbent Rep. Cori Bush, a two-term progressive and outspoken critic...

Pro-Israel groups celebrated a second victory Tuesday in their campaign to unseat Israel’s staunchest critics in Congress when Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri lost in the Democratic primary. Rep. Jamaal Bowman was defeated in June. The American Israel Public...