The central figure in an iconic 1967 photograph of three paratroopers at the liberated Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem died on Saturday. Yitzhak Yifat was 81. Yifat, 24 at the time the photo was taken, can be seen in the center of the...

She was an adoring Jewish mother, a generous benefactor to her synagogue, Rodeph Sholom, and a proper 19th century lady who wore floor-length silk gowns.  But Fredericka Mandelbaum was also what her biographer, Margalit Fox, calls “America’s...

Picture this: It’s a beautiful evening at Camp Sabra. Kids are gathered around a campfire, song leaders are strumming guitars, and everyone is belting out tunes with infectious enthusiasm. The scene isn’t much different in synagogues,...

Midtown Alley, one of St. Louis’s most dynamic creative districts, is showcasing two new vibrant murals, one of which is by local Jewish artist Edo Rosenblith. He recently unveiled "Spring" on the back of the Red Flag Music venue at 3040 Locust...

As a way to address the critical shortage of early childhood education teachers, Jewish Federation of St. Louis has joined the second cohort of cities to roll out ElevatEd, an initiative working to transform early childhood Jewish education (ECJE) by...

Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters spent a decade teaching high school history — the Mayflower, the Constitutional Convention, Thomas Jefferson and Martin Luther King, Jr. — and noticed a throughline: For many key figures in American history,...

If former President Trump incited a riot at the Capitol on Jan. 6, was he doing so as the sitting president, or as a private citizen? This may seem rather beside the point — the federal case against the president alleges that he was trying to overturn...

South by Southwest (SXSW), the more than 35-year-old annual conference and music festival held in Austin, Texas, announced recently that it is revising its sponsorship model “after careful consideration.” “The U.S. Army, and companies who engage...

Today's Headlines Popular "Held" Podcast takes center stage at Nishmah Women’s Retreat A first Look at St. Louis’ coolest Jewish festival this fall The secret Jewish history of Donald Duck Nearly half of Americans see antisemitism as...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. To paraphrase comedian Jackie Mason, is there a bigger schmuck in the world than a Jew on a bicycle? He might be right;...

Oklahoma’s ‍state ‍superintendent ‍has ‍ordered ‍that ‍schools ‍include ‍the ‍teaching ‍of ‍the ‍Bible ‍in ‍all ‍classes. ‍Among ‍those ‍immediately ‍protesting ‍Oklahoma’s ‍new ‍requirement ‍is ‍the...

Get ready, St. Louis. The much-anticipated Sababa Jewish Arts & Culture Festival is back, and it’s set to light up Washington University on Sept. 29. Organized by the Jewish Community Center (the J) in collaboration...