JERUSALEM – Student unrest over the Gaza war has turned US college campuses into what some describe as war zones. Students are taking over buildings, protesters are disrupting commencement ceremonies, and police have been summoned to employ force...

When Ari Johnson and Jessica Beckerman moved to Mali in 2007 — he as a Harvard medical student taking a year off from his studies, she as a Fulbright scholar studying health care — 15% all babies born in the West African nation were dying before age...

Steve Rosenzweig, chief financial officer of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, former CFO and COO of the Jewish Community Center in St. Louis and board member of the Jewish Light, has been honored with the Teaching Excellence Award for Adjunct Faculty...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. On Sunday, thousands of Haredi Jews will gather on Mount Meron. They will sing, they will dance, and they will give 3-year-old...

For the personnel at Yoseftal Medical Center in Eilat, Israel, treating the wounded and suffering took on new significance following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack. The hospital’s CEO, Dr. Yaffa Ashur, visited St. Louis recently to discuss her work at...

After his mother-in-law hosted her first seder, Jarrett Byrnes told his wife, “This is a play.” Writer Lila Rose Kaplan told her husband that if that were true, the play better be a comedy. Or maybe, she considered, a dramedy. Growing up, Kaplan...

For the American Jewish Press Association (AJPA) 2024 has been a landmark year in several ways. The organization, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary, is planning at its annual conference in early June to detail the work it’s been doing on a strategic...

More than 10 years ago, I attended a college friend’s wedding in New York City. My friend is Muslim, her husband Jewish. They were married under a Jewish wedding canopy made from the groom’s bar mitzvah prayer shawl – which, his mother announced...

Summertime means new hours of operation at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. Through Labor Day, the museum will be open to visitors from Wednesday to Monday, between 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. (closed Tuesdays). "By extending our summer...

The Oct. 7 Nova music festival in Re’im, Israel, drew more than 4,000 music lovers. When Hamas attacked the event, 360 people were murdered and 44 were taken hostage. Many of the 3,500-plus survivors rapidly developed symptoms of depression and PTSD....

Boy Scout Troop 11 held a court of honor on May 20 at Temple Israel, during which three Jewish scouts officially achieved the rank of eagle. Advancement to Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America, requires a scout to earn a minimum...

Acclaimed songwriter Richard M. Sherman, who along with his late brother Robert crafted the iconic melodies for Disney cinematic gems such as “Mary Poppins,” “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” and “The Jungle Book,” died on Saturday aged 95 at Cedars-Sinai...