There is something quite wonderful about walking into a bookstore, engaging with all the possibilities in front of you, eventually making a choice and coming home with a brand-new book. But there is something also wonderful about picking up a used book,...

(JTA) — Like many of us left without plans during the initial COVID-19 lockdown in 2020, Lisa Edelstein spent some of her time rummaging through old family photographs. But instead of just basking in the nostalgia, she was also on the lookout for her...

(JTA) — Eric Alterman, born in 1960, says the view of Israel he absorbed growing up in a Jewish family in suburban Scarsdale, New York, was decidedly one-sided. “I went on this nerdy presidential classroom thing when I was in high school,” he...

With all the buzz going on around their new shop, the owners of the soon-to-open new "Lefty's Bagels" Doug Goldenberg and Scott Lefton are going to be talking to the public on Tuesday, January 24th as the featured guests on the monthly "Coffee Talk with...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. When you call your film The Devil’s Confession: The Lost Eichmann Tapes, you’re announcing a judgment less measured...

Jessie Brown, director of programs at NAMI St. Louis, will discuss “Unwind My Mind: Self-Care Strategies” from 1 to 2 p.m. at the Mirowitz Center on January 25, 2023. Brown will look at facts and statistics about anxiety and stress, how to address...

On Tuesday, January 24th, University instructor Neil Davis will lead a free, in-person Mirowitz Center discussion from 2 to 3 p.m. on The Beatles’ 1965 album “Rubber Soul,” which many consider to be one of the bands’ best. Register online or...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. What it means to be an American Jew has long centered on two things: support for Israel and remembering the Holocaust. But...

(JTA) — “Koshersoul,” chef Michael W. Twitty’s memoir about his career fusing Jewish and African-American culinary histories, was named the Jewish book of 2022 by the Jewish Book Council. Subtitled “The Faith and Food Journey of an African...

(JTA) – When Amazon Prime released the first season of “Hunters” in 2020, it advertised its Nazi-hunting TV show as “Inspired By True Events.” That was true only in the loosest possible sense of the term. Starring Al Pacino and Logan Lerman...

Through Jan. 22, you can take in “St. Louis Sound” at the Missouri History Museum, a free exhibit that introduces visitors to world-renowned musical legends linked to the Lou. You can listen to a playlist of St. Louis artists on your smartphone as...

Missouri gained national attention Jan. 3 when Amber McLaughlin became the first transgender woman executed in the United States. In early February, another execution is scheduled in Missouri, one of 29 states with the death penalty. Rick Stack, a Jewish...