The National Council of Jewish Women- St. Louis held its 16th annual Back 2 School Store on July 24. The event provides underserved elementary school children the opportunity to pick out new, free clothing, shoes and school supplies for the upcoming school...
At the St. Louis PrideFest parade June 27, more than 100 Jews from a variety of organizations and synagogues marched together. The group of Jews wearing rainbow colors and leis included representatives from Jewish Federation of St. Louis, Temple Israel,...
Video by Philip DeitchThe gathering on Sunday night in the Grove neighborhood in St. Louis featured speakers including Anti-Defamation League regional director Karen Aroesty, Rabbi Susan Talve of Central Reform Congregation and Philip Deitch, vice-chair...
The Jewish Federation of St. Louis and the Holocaust Museum and Learning Center held the annual Yom HaShoah commemoration service on May 5, 2016 at Congregation Shaare Emeth.
Tpheris Israel Chevra Kadisha Congregation on Ladue Road is housing the Chesterfield Kollel, which includes six rabbis who learn Torah and help educate community members about Judaism. The rabbis moved to St. Louis from the East Coast earlier this year...
Hundreds of parents and children participated in the Small Hands- Big Difference event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day Jan.18, 2016 at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School in Creve Coeur.This is the fourth year the school has held the event."The idea is...
St. Louis Jewish Light Publisher/CEO Larry Levin and Editor Emeritus Bob Cohn discuss top news of the week — including recent developments in Syria and Israel, national politics, the upcoming Missouri legislative session and more — with Karen Aroesty,...
At the fifth annual Jewish and Muslim Day of Community Service on Christmas Day, hundreds of volunteers gathered at sites throughout St. Louis, with many mentioning a desire to give back and to build understanding between the Muslim and Jewish communities....
Members of the Bnei Menashe Jewish community from across northeastern India gathering in Churachandpur, in the Indian state of Manipur to celebrate Hanukkah, Dec. 8, 2015. (Shavei Israel)2015 may be the year of the anti-Hanukkah think piece.“It has...
More than 50 people attended a public menorah lighting on the fourth night of Hanukkah Dec. 9 on Delmar Boulevard in University City. Speakers included Rabbi Yosef Landa, director of Chabad of Greater St. Louis; Rabbi Jim Bennett, president of the St....
The Missouri Torah Institute held a dedication for its new home in Chesterfield on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2015. The Orthodox school purchased the eight-acre campus on Clarkson Road from St. Joseph School for the Deaf over the summer and started holding classes...
David Makovsky discusses "Iran: The agreement, its prospects and implications for the future" at Congregation B'nai Amoona on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015.The event was a special collaboration between the Jewish Federation’s Sh’ma Listen Series and Can...
