JProStL, the professional association supporting staff across more than 50 Jewish organizations in St. Louis, has announced its new leadership for 2025–2026—and the incoming board president is no stranger to storytelling. Rebekah Scallet, artistic...

When Ayala Hendin arrived in St. Louis in the summer of 2022, she wasn’t just beginning a new academic chapter. She was coming home—sort of. Her parents had made aliyah in 1975, after her father was one of the first volunteers from St. Louis to fly...

(JTA) — Jewish students at Northwestern University awoke on the second day of Passover to a scourge of red paint across several university buildings with messages including “death to Israel” and “intifada now.” In a message to the Hillel...

John Pertzborn is no stranger to good stories. The legendary St. Louis broadcaster—best known for his long-running "Pertzborn’s People" segment on KSDK-TV in the 1980s and '90s and as co-anchor of Fox 2’s morning news since 1998—has spent decades...

There is just something about seeing antique cars inside the St. Louis Art Museum that makes you feel like you're seeing something extra special. The new exhibit, “Roaring: Art, Fashion, and the Automobile in France, 1918–1939,” features 16 of them,...

Big splashes are coming to the Jewish Community Center this summer—safer, cooler and more fun than ever. Thanks to a new Inclusive Design Award from Life Floor, the J’s Staenberg Family Complex’s splash pad is getting a major upgrade. Construction...

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum has launched an emergency fundraising campaign to save its Holocaust survivor stories after losing over $130,000 in federal support. The cut jeopardizes efforts to finish digitizing and sharing more than 300...

There are stories that live in history books and then there are stories that survive because someone was there to tell them. On April 27, St. Louis will gather at Congregation Temple Israel for its annual Yom HaShoah commemoration, focusing...

In a move that’s already turning heads, Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School just launched a bold new initiative aimed at helping Jewish families afford the kind of education that blends academic excellence with Jewish values. The pitch? Enroll your...

With how busy life gets, even the most meaningful among us don't get to services as much as we’d like to. Rabbis around the country have noticed, with many turning to technology and trends to help get their message out. One way they’ve found success...

Last October, just before Yom Kippur, Lenny Kravitz posted a photo on Instagram that stopped Jewish fans like me mid-scroll. There he was, cool as ever, wearing a gold chai necklace—an unmistakable Jewish symbol. The caption read, “Life has never...

House Bill 937 passed in the Missouri House of Representatives on April 10, by a vote of 108 to 10. The bill creates protections against antisemitism and discrimination in public schools and colleges. Another 25 legislators voted “present,” an...