Maxine Mirowitz is supposed to travel May 24 to Israel to visit her son’s family. But she has resigned herself to the possibility that the trip, for the third time in the last year, may be canceled. The first two times it was because of the COVID-19...

The Missouri House passed a bill Thursday containing a provision requiring employers to provide reasonable workplace safety accommodations and allow unpaid leave to survivors of domestic or sexual violence. The Victims Economic Security and Safety...

Philip A. Isserman, a highly respected founder of the PAI Printing Company, who served as board president of the St. Louis Jewish Light from 1989-1992 and was admired for his professional integrity and high standards, died Thursday, May 6, in St. Louis....

Approximately 350 supporters of Israel gathered outside Jewish Federation’s Kaplan Feldman Complex on Wednesday evening to sing, cheer, fly the Israeli flag and wave at supportive passing cars on Schuetz Road. Itta Boyko, principal of H.F. Epstein...

It’s been slightly more than a year since David Schenberg started making Schenny’s Not So Simple Syrup, the secret ingredient in his signature Old-Fashioned cocktails. Schenberg has given 100% of the proceeds to area food pantries and nonprofits...

The Israeli American Council’s St. Louis branch is holding a rally tonight to stand in solidarity with Israel as the country is mired in an escalating conflict with Hamas, the militant group that controls the Gaza Strip. The event is scheduled for...

Pre-read Yiddish translation: di gute, di shlekht, aun di ams = The good, the bad, and the truth To Pujols or not to Pujols? That is the question the St. Louis Cardinals must answer this spring as the 2021 season starts to stretch its legs. Or possibly,...

Local Jewish teens have a new in-person opportunity to look forward to when the BBYO St. Louis Council leads a group outing to Busch Stadium on May 18 to see the Cardinals take on the Pirates. This event is open to all eighth- through 12th-grade...

Since 1979, Vida “Sister” Goldman Prince has been Chairman of the Oral Histories Project, at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum. The project is dedicated to recording and preserving audio interviews of not only Holocaust Survivors,...

A year ago, a day after the holiday Shavuot, Congregation Bais Abraham in University City hosted four infectious disease doctors — all of them Bais Abe members— for a panel discussion on the state of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a year later,...

Sarah Z. Levinson, St. Louis NORC (Natural Occurring Retirement Community) Manager, a program of Jewish Federation of St. Louis In a couple of sentences, please explain your job. I oversee a neighborhood program that connects older...

Ever wondered what happened to that restaurant you once loved and have memories of dining at with your family and friends? We did! There is an amazing website called Lost Tables, dedicated to celebrating the restaurants of our past. We are partnering...