Tikkun olam means to “repair the world” in Hebrew and has come to connote social action and the pursuit of social justice. It is also connected with the idea of human responsibility for fixing what is wrong with the world. In the case of Marc Enger,...

I'm not going to bore you with a bunch of U.S. Department of Labor statistics to prove my point, but people who reach two or three decades in one workplace are becoming a rarity.  (Here are the stats if you want them.) A rarity yes, but longtime workers...

Even in what has been described as a "white-hot" job market for new college graduates, landing that first full-time job is never easy, especially if one is looking to put that diploma to use right away. That is why we are kvelling over Jessica Scheer. Meet...

Aaron Abeles has experienced losses no 13-year-old boy should ever know. He also has the maturity, at his age, to understand how to take those tough experiences and turn them into something good and beautiful. "It probably won’t surprise anyone that...

Mazel Tov to St. Louis' own Andy Cohen on the surprise announcement over the weekend that he was welcoming his second child, a little daughter, born via surrogacy.   View this post on Instagram   A...

It's cliche to say that most kids growing up dream of becoming professional athletes, but few who aren't born with the natural gifts, stick with their dreams long enough to realize them. That is not the case for Jake Speller. Speller, 23, grew up in...

This week, the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law is honoring a few of their own, including Steven Rosenblum, the Associate Vice Chancellor for University Initiatives. Rosenblum, his wife, Andrea, and three sons, Myles, Spencer and Henry,...

Jewish Federation of St. Louis has announced the upcoming presentation of three prestigious awards. Patty Bloom, Director of Admissions and Marketing at Saul Mirowitz Jewish Community School, and Karen Sher, Vice President of Community Leadership &...

It has been a big week for St. Louis native Anna Speller, a sophomore member of the Southeast Missouri (SEMO) Women's Gymnastics Team. Speller, won the individual beam event title and helped her squad to a fourth-place overall finish at the 2022 GymQuarters...

Earlier this month, 42 metro area high school acts competed in the semi-final round of the 12th Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition. The acts feature four categories (vocal, instrumental, dance, and specialty). Local judges viewed and scored the...

Landing that first real job is never easy, especially in the world of sports, which is why we’re “kvelling” for Jake Brown. Like millions of kids growing up in St. Louis, Brown probably dreamed of one day playing for the hometown Cardinals. In...