Lana Zucker, a senior at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, was named one of South Tech’s STARs in Early Childhood Education. The STAR program allows staff and students to show their appreciation for the care, kindness and dedication of others. South...

As part of its monthly educational series, the Law Library Association of St. Louis, a public and membership law library located in the Civil Courts Building in downtown St. Louis, is presenting a program in April focusing on Nuremberg prosecutor Ben...

My son, Leo, just turned 18. My youngest. My baby. Even though he will always be my baby, to the world he is a legal adult. I have two legal adult children. Old people have adult children, and I’m not the same age as old people, am I? Technically I’m...

Passover, like other Jewish holidays, is steeped in tradition, especially when it comes to food. When most of us think of a traditional Passover meal, our menu would include gefilte fish, matzah ball soup, brisket and kugel. That is the classic American...

James Sherman had every reason to believe he was staying put, right here in St. Louis. In February 1944, he passed his military exam but figured, at 32, married with two kids, he wasn’t going anywhere. Then came May 12—a date that would become a Sherman...

In March 1945, with World War II nearing its end and President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s health failing, Vice President Harry S. Truman stepped up to deliver a Passover message to Jewish troops serving overseas. Roosevelt was just weeks from death. Truman,...

Ken Dubinsky and his company, Haystack Sourcing Solutions, have partnered with Schnucks and Every True Tiger, to create Brew with the Crew premium coffee blends. Each of the six different bags features an athlete from six different University of Missouri...

When Rabbi Alan Shavit-Lonstein was a first-year student at Washington University in 1984, he never expected he would be a rabbi conducting bar and bat mitzvah ceremonies for a congregation of 340 families with no building, and which only practices Judaism...

If anyone asks for advice about renovating an old home, Aaron and Cynthia Vickar offer one key message: Be patient. The Vickars have lived in their 108-year-old Olivette stone house since 2012. The family, who belong to Kol Rinah, moved from another old...

Not everyone is a fan of sardines. Perhaps you have tried them and enjoyed them, or didn’t enjoy them, or perhaps you are thinking, “Why would I want to eat sardines?”  Sardines are among the healthiest, most sustainable and least expensive fish...

The Affton School District welcomed more than 50 members of the community to a meeting on Mon. evening, March 31, for an open discussion about combating hate and antisemitism. The meeting was scheduled shortly after March 7 when racist graffiti—including...

"Lost Tables" continues to bring St. Louis’ restaurant history to life—one bite at a time. Jewish St. Louis restaurant historian Dr. Harley Hammerman, known for his deep dives into local dining history, has dropped two new episodes of his podcast...