The St. Charles Jewish Festival returns this month to celebrate Jewish life and culture in a new venue. On Sunday, Aug. 25, the festival will run from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Lewis & Clark Boat House parking lot located at 1050 S. Riverside Drive...

"Lynnie's Light for Life," dedicated to making a difference in the lives of cancer patients, educating those at risk for developing hereditary cancer and empowering Jewish women, will take place on Sept. 4, at the Jewish Community Center near Creve Coeur....

Supporters and volunteers of the New Jewish Theatre (NJT) gathered for an afternoon of tea and entertainment at the first annual NJTea fundraiser on Sunday, August 4. During the event, NJT Creative Director Rebekah Scallet announced the highly anticipated...

In honor of National Friendship Day on Sunday, Aug. 4, the Jewish Light caught up with Anita Korman, 95, Hannah Tannenbaum, 91, Renee Dopkin, 85, and Louise Katz, 83, who all reside at Brookdale Senior Living in Creve Coeur and pal around together. They...

  August is National Sandwich Month, and the Jewish Light is thrilled to pay tribute to this beloved culinary creation. Throughout the entire month, we will feature a different mouthwatering sandwich each day in our Morning Light newsletter. While...

The new kosher butcher and deli that will operate out of the shuttered Kohn’s Kosher Meat and Deli will offer high quality products at a fair price. Those are the primary goals planned by Avi Rosenberg, who will own and operate Nate's Kosher Deli. Rosenberg...

Residents of the Crown Center senior living facility in University City now can enjoy a virtual art gallery as they walk through the halls. Thanks to a contribution of roughly 60 pieces of art by philanthropist Michael Staenberg, public areas...

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is considered a special resource by a key group of educators: those who specialize in teaching about the Holocaust. The Midwest Consortium of Holocaust Educators organized a tour of the museum on Wednesday,...

“Red” provides 90 minutes of gripping drama in the excellent production at The New Jewish Theatre. The Tony Award–winning play by John Logan is about the great American artist, Mark Rothko. He was born Marcus Rothkowitz in 1903. His first dealer...

Local group St. Louis Votes is planning a “Jewish Community Tailgate to Vote Early” event at noon on Tuesday, July 30 at the St. Louis County Library’s Clark Family Branch Library, 1640 S Lindbergh Blvd. in Frontenac. In 2022 Missouri legislators...

The recent closure of Kohn’s Kosher Meat and Deli, the only full service, stand-alone kosher meat market in St. Louis, has left the local Jewish community grappling with significant changes. For years, Kohn’s was not just a place to purchase kosher...

On Sunday afternoons, a small group of Israeli-led activists gathers in Manhattan’s Union Square to hold signs reading “There is no military solution,” chant “Ceasefire now” and call for the return of Hamas’ hostages and an end to the occupation...