I have a terrible memory.  Actually, I remember obscure details really well but forget passwords, early pick up times, birthday parties and pretty much anything with numbers.  I should seriously pause for a moment each day and say a prayer of gratitude...

After 27 submissions, Jesse Kavadlo’s caption was selected by The New Yorker for its weekly cartoon. Each week the magazine provides an original cartoon in need of a caption. A member of Congregation Shaare Emeth, Kavadlo is a professor of English at...

The St. Louis Cardinals won their first World Series in 1926, over the New York Yankees. The following season, just outside the ballpark, Esther Schimmel opened a hot dog stand that would feed countless baseball fans and many players over the next four...

Former St. Louisans Sammy Elfanbaum and Mitch Brodden and their band, Post Sex Nachos, will perform at the 2024 Lollapalooza music festival, which will be held in Grant’s Park in Chicago on Aug. 1-4 (their band performs on Sunday, Aug. 4). 

Dylan Moulton and her American University swim team set two school records at the Patriot League championships: the 200 and the 400 free relays. A sophomore at AU, she is the daughter of Shary and Jeff Moulton and is majoring in neuroscience. 

Former St. Louisan Gene Schenberg received the Electronic Transaction Association’s Top Payment Sales Professional Award 2024. Out of the thousands of eligible sales representatives, he was one of 50 sales representatives from member companies who...

The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra announced the appointment of Alex Shapiro as chief philanthropy officer. In this role he will report to the president and CEO and oversee a team of 16 working toward $10 million in annual giving, as well as the completion...

Artist Mark Witzling has been selected to participate in the selective Chateau Orquevaux artist residency program in Orquevaux, France this spring.  He was awarded grant support for the residency from the Denis Diderot Foundation and the Regional...

Ashley Pollock has joined National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis as its membership manager. In this role, she will coordinate and support leadership and membership initiatives including all special events, leadership programs, membership programs...

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Lutz Humanitarian Award. This annual tribute is named in honor of the late Holocaust rescuer and former St. Louisan, Carl Lutz. The winning nominee will be recognized...

Have you ever thought "What does it mean to be Jewish?" For some of us, just seeking answers to questions about our own Judaism, often raises more questions. Searching to provide a bit of clarity is what the Florence Melton School of Adult Jewish Learning...

Plenty is new for the 29th annual St. Louis Jewish Film Festival, which takes place April 7-18: a new location, an All-Access Pass, a return to an all-theater experience and a new director. But one thing has not changed: a great lineup of insightful,...