There’s a Richard Serra sculpture in the courtyard of St. Louis’s Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts. I was 20 when I first saw it, taken to the museum by a beloved professor. I was only beginning to learn about art, and the curious ways in which being...

Today, March 28, is opening day across Major League Baseball. Although our St. Louis Cardinals start the 2024 season on the road in Los Angeles with zero Jewish players on the team, we're still celebrating them and their Jewish connections all season...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Seven major Jewish organizations that lobbied for federal security grants have decried $30.5 million in cuts to the program. The cut from last year’s $305 million budgeted for the nonprofit security grant program, run through...

At 107 years old, Muriel Hartz has lived a life filled with wonderful relationships and rich experiences. From growing up in Baltimore, Md. to living with her family in Farmington, N.M.; and to living by herself in Milwaukee; Iowa City, Iowa; Salt Lake...

The Annual Staenberg Lecture, presented by Maryville University in partnership with the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, will take place Monday, April 15, at The Factory in Chesterfield. The event will feature noted author and podcaster...

Josh Shulman, his brother Greg, and childhood buddy Bill Evans were growing frustrated. After years of talking about the high cost of living, inflation and other financial hardships, they decided it was time to take action to make a real change.  “We...

In 2010, the St. Louis Jewish community mourned the death of longtime Hebrew and religious schoolteacher Ida Stack. The grief over her passing was especially pronounced for her son Rick, an author, professor and social justice activist. That’s when...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Consumers browsing the kosher aisle this Passover season may do a double take. Manischewitz, the 136-year-old kosher...

Boasting six coveted awards, the New Jewish Theatre was the biggest winner at the 2024 St. Louis Theater Circle Awards, which took place Monday night at the Loretto-Hilton Center. The annual event, now in its 11th year, celebrates locally produced professional...

A day after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, Yakir Hexter and Dovid Schwartz, two best friends, were called up to serve in Gaza. On Jan. 8, the two combat engineers died together in a rocket-propelled grenade attack during intense fighting in southern...

As Passover approaches, American Jews start considering their Haggadah options about a month before the first seder night on April 22. We learned this from Joe Buchwald Gelles, a St. Louis native who found his way into the professional Haggadah scene....

Occasionally, via Google Alerts, I stumble onto a real gem of a story that shines a light on what people are talking about. My alert for "bagels" went haywire over the weekend thanks to Jewish food icon, Ina Garten. This new viral moment brought back...