Gabi Kruger will take the stage as Pilar in “Legally Blonde: The Musical” at the Alfresco Performing Arts Center in Granite City.
The show is described as a “fabulous evening of laughter, music and inspiration.”
Tickets are on sale at www.alfrescoproductions.org...
Maxine Clark wrote the forward for Rebecca Now’s new book, “In HER Power, In HER Wisdom: A Woman’s Guide to Overcoming Challenges and Growing into Your Power.”
This book features the stories of 23 remarkable women who have overcome significant...
The National Press Club announced that NPR won two awards: for its coverage of the early days of the war sparked by Hamas’ attack last October on Israel and for investigative reporting on the harvesting of blood from horseshoe crabs for pharmaceutical...
Jill Delston was selected by the University of Missouri–St. Louis to receive the 2024 Gerald and Deanne Gitner Excellence in Teaching Award at the Chancellor’s State of the University Address.
The award recognizes a first or second-year tenure...
Miriam School and Learning Center welcomed Josh Hutkins, Karen Teitelbaum and Marla Wild to its board of directors. They will support the nonprofit’s work to empower unique learners.
Hutkins is an attorney at Sandberg Phoenix, Teitelbaum is a retired...
Chabad at Washington University, Rohr Center for Jewish Life, honored Simone Picker as Alum of the Year.
She was recognized for her leadership in spearheading a strategic initiative to support Jewish faculty and staff at WashU.
Picker’s dedication...
At the Oct. 19 Heart & Soul Gala, Jubilation, Congregation Shaare Emeth will honor Debbie and Mike Lefton with the Harris Frank Community Service Award, which recognizes congregants who have demonstrated exemplary service to the congregation, St....
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• Published October 9, 2024
On Monday, Partners in Torah, a weekly program run by the St. Louis Kollel, Aish Hatorah, and Ignite, hosted a special memorial event to commemorate the victims of the Oct. 7 attacks and to pray and perform "mitzvot" for those still held in Hamas captivity.
To...
LEAD STL, formerly Cultural Leadership, a nonprofit dedicated to igniting “transformative social change” in the greater St. Louis area, with a special focus on the Black and Jewish experiences, has appointed Chyna Bowen as its new executive director....
Former St. Louisan and co-founder of Bubbe Books, Ryan Panitz, released a new children’s coloring book on Amazon.
“Bubbe Celebrates the Holidays” focuses on instilling Jewish traditions from the eyes of everyone’s beloved bubbe. Inspired from...
Keaton Hentoff-Killian was recently a co-director and performer with the Midnight Circus in the Parks troupe in Chicago.
Beginning Oct. 16, he returns to “Water for Elephant,” currently on Broadway, as a co-captain and circus acrobat.
His brother,...
