(JTA) — Hamas has freed two women, ages 79 and 85, whom it was holding hostage in Gaza, according to Israeli media reports. The release of Nurit Yitzhak and Yocheved Lifshitz comes after the terror...

The Webster Film Series is set to show a rare historic treat, an unusual and artistic silent film, "The Man Without a World" by legendary Soviet silent movie director Yevgeny Antinov, with live musical...

TEL AVIV (JTA) — On Monday morning, Roxane Runel posted a photograph to Instagram of two Israeli military officers addressing a crowd of reporters in an auditorium. Behind them is a giant television...

A group of supporters gathered in front of the Missouri History Museum Library on Sunday afternoon, Oct. 22, to rally and offer prayers for Israel. The event drew nearly 70 people and was organized...

(JTA) — When it comes to Jews and sports, baseball often reigns supreme — both in terms of Jewish fan interest and the number of high-profile Jewish professional players. But as some Jewish sports...

On Thursday, Oct. 5, Galit Lev-Harir mounted her mountain bike in the Golan Heights. She rode along with a group of Israeli bikers and made stops along pivotal points of the 1973 Yom Kippur War. During...

Cultural Leadership, the long-running anti-bias/social justice program for local Jewish and Black students is relaunching itself with a new name and expanded programs that the organization hopes will boost...

The congregation at Temple Beth El in Jefferson City nearly doubled in size for Shabbat service on Friday, Oct. 13. The increase was the result of two dozen visitors—Christian clergy from churches in...

The Brothers Lazaroff will hold their annual music extravaganza Hanukkah Hullabaloo on Saturday, Dec. 2 at Delmar Hall. This will be the 13th year the Brothers Lazaroff celebrate the Festival of Lights....

“The Immigrant” is the first play the New Jewish Theatre has presented three times in its 25-year history. Mark Harelik’s tribute to his grandfather has never been timelier than it is in NJT’s...

WASHINGTON (JTA) — For more than a week, Herbert Block’s phone has been buzzing nonstop with messages from people he doesn’t know who want to give him money.  He doesn’t mind the unsolicited...