(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...

I believe in the value of the St. Louis Jewish Light now more than ever. Jewish news is something that unites and connects Jewish people in our community. When we all know the same news, events and stories...

I can’t stay quiet anymore.  I am proud to be Jewish. I am scared to be Jewish. I am highly aware that I’m not an expert on this topic, but I do know that what happened at 6:30 a.m. on Oct. 7 in...

(JTA) — Israel has concluded that an explosion at a Gaza City hospital that reportedly killed hundreds of people was the result of an errant rocket fired by Palestinian Islamic Jihad, a terror group...