Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 22, 2023
During her life, Rebecca Starr Rothman, fondly known as "Becky, the Queen of Carpet,” became a local icon as she enchanted the hearts of many while riding her magic carpet around the Gateway Arch in locally produced television commercials for her carpet business, Becky’s Carpet & Tile Superstore.
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 21, 2023
Jewish music legend Bob Dylan, 82, is bringing his "Rough and Rowdy Ways" tour to St. Louis this fall. The Stifel Theatre will host one of the 17 shows on the tour on Wednesday, Oct. 4. Tickets go on sale...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 21, 2023
Imagine keeping a secret for 35 years. Now imagine, through a twist of fate and modern science, that secret is revealed to the persons you most feared knowing it. Imagine what happens to your life –...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 21, 2023
Out of all the Jewish high school students in the United States, only 26 are selected to join the annual cohort of the Bronfman Fellowship. So, when you consider that two St. Louis teens, Dani Wasserman...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 20, 2023
Apples have always been a big part of our Jewish home. As the spouse of an elementary school teacher, I make it a habit to hand-deliver a basket full of fresh apples to school on the first day of class....
Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21c
• Published August 17, 2023
(Israel21c.org) Walking through Machane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem with Tali Friedman, head of its merchant’s association, is a slow progression. Vendors want to say shalom, register a complaint, give...
By Daniel Shanker, Junior, Epstein Hebrew Academy/Yeshivat Kadimah High School
• Published August 17, 2023
The Maccabi games in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., were consumed by heated competition. But don’t let that deceive you—no Jewish event would be complete without an opportunity to engage religiously, as well...
WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Joe Biden has not hidden his disdain of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned rehaul of Israel’s courts.
But bubbling beneath the surface of Israel’s...
CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATION
• Published August 17, 2023
Aug. 17, 1898 — Russian Zionists Hold First Conference
A few weeks before the Second Zionist Congress in Basel, Switzerland, 160 Russian Zionists meet secretly in Warsaw, where organizer Ahad Ha’am...
TEL AVIV (JTA) — The sounds of protest echoed and the ticket scanner malfunctioned as Israel’s transportation minister, Miri Regev, led a dry run for journalists of Tel Aviv’s long-awaited light...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 16, 2023
In the coming days and weeks, you're going to be hearing the name Leonard Berstein, a lot. That is because the legendary composer is in the news right now. This week Netflix released the official trailer...
The Jewish Community Relations Council will host "The American Dream Deferred: One Family’s Incarceration During WWII" on Sunday, August 20, 2023. This community event, co-sponsored by the Newmark Institute...