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Becky ‘Queen of Carpet’ auction, sale of designer clothing to benefit local charity

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished 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.
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Bob Dylan coming to St. Louis in October

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished 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...

Hidden for 35 years, a St. Louis family secret revealed in podcast

Hidden for 35 years, a St. Louis family secret revealed in podcast

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished 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 –...

Dani Wasserman and Benjamin Kruger

Applications now open for The Bronfman Fellowship

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished 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...

Mallory Palmer, Ingmar Glickma, Dustin Glickman and Max Palmer in the Eckert's apple orchard in 2008.

The Ultimate Rosh Hashanah Guide to family apple picking in St. Louis

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished 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....

This market stall in Machane Yehuda’s Agas (Pear) Street got a centennial facelift with portraits of the original house’s owners, Bachora and Meir Banai. Photo by Solomon Souza

Machane Yehuda Market celebrates centennial at a crossroads

Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21cPublished 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...

'Mitzvah stands' provided inspiration for Maccabi athletes, but what are they?

‘Mitzvah stands’ provided inspiration for Maccabi athletes, but what are they?

By Daniel Shanker, Junior, Epstein Hebrew Academy/Yeshivat Kadimah High SchoolPublished 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...

The guided-missile destroyer USS Nitze sails in the Mediterranean Sea during a joint military exercise with the Israeli Defense Forces, Jan. 24, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Cryton Vandiesal)

In Israel’s political turmoil, the Biden administration eyes a threat to US security interests

RON KAMPEAS, JTAPublished August 17, 2023

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...

Aug. 23, 1903: Theodor Herzl opens the Sixth Zionist Congress by making the case for the Uganda Plan as a step toward a homeland in the Land of Israel.

This week in Israeli history: Aug. 17-23

CENTER FOR ISRAEL EDUCATIONPublished 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’s long-awaited light rail system is finally opening. But not on Shabbat.

Deborah Danan, JTAPublished August 17, 2023

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...

How St. Louisans can see, hear and understand Leonard Bernstein’s Kaddish Symphony as ‘Maestro’ controversy kicks off

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished 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...

Why and how the St. Louis Jewish and Asian communities are coming together this weekend

Why and how the St. Louis Jewish and Asian communities are coming together this weekend

Published August 16, 2023

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...

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