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Jordan Palmer

Published August 16, 2023

Chief Digital Content Officer Jordan Palmer grew up in St. Louis, graduated from Ladue High School in 1986 and the University of Arizona in 1990, where he was a member of the AEPi fraternigy. After...

Free Alzheimer’s disease information conference coming to St. Louis

Free Alzheimer’s disease information conference coming to St. Louis

Published August 16, 2023

The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) will host a free Alzheimer’s & Caregiving Educational Conference for St. Louis-area residents on Wednesday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Renaissance...

Photos: Friends gather for 'Pinkspiration' Barbie party!

Photos: Friends gather for ‘Pinkspiration’ Barbie party!

Betsy Schmidt, CEO of the St. Louis Jewish LightPublished August 16, 2023

The release of the Barbie movie inspired Susie Frank to celebrate large. “A month ago, my friend Diana suggested we get some girls together to go see Barbie," said Frank. " And anyone who knows me,...

Diplomat Carl Lutz, who worked in St. Louis in from 1933-1934, would later save thousands of Jews during the Holocaust.  

Who is Carl Lutz, namesake of Holocaust Museum’s new humanitarian award?

Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content OfficerPublished August 15, 2023

The St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum maintains a powerful mission – to use the history and lessons of the Holocaust to reject hatred, promote understanding and inspire change. Weaved within...

First Look: Rare maps of Israel dating back from 1475 to 1800

First Look: Rare maps of Israel dating back from 1475 to 1800

Published August 15, 2023

The National Library of Israel is making a small selection of some 466 rare maps and books of Israel, available to be seen online. The maps are part of a new gift received from collector Howard I. Golden....

Saudi Arabia appoints first Palestinian envoy as Saudi-Israel normalization talks continue

Saudi Arabia appoints first Palestinian envoy as Saudi-Israel normalization talks continue

GABE FRIEDMAN, JTAPublished August 15, 2023

(JTA) — Saudi Arabia appointed its first-ever envoy to the Palestinian Authority on Saturday, in the midst of ongoing negotiations with Israel and the United States about what would be a historic Saudi-Israeli...

Then the director of the Israel Museum, James Snyder appears at the Rockefeller Museum during a press conference about thirty years of archaeological excavations in Ashkelon which culminated in the discovery of the first Philistine cemetery ever found in Jerusalem, Israel, July 10, 2016. (Photo: Dan Porges/Getty Images)

New York’s Jewish Museum taps former Israel Museum head James Snyder as its next director

Asaf Elia-Shalev, JTAPublished August 14, 2023

(JTA) – The next director of New York’s Jewish Museum will be James Snyder, the former director of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem who is known as a prolific fundraiser for Jewish causes. Snyder,...

New Jewish Theatre will revisit Neill Simon’s “Laughter on the 23rd Floor” for the opening of its 2022 season. Above: A photo of the cast of NJT’s 2010 production of the play. (John Lamb)

How to celebrate 25 years of The New Jewish Theatre!

Published August 14, 2023

The New Jewish Theatre invites the community to celebrate its 25th season of telling universal stories through the lens of the Jewish experience. On Sept. 10 from 4:30-6 p.m., the public is invited to...

Photos: Third Annual St. Charles Jewish Festival

Photos: Third Annual St. Charles Jewish Festival

Published August 14, 2023

More than 3,000 people turned out Sunday for the Third Annual St. Charles Jewish Festival making it the largest Jewish gathering in the history of St. Charles, according to Chabad Jewish Center of St....

Chabad of Chesterfield offers a bat mitzvah course for adults

Chabad of Chesterfield offers a bat mitzvah course for adults

Published August 14, 2023

Starting in September, as part of the Jewish Women’s Circle, Chabad of Chesterfield will offer a bat mitzvah milestone course for adults. Classes will be held on Wednesday evenings, meeting monthly,...

NCJWSTL CEO Ellen Alper (left) and Board President Nancy Litz flank Royal Banks of Missouri President and CEO Mitchell P. Baden. NCJWSTL and Royal Banks of Missouri partnered on the publication of a Family Resource Guide.

NCJWSTL partners with Royal Banks of Missouri on Family Resource Guide

Published August 14, 2023

National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis has partnered with Royal Banks of Missouri to publish a Family Resource Guide filled with information that provides people with available services in our community....

Brothers Bradley Roach and Brian Roash

Two St. Louis Jewish brothers’ vegan Mexican eatery named best in St. Louis

Published August 14, 2023

Recently, the 2023 A-List winners were announced by St. Louis Magazine. Terror Tacos, located on South Grand Blvd., was voted the winner of Best Vegetarian/Vegan Restaurant. Brothers Bradley Roach and...

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