The 2023 St. Louis Jewish Book Festival is changing it up this year – instead of one keynote speaker, it is offering four major authors as headliners for the 45th annual book festival, Nov. 5-19.
The...
(JTA) — Anyone who has visited an Israeli beach is likely familiar with the popular beach paddle game known as matkot.
For millions of TV viewers and a live audience of 1,400 at NBC’s “America’s...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 3, 2023
On April 1, 1926, the Jewish Daily Bulletin, a precursor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency (JTA) published the following information, and it was no joke.
"A game between the Hakoah Jewish soccer...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 3, 2023
The seven St. Louis Jewish teen athletes who traveled to Israel last month for the JCC Maccabi Games are back home after a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
The athletes, Nathan Arst (baseball), Annabel...
Jordan Palmer, Chief Digital Content Officer
• Published August 3, 2023
Since 1996, the St. Louis Show Stoppers, an all-volunteer, amateur cast of 40 singers and dancers has produced an annual musical revue to support cancer research at the Siteman Cancer Center at Barnes-Jewish...
Every 40 seconds, someone in the U.S. has a stroke. And for those who survive a stroke, navigating life’s challenges in its aftermath can be overwhelming. To address these challenges, the Oasis Institute...
The directors of “Big Sonia” are inviting the public to join them at a discussion of the documentary film at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 6 at the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum.
For years, octogenarian...
Kol Rinah will hold Summerfest — an inclusive outdoor community event for all ages — from 3 to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 20.
The event will include live music by Shakshuka, Will Soll and Karen Kern;...
If a director were filming a documentary about Gloria Gordon for her 100th birthday, they might start with her first job: organizing, at 22, a standing-room-only rally for presidential candidate Franklin...
(JTA) — A Palestinian gunman shot and wounded five people at a hamburger restaurant in the Israeli West Bank settlement of Maaleh Adumim before a policeman shot him dead.
One man was seriously injured...
Bill Motchan, Special To The Jewish Light
• Published August 1, 2023
Noted Jewish sportswriter Joe Posnanski will come to St. Louis on September 7 to talk about one of his favorite subjects: baseball. The author of “Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments” will...
Levy Fellows, a cohort for board leaders of Jewish organizations in the St. Louis region, is now accepting applications for programs to take place in October and November. The program is sponsored by Jewish...
