(JTA) – James Crown, a Chicago billionaire and major donor to Jewish causes, died Sunday in a crash at a racetrack in Colorado while celebrating his 70th birthday.  His sudden death at the Aspen...

When the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on Feb. 24, 2022, the Jewish Federation of St. Louis along with the Jewish Federations of North America were uniquely positioned to respond immediately and effectively...

(JNS) Gal Gadot will next year become the first Israeli actor or actress to be honored with a star on Hollywood’s Walk of Fame. “This is unbelievable. I’m so, so grateful and thankful and humbled,”...

(JTA) — Reuben Baron was nothing if not persistent.  As a social psychologist at the University of Connecticut, he and colleague David Kenny submitted their paper on statistical methods in the social...

Seriously now, this is no joke. Back in 2020, a survey from the Pew Research Center found that 5.3 million of the nation’s religious and cultural Jews cited humor as essential to their Jewish identity. Half...

Before Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and other social media platforms existed, teens in St. Louis shared their social and school activities through Prom magazine. It claimed to be the only publication...

A large representation from the St. Louis Jewish community participated in the 2023 Grand Pride Parade on June 25. All photos by Bill Motchan. The parade, held in conjunction with the St. Louis...

In 1999, a bit of local Jewish history was made when Rabbi Robert P. Jacobs, z''l, then 90 years of age and the senior rabbi of Greater St. Louis, took part in an interfaith service at the Cathedral Basilica...

When it comes to eating, it's good to every now and again break out of one's comfort zone. Recently, I read how falafel had become the most popular food in Israel, so I decided to give it a shot. Now,...

(June 13, 2023 / JNS) A woman strolling on Israel’s Palmachim Beach south of Tel Aviv found a 3,000-year-old figurine of an Egyptian goddess, which she turned over to archaeologists at the Israel Antiquities...

(JTA) — A Missouri school board has decided not to ban “Maus,” the graphic memoir about the Holocaust, after considering doing so because of a new law barring the distribution of “explicit sexual...

The University City High School 2023 Hall of Fame inductees will include eight Jewish alumni. University City Schools on June 21 announced the honorees for the program, which is now in its 24th year. The...