In the weeks leading up to Oct. 15, 2023, I was preparing for something I’d waited a lifetime to experience: my first trip to Israel. Bags were packed, boarding passes downloaded, headspace somewhere...

Meredith Cherry recently became a certified travel agent with Smart Moms Travel LLC, specializing in Disney destinations. She offers custom itineraries for Disney and Universal vacations along with...

More than 4,000 people gathered on Sunday, Aug. 10, to enjoy a celebration of Jewish culture. The St. Charles Jewish Festival offered music, food and opportunities to learn about Judaism. The festival...

In March, we told you about “Bad Shabbos” when it made its local debut at the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival. It played to a packed house and plenty of knowing laughs — the kind you only get...

The Clayton Police Department is asking for the public’s help as they work to solve a hate crime that shook a quiet neighborhood early Tuesday morning. Around 3 a.m. on August 5, three vehicles were...

Last December, we introduced readers to the Anti-Defamation League’s Glass Leadership Institute (GLI)—a program empowering young professionals to challenge antisemitism, dismantle bias and reshape...

There’s something familiar happening at Chabad at WashU this fall and it’s not just the return of Shabbat dinner lines out the door. Rabbi Tzemach and Mushka Cohen, along with their baby daughter Rivka,...

When Danny Cohn stepped into his role as president and CEO of Jewish Federation of St. Louis in mid-March, he brought with him a deep love for Jewish communal work and an understanding that every community...

That Danny Cohn is now president and CEO of Jewish Federation of St. Louis and, as he reports, is “loving it,” sometimes even surprises him.  As a kid, his dream wasn’t running a Federation, it...

Nate Daniels, son of Meredith and Kevin Daniels, and Lewis DeWoskin, son of Laura and Henry DeWoskin, were elected into the Order of the Arrow, the national honor society of Scouting America (formerly...

Jake Edler, son of Allison Katz-Edler, received the rank of Eagle in Scouting America Troop 310 and Venturing Crew 2627 in Ballwin. For his project, he laid a concrete pad and installed a bike repair...

Young Israel recently welcomed Rabbi Dov Fink as senior rabbi, replacing Rabbi Moshe Shulman, who led the congregation for 18 years. Fink, a New Jersey native, officially assumed his duties on Friday,...