As school lets out, many teenagers are eager to find a summer job. From fast food restaurants to car washes, countless places of employment are available for teenagers to work. Many, however, choose to...

In 1960, when Mossad agent Peter Zvi Malkin led a team to capture the notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, his cover was that of an ordinary tourist. To maintain this facade, Malkin carried...

Steeply discounted shipping of donations to support the Israeli war effort aboard El AL aircraft is coming back days after Israel’s national airline said it planned to end the program.  El Al’s...

(JNS) -- In a historic first, evidence of the last Jewish revolt against Roman rule in Israel 1,650 years ago has been uncovered in the central Israeli city of Lod, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced...

Fourteen-year-old Yosef E. Granillo is a National Merit Scholar. He will receive a $2,500 yearly award from Boeing for four years at the college of his choice. He is also a full member of the St. Louis...

Ben Hillman will serve as president of Gastronauts Food Group, the collaboration of food brands Hi-Pointe Drive-In and Taco Buddha. The group will assist both restaurants in sustainable growth, streamlined...

We have an update to report regarding our efforts to identify the children in this photo taken in the late 1940s outside the Council House on Wells Avenue. The photo was sent to the Jewish Light...

While the Florida Panthers and Edmonton Oilers battle it out for the Stanley Cup, the St. Louis Blues have spent the playoffs on the sidelines. The team’s absence hasn’t impacted Farilyn Hale’s love...

An inter-congregational Shavuot celebration was held at Congregation Shaare Emeth on Tuesday evening, June 11, and welcomed members of three other reform congregations:  Congregation Temple Israel, Temple...

Recently, a good friend moved into a new home.  The home was not newly built, but it was new for her, so when I went to visit her, I did what my mother would have done:  I brought her the Jewish traditional...

For the past year, four Israeli teenagers have called St. Louis home. They are the seventh group of Israeli emissaries, known as shinshinim, who lived and worked in the Jewish community. The program is...

When Rabbi Jared Skoff assumes the role of assistant rabbi at Congregation B’nai Amoona on July 1, he’ll carry on the family tradition set by his grandfather Rabbi Benson Skoff (z”l), who served...