Diane Fadem is the new b’nai mitzvah coordinator at Congregation Temple Israel. She is responsible for the communication and coordination of each bar or bat mitzvah event and the primary point of...

For the first time, four Reform congregations in St. Louis are collaborating for a unique Shavuot celebration. "Connections, Commandments and Cheesecake" is a joint effort by Congregation Shaare Emeth,...

Four years after it shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, HJ’s Café at Covenant Place on the I.E. Millstone Jewish Community Campus has reopened. The café, which is located adjacent to the Mirowitz...

Men’s events designed to gather men together hold significant importance for fostering community, personal growth, and spiritual development. These events can help men build meaningful relationships,...

Florentin, the new Israeli-inspired restaurant from restaurateur Ben Poremba, is set to open in St. Louis' Delmar Maker District on Friday, June 7. Named for Poremba’s favorite neighborhood...

The newest midfielder/defender for St. Louis CITY SC is a Jewish Australian. Jake Girdwood-Reich recently signed with the team through 2027, with a club option for 2028. Girdwood-Reich must first obtain...

A new exhibition is putting a focus on the critical role military chaplains played during World War I and it features the legendary Rabbi Elkan C. Voorsanger, who was known as "The Fighting Rabbi from...

On Sunday, St. Louis Jewish Light Editor-in-Chief Ellen Futterman, freelance writer-photographer Bill Motchan and I ventured east to Nashville, Tenn., for the annual conference of the American Jewish Press...

Dodi Smason has joined the Jewish Federation of St. Louis team as its manager of Jewish Community Engagement. She will be working to enhance Federation’s community internally and externally by creating...

The invasion of Normandy marked a critical turning point during World War II. The Allied armies launched the largest amphibious invasion in military history June 6, 1944. That battle 80 years ago was a...

The next leader of AIPAC will be Elliot Brandt, who has served as a senior official of the pro-Israel lobby for decades and will take the helm shortly after the November elections, as Israel faces volatile...

Former St. Louisan Samantha (Sam) Thal was ordained as a rabbi from the Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. She has joined Bet Shalom Congregation in Minnetonka, Minn. as a pulpit rabbi.