Thousands of students across Missouri will learn about the horrors of the Holocaust during the 2025-26 school year. The Holocaust education bill signed into law two years ago by former Governor Mike Parson...

As local and federal authorities continue their investigation into the Aug. 5 antisemitic hate crime in Clayton, the Anti-Defamation League has released its first-of-its-kind interactive tool measuring...

Several years ago, I interviewed Andrew Newman, a member of the John Burroughs School faculty, about his work on what some call “Plastic Islands”—vast patches of ocean and river pollution composed...

True story. Recently I walked into a public restroom and saw a young mother with a little boy about 2 years old. He was rolling around on the ground — the bathroom floor! — looking under the occupied...

Those familiar with native St. Louisan Michael Kahn’s novels might be surprised to learn that his latest one, “The Gourmet Club,” does not include St. Louis lawyer and supersleuth Rachel Gold,...

When Nina Gilden Seavey was 12, growing up in University City, the Air Force building on Washington University’s campus burned to the ground. Her father, Louis Gilden, a Jewish civil rights attorney...

The distance between Kol Rinah and the site of the antisemitic hate crime in Clayton on Aug. 5 is a mere 350 yards. That proximity was on the mind of Rabbi Noah Arnow when he spoke to a group of 180...

Tickets are now on sale for the "Hate Ends Now" cattle car exhibit, coming to the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum Sept. 10–14, and organizers expect them to go quickly. Capacity is limited,...

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...