Boasting six coveted awards, the New Jewish Theatre was the biggest winner at the 2024 St. Louis Theater Circle Awards, which took place Monday night at the Loretto-Hilton Center. The annual event, now...

A day after Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, Yakir Hexter and Dovid Schwartz, two best friends, were called up to serve in Gaza. On Jan. 8, the two combat engineers died together in a rocket-propelled...

As Passover approaches, American Jews start considering their Haggadah options about a month before the first seder night on April 22. We learned this from Joe Buchwald Gelles, a St. Louis native who found...

(JTA) — In Jerusalem, a service omitted the loud noise-making associated with the holiday in order to accommodate soldiers traumatized by months of war. In Tel Aviv, bakeries peddled a triangular treat...

Occasionally, via Google Alerts, I stumble onto a real gem of a story that shines a light on what people are talking about. My alert for "bagels" went haywire over the weekend thanks to Jewish food icon,...

U.S. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Illinois, along with eight other senators, has sent a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to use his authority under the Antiquities Act to establish a...

As the new YPD development officer, Alec Rothman will be working with young adults in the St. Louis community, engaging them in the Jewish Federation of St. Louis with events, programs and development...

“All My Sons” is receiving an extraordinary staging at the New Jewish Theatre. The 1947 play was Arthur Miller’s first great success on Broadway. The plot was inspired by the true story of a company...

Nearly 500 participants joined in the Purim re-enactment and parade through the streets of University City on Sunday, March 24. Costumed characters marched alongside the characters in the Purim story...

Jewish Light readers may want to tune into Nine PBS (Channel 9) Monday, March 25, at 7 p.m. to hear writer Shula Neuman discuss her recent story “Confronting the Lindbergh Legacy in St. Louis” on “Living...

The finale of Ignite YP’s Staenberg Speaker Series featured the series' namesake, Michael Staenberg. Staenberg spoke on Wednesday night about his philanthropic journey and his goal of “Building Beyond...

"Whoever saves one life saves the world entire." That familiar phrase is evoked in the title of the moving new British film drama "One Life," which throws a spotlight on Nicholas Winton, who has been called...