Don’t you just love happy coincidences? I know I do, especially when one coincidence connects to another that connects to another – like some kind of coincidence chain reaction, perhaps even worthy...

Nothing like a little friendly competition to bring an entire community together. That was the premise for the "Battle of the Stars," the new event fundraiser from J Associates, the women’s auxiliary...

"You survive, you honor us by living,” Martin Greenfield’s father once told him. Greenfield recalled these words after his liberation from the Buchenwald concentration camp. This...

Culpeppers was started by five Country Day friends in 1934 and progressed through multiple owners until Herb Glazier bought it in 1977. Click here to read the complete history of Culpeppers on Dr. Harley...

(J. the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California via JTA) — Ben Stern, who survived two ghettos, nine concentration camps and two death marches only to confront Nazi sympathizers in his adopted America,...

Nearly 100 members of the St. Louis community gathered in Creve Coeur Monday to mark 150 days since the October 7 Hamas attack in Israel. They gathered for the unveiling of “Ribbon of Hope,” a display...

For more than a decade, filmmaker Julia Mintz meticulously crafted her award-winning documentary “Four Winters” to challenge existing myths surrounding Jewish survival during...

A spring-like Sunday afternoon on March 3 brought a long line of golfers to the Ruth Park driving range, which meant a steady stream of thirsty customers for young entrepreneurs Yitzy Goldenhersh and Heshy...

National Council of Jewish Women St. Louis will honor Jill Schupp, former Missouri State Senator, with its Hannah G. Solomon Founder’s Award, NCJWSTL’s most prestigious recognition on Wednesday, April...

Former Israel intelligence official Avi Melamed addressed nearly 200 people at the J on Wednesday, Feb. 28 for an “Israel at War” briefing organized by the J and Jewish Federation. Melamed is an analyst,...

RAMAT GAN, Israel (JTA) — In December, Nechemia, a combat engineer, was serving in Gaza alongside his close friend when a rocket-propelled grenade exploded next to them. Nechemia suffered severe shrapnel...

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) has faced heavy pushback for his statement to anti-Israel activists, “You know what? I think we should kill them all, if that makes you feel better. Everybody in Hamas.” Some...