Everyone loves Shabbat. Literally everybody. It’s a day of rest specifically set aside to relax and be with family and friends, departing from the stressful world many of us live in for the rest of the week. Similarly, everyone loves the centerpiece...

Jewish teens all over St. Louis spent the last few precious hours of 2014 creating New Year’s resolutions for the exciting year ahead. As Jews, they had already reflected and repented during the High Holidays. But as Americans, St. Louis area teens...

The daily life of a teenager is filled with opportunities to participate in self-expression and cultivate an individual voice. Many teens have taken to getting tattoos in order to satisfy the need to convey themselves to the world. They are often being...

The best place to experience Chanukah is Israel. Everyone is happy and wishes you a happy Chanukah. There is a huge menorah on every street corner and every store and restaurant has a lot menorah in the window. Every bakery sells donuts, or suffaniyot,...

Although yoga is not a religious practice, through the eyes of Jewish yoga instructors the connections between Judaism and yoga can be seen. Many Jews participate in yoga classes, either as students or teachers. Lisi Weinstein, a member at Temple Israel,...

In multicultural American society, many people are rooted in different ethnicities, beliefs and backgrounds. As diversity has flourished, so has the assimilation of cultural symbols in fashion, jewelry and art into the secular community. These symbols...

Feminist, author, activist and mother Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg serves the community through every job she does. She has directed the Tufts and Northwestern universities’ Hillel houses and she has written numerous books. More recently, she took on the...

Raising awareness of hunger was one of the reasons 289 local Jewish teenagers came together through BBYO for a pre-screening of “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1” last month.BBYO brought the idea of the national Jewish community event to Lions...

Parkway School District’s Spark! program assists students in navigating the professional environment. Launched in the fall of 2014, Spark! immerses students in a classroom without teachers where they are free to become entrepreneurs of their own enterprises.Spark!...