Rabbi Ze’ev Smason has a new weekly project, and it’s one he hopes will bring people just a little closer to themselves. With Spiritual Sparks, the longtime Olivette rabbi sends a spark of inspiration each week—short reflections meant to nourish...

(JTA) — A uniquely American Passover tradition could become a thing of the past, after President Donald Trump announced that he had successfully pressed Coke to change the formulation of its signature drink in the United States. “I have been...

(JTA) — The number of antisemitic assaults and acts of vandalism on college campuses fell sharply in the last school year, according to Hillel International. And the pro-Palestinian encampments that ignited fear among many Jewish college students...

This article was produced as part of the New York Jewish Week’s Teen Journalism Fellowship, a program that works with Jewish teens around New York City to report on issues that affect their lives. Since she was little, Lindsay, who recently graduated...

Every so often, a photo from the Jewish Light archives reminds us why preserving local Jewish history matters. This one, taken at Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel (BSKI), shows a group gathered reverently around a Torah scroll. At the far left is Rabbi Benson...

In the second installment of And So It Goes, HBO’s new two-part documentary about Billy Joel, the Piano Man explains why he wore a yellow Star of David in August 2017, during his residency at Madison Square Garden, in his most extensive filmed account...

When Arlen Chaleff got a call from the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum, she didn’t hesitate. Within moments, she was digging through old file cabinets, pulling out patterns along with  naturalization papers and anything else she could...

(JTA) — New York City’s Democratic mayoral candidate, Zohran Mamdan, told business leaders that he would seek to discourage the use of the phrase “globalize the intifada” but continued not to outright denounce it, the New York Times reported...

(JTA) — Nearly six months into Donald Trump’s term as president, the United States remains without a special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, an ambassador-level role at the State Department known colloquially as the antisemitism czar. Trump...

After casually mentioning Red Hot Riplets in yesterday’s Morning Light—while, tragically, snacking on snap peas—I got bunch of emails. Some were about snack deprivation, others about beloved junk food. A few said they’d heard Old Vienna—the...

A centuries-old Swiss village may be the missing chapter in your Jewish family story — and a European genealogy group is hoping someone in St. Louis can help close the book. The Swiss Society for Jewish Genealogy is searching for descendants...

Long before Larry King’s suspenders hit the auction block, they turned heads in St. Louis. The Larry King Collection, set for auction by Julien’s on Aug. 12, features nearly 400 artifacts from the broadcaster’s six-decade career — including...