Former St. Louisan Abbie Strauss sang "The Star Spangled Banner" before the Cardinals 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday, March 6, at Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla. The national anthem is not the easiest song to perform since it calls...

TIGRE, ARGENTINA (JTA) — For the first time in nearly six decades, a Jewish soccer club is competing in an national soccer tournament in Argentina. The club, Náutico Hacoaj used its victory in the first round of competition to pay tribute to Israel. The...

A key to fighting rising Jew-hatred, according to Israel’s premier stock car racer, is to drive a lot of miles in someone else’s car. Alon Day, an Ashdod native, has captured four championships in NASCAR’s Whelen Euro Series, in 2017, 2018, 2020...

On stage, Andy Gross merges stand-up comedy, mind-bending magic and remarkable ventriloquism. It's this unique brand of entertainment that Gross is bringing to the Lincoln Theatre in Belleville on March 2. Now, if that name, Andy Gross, sounds familiar...

(JTA) — An icon of Black history took center stage in an ad placed by the Foundation to Combat Antisemitism on Sunday night’s Super Bowl LVIII, viewed by an estimated 100 million people. Robert Kraft’s foundation launched the “#StandUptoJewishHate”...

For the past 43 summers in St. Louis, thousands of athletes aged 50 and over have competed in more than 90 events as part of the St. Louis Senior Olympics. This year, the 44th annual event is adding three new events to the slate. New events Long-time...

Lee Wielansky had an especially good vantage point to watch the American Express Tournament in La Quinta, Calif. last weekend. He was competing in the PGA Tour event. Wielansky, 72, was also the winner of the pro-am portion of the tournament at 34 under...

Nelson Vickar always puts on his left sock before his right one. It’s a routine and a superstition that’s common for an elite hockey player like Vickar, who first put on a pair of ice skates when he was 2 years old. Vickar, 17, is now a top goalie...

As the war following Hamas’ Oct. 7 attacks on Israel continues in Gaza, now nearing 100 days, it felt good — like a much-needed respite — to talk about Jewish pride and competition with three young Jewish St. Louisans upon their return from the...

This story was originally published in the Forward. Click here to get the Forward's free email newsletters delivered to your inbox. Chicago Bulls’ forward DeMar DeRozan honored the memory of an Israeli basketball fan murdered at the rave near kibbutz...

(New York Jewish Week) — A public high school in New York has fired its varsity girl’s basketball coach after players on its team uttered antisemitic slurs during a game against a Jewish day school. A student has also been dismissed from the team...