To Danny Cohn, president and CEO of St. Louis Jewish Federation, the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks should be a reason for unity. “Oct. 7 is a standalone day regardless of the atrocities that came after, during the war and as we wait for the...

Not every pop star releases a song tied to a date of national grief, but James Maslow isn’t most pop stars. The singer and actor — yes, the same James Maslow from Nickelodeon’s "Big Time Rush," has released "On My Mind," a single and video filmed...

Six St. Louis delegates to World Zionist Congress will head to Jerusalem later this month, stepping into what’s often called the “parliament of the Jewish people.” From Oct. 28–30, they’ll join hundreds of representatives from around the world...

(JTA) — Hamas says it is prepared to release all Israeli hostages to bring about an end to the war in Gaza. The group made the offer in its response to a proposal made on Monday by President Donald Trump and agreed to by Israeli Prime Minister...

(JTA) — This is a developing story. At least two are dead after a man rammed his car into a group of Jewish worshipers outside of an Orthodox synagogue in Manchester, England, on Thursday morning before getting out and stabbing people in what...

Eli Sharabi spent 491 days in Hamas captivity, surviving the tunnels of Gaza only to return home to devastating news: his wife and daughters had been murdered on Oct. 7. His story of survival, grief and faith has already broken publishing records in...

(JTA) — Prior to his death, slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk sent a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning the leader that Israel was losing support within the “conservative MAGA community” and exhorting him to do...

(JTA) — Elon Musk has intensified his long-running feud with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) calling the Jewish civil rights group a “hate group” in a post on X, the platform he owns and renamed from Twitter. “The ADL hates Christians,...

(JTA) — A viral video showing a group of high school seniors in Argentina chanting antisemitic slogans during their graduation trip has prompted a wave of condemnation, including from President Javier Milei. The video, recorded in the city of Bariloche,...

For Devorah Stein-Roberts and Menashe Roberts, starting a Moishe House was never about numbers. It was about nurturing Jewish identity, building meaningful relationships and helping others take ownership of their faith one event at a time. Three...

When Jennifer Stempel sat down to write her new children’s book, she was searching for light in a dark time. “I wrote the story for this book shortly after Oct. 7, and took great comfort in working on a story about Jewish joy and continuity, at...

Here at the Jewish Light, we take Jewish humor seriously. When we introduced a weekly “Jewish Joke of the Week,” I was once stopped in line at Protzel’s by the mother of a high school friend. With half a smile, she asked why I’d do such a thing....